Soccer goalkeeper's glove
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSteven Staihar, Richard Avis
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Abstract
A goalkeeper's glove is disclosed, wherein use of a specialized pattern for the element comprising the palmar surface achieves a design with improved ball control and durability characteristics. Improved ball control is gained through an absence of seams on areas that are critical for ball control, specifically the palmar and lateral surfaces of the first and second digit and the palmar and medial surfaces of the fifth digit. Furthermore, the general absence of seams that connect separate sections of material on the palmar surface improves durability by eliminating common failure areas.
Claims52
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element:
- said palmar element being formed of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand, and
- a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, and having an additional second digit section that wraps around the second digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the second digit and an additional fifth digit section that wraps around the fifth digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the fifth digit, said additional second digit section and said additional fifth digit section providing a configuration wherein a portion of the palmar side and a lateral side of the second digit and a portion of the palmar side and a medial side of the fifth digit are covered by portions of said palmar element having a seamless surface;
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- said dorsal element being located opposite said palmar element and substantially covering:
- a dorsal metacarpal area of the hand, and
- a dorsal side of the third digit and the fourth digit.
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element, said palmar element being formed from a single section of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand;
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- a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, and having at least one additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of at least one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the at least one of the second through fifth digits wrapped by said at least one additional section,
- said dorsal element being formed from a second shock-absorbing material and located opposite said palmar element.
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element located opposite said palmar element, said palmar element being formed of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand;
- and
- a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, and having at least one additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of at least one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the at least one of the second through fifth digits wrapped by said at least one additional section, said at least one additional section of said palmar element including an additional second digit section that wraps around the second digit of the wearer, and an additional fifth digit section that wraps around the fifth digit of the wearer, said additional second digit section covering a portion of the dorsal side of the second digit and said additional fifth digit section covering a portion of the dorsal side of the fifth digit.
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element located opposite said palmar element, said palmar element being formed of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand;
- a palmar side of a first digit to define a first digit area that includes at least one additional first digit section that wraps around the first digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the first digit;
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- a palmar side of a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, said palmar element having at least one additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of at least one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the at least one of the second through fifth digits wrapped by said at least one additional section.
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element located opposite said palmar element, said palmar element being formed of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand;
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- a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, and having at least one additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of at least one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the at least one of the second through fifth digits wrapped by said at least one additional section, wherein a fifth digit area of said palmar element includes said at least one additional section, said at least one additional section including a medial section and a lateral section, said medial section extending from a medial side of said fifth digit area of said palmar element and said lateral section extending from a lateral side of said fifth digit area of said palmar element, said medial section and said lateral section wrapping around the fifth digit to cover substantially all of the dorsal side of the fifth digit.
An athletic glove for protecting and receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a base portion connected to a protective portion, said protective portion having a palmar element and a dorsal element located, opposite said palmar element, said palmar element being formed of a first shock-absorbing material and being located to substantially cover:
- a palmar metacarpal area of the hand;
- and
- a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, and having at least one additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of at least one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the at least one of the second through fifth digits wrapped by said at least one additional section,
- wherein the external edge of said palmar element includes a first notch located at the intersection of the first digit and the palm, a second notch located at the intersection of the second digit and the palm, and a third notch located at the intersection of the fifth digit and the palm.
An athletic glove for receiving a hand of a wearer, said glove comprising a palmar element and an opposite dorsal element, said palmar element being a single section of shock-absorbing material that defines a palmar metacarpal area formed integral with a plurality of palmar digital areas, said palmar digital areas being configured to cover a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit, one of said palmar digital areas having an additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of one of the second through fifth digits to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the one of the second through fifth digits.
An athletic glove for receiving a hand of a wearer, said athletic glove comprising a palmar element and a separate dorsal element located opposite said palmar element, said palmar element being a single section of a shock-absorbing material that defines a palmar metacarpal area formed integral with a plurality of palmar digital areas, said palmar digital areas being configured to cover a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit, a second of said palmar digital areas having a single additional second digit section that wraps around a lateral side of the second digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the second digit.
An athletic glove for receiving a hand of a wearer, said athletic glove comprising a palmar element and an opposite dorsal element, said palmar element being a single section of shock-absorbing material that defines a palmar metacarpal area formed integral with a plurality of palmar digital areas, said palmar digital areas being configured to cover a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit, a second of said palmar digital areas having an additional second digit section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of the second digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the second digit, and a fifth of said palmar digital areas having an additional fifth digit section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of the fifth digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the fifth digit.
An athletic glove for receiving a hand of a wearer, said athletic glove comprising a palmar element and an opposite dorsal element, said palmar element defining a plurality of palmar digital areas configured to cover a palmar side of at least a first digit, a second digit, and a fifth digit of the hand, a first of said palmar digital areas having a first additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of the first digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the first digit, a second of said palmar digital areas having a second additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of the second digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the second digit, and a fifth of said palmar digital areas having a-fifth additional section that wraps around one of a medial and a lateral side of the fifth digit to cover at least a portion of a dorsal side of the fifth digit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.