Glove with palm grips
AssigneeMcCrane, Inc.
InventorMark Faulconer
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Abstract
A glove for wearing on a user's hand to grip an object, such as a barbell. The glove has a palm side which carries a plurality of pads that have gripping surfaces. The pads are positioned in spaced-apart relationship and connected together by a flexible connecting layer. The connecting layer is sufficiently thinner than the pads to allow the glove and user's hand to be comfortably curled about and uncurled from a object while enabling a secure grip. Valleys between the pads serve to recess the connecting layer below the gripping surfaces.
Claims13
A glove for wearing on a user's hand for enabling the glove and hand to be comfortably curled about an object with a secure grip, the glove comprising the combination of a glove body for fitting about the hand, the body comprising a palm side, first and second pads positioned in spaced-apart relationship on the palm side, each pad having a first thickness and a substantially flat land, the glove being devoid of a cover over the lands so that the lands are enabled to directly contact the object, a gap between the pads, a flexible connecting layer in the gap, the layer being connected between the first and second pads, and the connecting layer having a second thickness which is sufficiently thinner than the first thickness and with the gap being sufficiently small so that the first and second pads are enabled to bend toward and away from contact with each other when the glove and hand curl about or uncurl from the object.
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