Glove with an exoskeleton layer
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorKenneth S. Litke
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Abstract
A glove with a front portion and a back portion coupled to the front portion. The back portion includes an exoskeleton layer. The exoskeleton layer is formed of elastic material and the glove may be configured to allow the user's hand to be visible through the exoskeleton layer. Alternatively, the back portion can include the exoskeleton and another layer of material disposed between the exoskeleton layer and the front portion. The additional layer of material can be formed substantially elastic material or of a combination of substantially elastic material and substantially inelastic material.
Claims13
A glove comprising:
- a substantially inelastic front portion;
- and
- a back portion coupled to the front portion and comprised of
- a first substantially elastic material covering a substantial portion of a back of a hand, and
- a second substantially elastic material including a plurality of substantially elastic rib members having a length greater than a width such that the rib members extend substantially across the entire back portion and couple to the front portion at discrete points,
- wherein the first elastic material forms a first layer and the second elastic material forms a second layer overlaying less than 50% of the first layer.
A glove comprising:
- a substantially inelastic front portion;
- and
- a back portion coupled to the front portion and comprised of
- a first substantially elastic material, and
- a second substantially elastic material including a plurality of substantially elastic members,
- wherein the front portion further includes a palm portion and finger portions extending from the palm portion,
- wherein the plurality of elastic members includes at least two sets of elastic members, the first set of elastic members extends across the back portion and the second set of elastic members extends across at least one of the finger portions, and
- wherein first and second sets of elastic members are formed of a single piece of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.