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US5253367:
Golf glove
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Lappley, Gerald H.; Grand Rapids, MI 49504-2451
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1993-10-19
/ 1992-06-05
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| Application Number: |
US1992000897944
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 69/36;
A63B 71/14;
IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
A63B 71/14;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B69/36B; A63B71/14G6; K63B69/36;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/161.3;
473/205;
Original:
002/161.3;
273/166;
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| Field of Search: |
273/166,189 R,54 B
002/159,160,161 R,161 A,165,DIG. 6
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| Priority Number: |
| 1992-06-05 |
US1992000897944 |
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| Abstract: |
A golf glove that encourages a proper grip on the upper hand of a golf grip comprises a conventional golf glove having an elongated padded hump positioned adjacent the third and fourth fingers of the golf glove and aligned parallel with the bases of the third and fourth fingers of the glove. The hump is formed of leather or other flexible sheet material into a pocket, and the pocket is filled with cotton batten or other non-woven compressible fibrous material. The hump non-elastically conforms with the shape of the grip and forms an enlarged portion that urges the grip against the knuckle portion of the third and fourth fingers of the hand and enhances the gripping action of the third and fourth fingers. The hump does not extend over the heel portion of the hand and does not impair significantly the feel of the glove club.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Waters & Morse ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Millin, V.; Passaniti, Sebastiano
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A golf glove that enhances the grip of a golfer's upper hand on the distal end of a golf club grip comprising:
- a glove portion including fingers that at least partially cover the golfer's fingers and a palm portion that covers the palm of the golfer's hand; and
- an elongated padded hump on the palm portion of the glove, the hump extending inwardly from an outer end at an outer side of the glove toward an inner end at an inner side of the glove but not extending to the knuckle of the first finger of the glove, the hump extending substantially parallel to a line extending through the intersection of the bases of the third and fourth fingers of the glove but being spaced away from said line by a distance such that when a golf club is properly gripped by a golfer's third and fourth fingers, the hump fits at least partially over the golf club and urges the golf club grip inwardly toward the knuckles of the third and fourth fingers, the hump comprising a pocket of flexible sheet material on the palm of the glove, with the pocket being filled with a compressible filler comprising non-woven fibrous materials, the hump having substantially parallel longitudinal sides that extend the length of the hump and having a width sufficiently narrow that the outer end of the hump does not extend over the heel of the hand, the hump being non-elastically compressible to a substantial extent and deformable such that gripping the golf club grip with the glove causes the hump to non-elastically conform with the shape of the grip, with the padding being urged toward the wrist of the glove so that it tends to wrap around the grip with an enlarged portion on the wrist side of the grip that guides the grip toward the knuckles of the hand and restrains the grip from slipping toward the heel of the glove, the hump being shaped such that it serves to enhance the grip of the hand against the golf grip, the hump being positioned opposite the third and fourth fingers of the glove such that the grip is selectively enhanced for the third and fourth fingers and not the first finger, the overall effect being that the glove urges the grip to remain adjacent the knuckles of the hand and enhances the gripping force of the third and fourth fingers, thereby urging a proper grip on the golf grip.
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