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US 6,550,069 B1Granted
Padded sports glove having improved flexibility and breathability
AssigneeWarrior Lacrosse, Inc.
InventorDavid Morrow
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Abstract
A protective sports glove for the game of lacrosse having a cuff portion, a hand portion, a plurality of finger portions, and a thumb portion. The hand portion has a palm portion and a back portion. The back portion has a plurality of protective padded portions disposed thereon. A wrist guard is elastically coupled to the hand portion. A plurality of vent openings are formed in the back portion of the hand portion. A plurality of mesh portions are disposed on the palm portion in areas that are not intended to provide primary contact with a stick.
Claims69
A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion for engaging at least a portion of a user's forearm;
- a hand portion elastically coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion having a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon;
- a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a user's fingers therein;
- a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion;
- a wrist guard elastically coupled to said hand portion;
- a plurality of vent openings formed in said back portion of said hand portion;
- said palm portion being primarily comprised of a durable material and having a plurality of mesh portions disposed on said palm portion in areas that are not intended to primarily contact a stick.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and a back side portion having protective padding formed thereon and extending between a first side of said back side portion and a second side of said back side portion;
- a plurality of finger portions extending from said hand portion;
- at least one generally horizontal seam formed in said padding on said back side portion and extending from said first side of the glove to said second side of the glove;
- at least one generally vertical seam formed in said padding on said back side portion;
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- at least one vent opening formed along said vertical seam.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and a back side portion having protective padding formed thereon and extending between a first side of said back side portion and a second side of said back side portion;
- a plurality of finger portions extending from said hand portion;
- at least one generally horizontal seam formed in said padding on said back side portion and extending from said first side of the glove to said second side of the glove;
- and
- at least one generally vertical seam formed in said padding on said back side portion;
- wherein said palm portion is comprised of a wear resistant material with at least one mesh portion that is located in an area that is not intended to be a high use area.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and a back side portion having protective padding formed thereon and extending between a first side of said back side portion and a second side of said back side portion;
- a plurality of finger portions extending from said hand portion;
- at least one generally horizontal seam formed in said padding on said back side portion and extending from said first side of the glove to said second side of the glove;
- at least one generally vertical seam formed in said padding on said back side portion;
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- a pair of diagonal seams formed in said back side portion.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion and having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a protective padding secured thereto, said palm portion being comprised of a wear resistant material with at least one mesh portion that is located in an area that is not intended to primarily contact a stick handle;
- a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a user's fingers therein;
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- a plurality of seams formed in said back portion of said hand portion separating said protective padding into multiple portions;
- wherein at least two of said plurality of seams are aligned in different directions with respect to one another and one of said plurality of seams extends substantially from a first side of said back side to a second side.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion and having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a protective padding secured thereto;
- a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a user's fingers therein;
- a plurality of seams formed in said back portion of said hand portion separating said protective padding into multiple portions;
- wherein at least two of said plurality of seams are aligned in different directions with respect to one another and one of said plurality of seams extends substantially from a first side of said back side to a second side and another of said plurality of seams runs from a base of said hand portion to said plurality of finger portions to divide said protective padding into a pair of side portions which portions are moveable with respect to one another;
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- wherein at least one vent opening is formed in said seam that runs from said base of said hand portion to said plurality of finger portions.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a palm;
- a protective back portion extending over said palm, said palm being comprised of a wear resistant material with at least one mesh portion that is located in an area that is not intended to be a high use area;
- a cuff flexibly attached to said palm and said back portion;
- a plurality of finger portions connected to said palm and said back portion and extending therefrom;
- a first seam formed in said back portion and extending from said cuff toward said plurality of finger portions;
- a second seam formed in said back portion and extending from a first side of said back portion to a second side of said back portion.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a palm;
- a protective back portion extending over said palm;
- a cuff flexibly attached to said palm and said back portion;
- a plurality of finger portions connected to said palm and said back portion and extending therefrom;
- a first seam formed in said back portion and extending from said cuff toward said plurality of finger portions;
- a second seam formed in said back portion and extending from a first side of said back portion to a second side of said back portion;
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- at least one vent opening located in said back portion, wherein said at least one vent opening is formed at said first seam.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a palm;
- a protective back portion extending over said palm;
- a cuff flexibly attached to said palm and said back portion;
- a plurality of finger portions connected to said palm and said back portion and extending therefrom;
- a first seam formed in said back portion and extending from said cuff toward said plurality of finger portions;
- a second seam formed in said back portion and extending from a first side of said back portion to a second side of said back portion;
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- at least one vent opening located in said back portion, wherein said at least one vent opening is formed at said second seam.
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A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion;
- a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and a back side portion with protective padding formed thereon, said palm portion being comprised of a wear resistant material with at least one opening formed therein;
- a plurality of finger portions extending from said hand portion;
- a mesh portion located in said at least one opening in said wear resistant material to provide ventilation to a wearer's hand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.