Sports glove
OwnerLee Haneyinventor
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Abstract
An improved glove for use by persons engaged in sports and work activities the glove having a pair of first pads attached to a back portion, the first pads having surfaces of a first character, and a removable cushion made of an absorbent cloth and having a pair of second pads with surfaces of a second character for gripping detachable engagement with the first pads, whereby engagement of the cushion to the glove provides an absorbent cushion for wiping perspiration from a user wearing the gloves.
Claims2
A glove for use by persons, being engaged in sports and work activities, to protect the hands and wrists, comprising:
- a palm portion having an inner layer of a cloth material for intimate absorbent contact with a palm of a person's hand, an outer layer of a denser resilient material, a padding material disposed therebetween and a sleeve extending outwardly from around an aperture defined in the palm portion adjacent one of the lateral edges for receiving therethrough a thumb of a user of the glove;
- a first elastic band attached with parallel spaced-apart seams to a forward portion of the palm portion to define finger-receiving loops extending outwardly from the inner layer;
- a second elastic band attached to lateral edges of the palm portion to define a back portion;
- a pair of spaced-apart first pads attached to an outside surface of the second elastic band and each of the pair of first pads having a surface of a first character;
- a removable cushion made of absorbent cloth and having a pair of spaced-apart second pads attached on one surface, said second pads each having a surface of a second character for gripping detachable engagement with the first pads;
- a first wrist strap comprising a first portion extending laterally from the palm portion on the lateral side having the aperture, a third elastic band attached to a distal end of the first portion, and a terminal member attached to a distal end of the third elastic band;
- a third pad having a surface of a first character attached to the terminal member;
- a second wrist strap extending from the lateral edge opposite the aperture;
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- a fourth pad having a surface of a second character attached to the second wrist strap,
- whereby the first and second wrist straps, being encircled in opposite directions around a wrist of a user of the glove, are secured together by mating engagement of the third and fourth pads thereon.
A glove for use by persons engaged in sports and work activities, comprising a covering for the hand having separate receptacles for each of the fingers and thumb, the improvement comprising a removably attachable cushion made of an absorbent cloth and means associated with an outside back surface of the glove and with the cushion for matingly engaging the glove and the cushion, said means comprising two pairs of spaced apart slits in the back surface of the glove, each pair of slits defining a land therebetween, and edge portions of the cushion, which being received and woven in the respective pairs of slits and lands, secures the cushion to the glove, whereby engagement of the cushion to the glove provides an absorbent cushion for wiping perspiration from a user wearing the gloves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.