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US 6,553,575 B1Granted
Golf glove with golf ball marker
AssigneeInternational GLUV Corporation
InventorsLanier M. Davenport, Dennis L. Knight
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Abstract
A golf glove including a tab which spans a slit on a back portion of the glove has a removable ball marker connected to the tab. A top surface of a ball marker is substantially flush with a ridge on the tab. A rubber insert having a hole therein receives a back surface of the ball marker within a recessed portion defined within the ridge. A socket is located within the hole of the rubber insert to receive a prong which is connected to the back surface of the ball marker.
Claims20
A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion and the exterior surface of the tab;
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- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a stud extending away from the lower surface, said stud at least assisting in securing the ball marker to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the golf glove, said stud obscured from view by at least one of the ridge and the upper surface of the ball marker when secured to the glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the ball marker is connected to the glove.
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A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion and the exterior surface of the tab;
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- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a stud extending away from the lower surface, said stud at least assisting in securing the ball marker to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the golf glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the ball marker is connected to the glove;
- and an insert located within the first recessed portion.
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A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion and the exterior surface of the tab;
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- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a stud extending away from the lower surface, said stud at least assisting in securing the ball marker to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the golf glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the ball marker is connected to the glove;
- and wherein the ridge is raised relative to the exterior surface of the tab.
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A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion and the exterior surface of the tab said first recessed portion having a fourth connector portion located therein;
- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a third connector portion extending away from the lower surface, said stud at least assisting in securing the ball marker to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the golf glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the ball marker is connected to the glove;
- and the third connector portion is a stud and the fourth connector portion is a socket.
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A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion and the exterior surface of the tab;
- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a stud extending away from the lower surface, said stud at least assisting in securing the ball marker to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the golf glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the ball marker is connected to the glove;
- and a ridge wall separating the ridge from the first recessed portion, and said ball marker further comprising a side surface, and said side surface located within said ridge wall.
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A golf glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a selectively closeable connection on the back portion connecting the first back section to the second back section utilizing a tab connected to the first back section, said tab having a first connection portion which cooperates with a second connection portion on the second back section, the selectively closeable connection permitting the glove to receive a hand when the tab is not connected, and securing the glove on the hand when connected;
- a well recessed into said tab, said well having an outer perimeter for receiving a ball marker into the well and an upper and lower surface,
- a first connector within said well, and
- a ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a second connector, said second connector located on the lower surface and receivable within said well with said second connector coupled to said first connector and said upper surface of said ball marker located above the second connector when the second connector is coupled to the first connector, and said lower surface of said ball marker located below the upper surface of the well when the ball marker is connected to the glove.
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A golf glove comprising:
- four fingers, a thumb, a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back section and a second back section;
- a tab connected at the first back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface portion, the interior surface portion having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section;
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- a removable ball marker having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a third connector portion, said third connector portion securing the ball marker to a fourth connector portion on the tab when attached and allowing for subsequent reconnection after disconnection, and said third and fourth connection portions obscured from view by the upper surface of the ball marker when connected to the tab, and said lower surface of said ball marker located below the exterior surface portion of the tab when the ball marker is connected to the glove.
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A glove comprising:
- a palm portion and a back portion, said back portion having a first back
- section and a second back section;
- a tab connected to the first back section and detachably connectable to the second back section, said tab having an interior and an exterior surface, the tab having a first connector portion which cooperates with a second connector portion on the second back section, and the exterior surface having a ridge located above a first recessed portion;
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- an identification piece having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a third connector portion, said third connector portion at least assisting in securing the identification piece to the glove when attached and at least assisting in subsequent reconnection after disconnection from the glove, and said lower surface located below the ridge when the identification piece is connected to the glove, said third connector portion located below the upper surface of the identification piece and obscured from view when the identification piece is connected to the glove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.