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US 8,474,063 B2Granted
Glove with multi-element dorsal stiffeners
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsRyan C. Coulter, Michael C. Kemery, Cedar Miller
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Abstract
A glove includes two “H” shaped stiffening battens on a dorsal side. The battens terminate on a proximal side of the second through fifth fingers, and are formed from a non-rigid material. A one-piece protective panel is attached to the palmar side of the glove. The protective panel covers portions of the wearing hand palm corresponding to the distal ends of the second through fifth metacarpal bones, as well as palmar side portions of the second through fifth digits corresponding to the second through fifth proximal phalanx bones. Flex notch cut-outs in the protective panel correspond to portions of the palmar region which tend to bunch during gripping of a bar or other object and help prevent discomfort during such gripping.
Claims16
A glove comprising:
- a base, the base including one or more panels which cover at least part of a hand when the glove is worn;
- and
- a first non-rigid stiffener secured to the base having a first bridge and a first and second longitudinal arm,
- the first and second arms being generally straight and integral to the first bridge and extending independently therefrom in a distal direction and terminating at a distal terminal end and a proximal direction and terminating at a proximal terminal end,
- the first stiffener having a first width that tapers in a direction from the distal terminal ends of the first stiffener to the proximal terminal ends of the first stiffener, so that the first width at the distal terminal ends is greater than the first width at the proximal terminal ends;
- a second non-rigid stiffener secured to the base having a second bridge and a third and fourth longitudinal arm,
- the third and fourth arms being generally straight and integral to the second bridge and extending independently therefrom in both a distal direction and terminating at a distal terminal end and a proximal direction and terminating at a proximal terminal end,
- the second stiffener having a second width that tapers in a direction from the distal terminal ends of the second stiffener to the proximal terminal ends of the second stiffener, so that the second width at the distal terminal ends is greater than the second width at the proximal terminal ends;
- the first and second non-rigid stiffeners are identical and placed on the glove in different orientations,
- where the second arm is longer than the first arm, and when the glove is worn by a wearer, the second arm is adapted to be nearer a centerline of the wearer's hand than the first arm,
- the third arm is longer than the fourth arm, and when the glove is worn by the wearer, the third arm is adapted to be nearer the centerline of the wearer's hand than the fourth arm;
- the stiffeners are positioned on a dorsal side of the base,
- the stiffeners resist rotation of the wearing hand about its corresponding wrist in a dorsal direction, and
- each arm of each stiffener extends distally from a wrist of the wearer and is designed to terminate at the distal terminal ends prior to a distal end of at least one of a second through fifth wearing hand metacarpal bones of the wearer.
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A glove comprising:
- a base, the base including one or more panels which cover at least part of a hand when the glove is worn;
- and
- a first non-rigid stiffener secured to the base having a first integral connecting bridge and a first and second longitudinal arm,
- the first and second longitudinal arms being generally straight and integral to the first bridge and extending independently therefrom in a distal direction and terminating at a distal terminal end and a proximal direction and terminating at a proximal terminal end,
- the first stiffener having a first width that tapers in a direction from the distal terminal ends of the first stiffener to the proximal terminal ends of the first stiffener, so that the first width at the distal terminal ends is greater than the first width at the proximal terminal ends;
- the first integral connecting bridge joining the first and second longitudinal arms at a location between the proximal terminal end and the distal terminal ends of each of the longitudinal arms;
- a second non-rigid stiffener secured to the base having a second integral connecting bridge and a third and fourth longitudinal arm,
- the third and fourth longitudinal arms being generally straight and integral to the second bridge and extending independently therefrom in a distal direction and terminating at a distal terminal end and a proximal direction and terminating at a proximal terminal end,
- the second stiffener having a second width that tapers in a direction from the distal terminal ends of the second stiffener to the proximal terminal ends of the second stiffener, so that the second width at the distal terminal ends is greater than the second width at the proximal terminal ends;
- the second integral connecting bridge joining the third and fourth longitudinal arms at a location between the proximal terminal end and the distal terminal end of each of the longitudinal arms;
- the first and second stiffeners are each located on a dorsal side of a wearing hand when the glove is worn, wherein the distal terminal end of each longitudinal arm does not extend beyond a distal end of the wearing hand third metacarpal bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.