US 5,423,089 A · Golf glove

Abstract

A three-fingered golf glove, comprising a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion, which has the curvatures of the fingers fully gripping a golf club handle, leaving the thumb and the index finger uncovered; a plurality of fourchettes having external edges; each external edge comprising three segments of straight lines connected by two small joint curved arcs; a curved end side piece having the shape of the lower side of a hand fully gripping a golf club handle; the finger portions, when assembled, having trapezoidal cross-sections; a palm tautening strap being fastened to connect the palm side finger portions and the rear side finger portions while the hand is in a shape fully gripping a golf club handle, forming a loop of tensile force perpendicular to the club axis to completely eliminate bunching and wrinkling at the entire palm section of the glove; a thumb strap forming a force line at the palm portion in the direction parallel to the club axis; reinforcing threads stitched to the palm portion and the palm side and rear side finger portions to strengthen the glove material against being stretched permanently when wet; one or a plurality of thin and flexible friction strips sewn to the palm portion, the sharp corrugations thereon being parallel to the club axis, to maintain the increased anti-twist resistance of the glove, even when the glove is fully wet with rain or perspiration.

A golf glove for being worn on a hand extending from a forearm of a wearer, for fully gripping a handle of a golf club, the forearm and handle having respective longitudinal axes, said golf glove comprising:

a palm section having a palm portion and a plurality of palm side finger portions including a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion;
each said finger portion having side edges, said side edges of said ring and little finger portions being convex towards said middle finger portion, and said side edges of said middle finger portion being convex in a same direction as said side edges of said ring and little finger portions over the entire lengths of said portions, said palm section having a palm-tautening strap extending from said palm portion;
said palm section having a thumb strap extending away from a junction between said palm side middle finger portion and said palm-tautening strap in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wearer's forearm;
said thumb strap having a thumb strap fastening means and a thumb strap elastic means said palm section having a palm section wrist strap being sewn to the palm portion between said palm tautening strap and a palm section wrist edge;
a rear section having a back hand portion and plurality of rear side finger portions including, in sequence, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion;
said rear section having a rear section fastening means, with an edge thereof being generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the club handle when the handle is fully gripped by the wearer;
said rear section having a rear section wrist strap extending from said back hand portion and having a rear portion fastening means secured thereon;
said rear section wrist strap terminating at a rear section wrist edge;
a plurality of fourchettes each having an external edge and an internal edge;
each said external edge being sewn to one edge of a corresponding one of said palm side finger portions;
an end side piece having an external edge and an internal edge;
said external edge of said end piece being sewn to a lower side edge of said rear side little finger portion and to an edge of said back hand portion from finger tip to rear section wrist edge;
said internal edge of said end side piece being sewn to a lower of said side edge of said palm side little finger portion and to said palm side palm portion from finger tip to palm section wrist edge;
said palm-tautening strap having a plurality of elastic means;
one of said elastic means being adjacent to said palm section wrist edge and being extended across said end side piece to the rear section wrist strap;
said palm-tautening strap having a fastening means secured at an end edge thereof to be fastened to said rear section fastening means;
said palm-tautening strap having another fastening means thereon, being secured proximate a junction between said palm-tautening strap and said palm section wrist strap to be fastened by the thumb strap fastening means on said thumb strap.

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