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US 5,708,979 AGranted
Glove with elastic back
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsMichael Redwood, Kenneth Shim, Dong Kyu Sun
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Abstract
A glove having a palm covering portion, a plurality of finger covering portions extending from the palm covering portion to receive and cover fingers, a back portion associated with the palm covering portion to form a chamber to receive a hand, and elastic members extending from the back portion past and over at least one knuckle of each finger, each elastic member being associated with a finger covering portion to allow stretching of the finger covering portions when the finger is bent.
Claims22
A glove comprising:
- a palm covering portion;
- a plurality of finger covering portions extending from the palm covering portion to receive and cover fingers;
- a back portion associated with the palm covering portion to form a chamber to receive a hand, wherein the back portion receives the back of the hand;
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- elastic members extending from the back portion past and over at least one knuckle of each finger, each elastic member being associated with a finger covering portion to facilitate stretching of the finger covering portion at least at each knuckle when the finger is bent, and having a width that is less than that of the finger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.