Athletic glove with wrist protection
OwnerAndré Desjardins, Bastien Jourde +1inventors
InventorsAndré Desjardins, Bastien Jourde, Martin Laberge
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An athletic glove having a hand-receiving portion and a cuff extending therefrom, the cuff including at least an inner cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion along a palm side thereof, an outer cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion opposite of the inner cuff member so as to define two opposed circumferential gaps therebetween, and at least one connection member extending across each of the circumferential gaps to interconnect the inner and outer cuff members.
Claims17
An athletic glove comprising a hand-receiving portion and a cuff extending therefrom, the cuff including at least an inner cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion along a palm side thereof, an outer cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion opposite of the inner cuff member so as to define two opposed circumferential gaps therebetween, at least one connection member extending across each of the circumferential gaps to interconnect the inner and outer cuff members, and two side cuffs members extending from the hand-receiving portion, one of the side cuff members covering each of the circumferential gaps, the side cuffs each being disposed outside of and overlapping a portion of the inner and the outer cuff members.
An athletic glove comprising a hand-receiving portion for containing a hand of a wearer and a cuff extending from the hand-receiving portion to protect a wrist of the wearer, the cuff including an inner cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion along a palm side thereof, an outer cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion opposite and spaced apart from the inner cuff member, the outer and inner cuff members being interconnected by connection members such that the outer cuff member is moved toward the wrist when the wrist is flexed against the inner cuff member, two opposed side cuff members extending from the hand-receiving portion and covering the connection members, each of the side cuff members being disposed outwardly from the inner and outer cuff members such as to partially overlapping both the inner and outer cuff members.
A method of manufacturing an athletic glove comprising:
- providing a hand-receiving portion defining an opening for inserting a hand therein;
- hingedly attaching a base portion of an inner cuff member to the hand-receiving portion around the opening thereof and adjacent a palm portion thereof, the inner cuff member including side portions extending from each side of the base portion, and ensuring that the side portions are free of any connection with the hand receiving portion;
- hingedly attaching an outer cuff member to the hand-receiving portion around the opening thereof and opposite of the inner cuff member;
- and
- interconnecting the side portions of the inner cuff member with adjacent sides of the outer cuff member at a location spaced apart from the hand-receiving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.