Apparel – Guard or protector – Hand or arm
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-11
2001-03-20
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Guard or protector
Hand or arm
C002S161100, C002S162000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202213
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to boxing gloves and, more particularly, to boxing gloves which utilize a pneumatic wrap to secure the boxing glove to a hand.
2. Background Art
A conventional boxing glove, shown in
FIGS. 1
a
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2
b
, is secured to a fighter's hand and wrist by a simple lace-type system which is well known in the art. In use, after each lace is tightened and the lace ends are tied, tape, such as surgical tape, is wrapped around the wrist-receiving part of the glove and the lace to provide both a tighter securing of the glove to the hand and wrist, as well as to ensure the lace remains on or adjacent the glove thereby avoiding a loose lace from potentially striking an opponents face or eye.
During the course of a fight, however, this tape often comes loose, thereby necessitating a temporary stop to the fight to re-secure the tape. This is a problem because the loose tape can be inadvertently flicked into the opponent's face or eye. Moreover, the loose tape may permit a portion of the lace to become separated from the glove, whereby it to can also be inadvertently flicked into the opponents face or eye.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to overcome the above problems and others by providing a boxing glove which can be secured to the hand and wrist of a fighter without lace and/or tape. It is also an object of the present invention to avoid the use of tape with a lace-secured boxing glove by providing a sleeve which can be secured around the wrist-receiving part and lace of the boxing glove to maintain the lace secured against the boxing glove. Still other objects of the present invention will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading and understanding the following detailed description.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, I have invented a boxing glove which includes a hand part having a palm compartment in communication with a finger compartment and a thumb compartment. The palm compartment is configured to receive and enclose a palm part and a dorsal part of a hand. The finger compartment and the thumb compartment are configured to receive and separately enclose the respective fingers and thumb of the hand. The boxing glove includes an elongated wrist-receiving part configured to receive and enclose a wrist of the hand received in the hand part. The wrist-receiving part extends away from the side of the palm compartment opposite the finger compartment and terminates in a mouth configured to receive the hand and wrist therethrough. The wrist-receiving part includes a slot therein which extends from the mouth toward the palm compartment. A pneumatic wrap contacts at least a part of each side of the slot for urging the sides of the slot together when inflated.
Preferably, one end of the pneumatic wrap is coupled adjacent one side of the slot, crosses the slot a first time, extends around the wrist-receiving part, crosses the slot a second time, and is coupled adjacent the other side of the slot. Preferably, the pneumatic wrap is wound in a spiral around the wrist-receiving part. However, the pneumatic wrap can have the form of a sleeve configured to be received around the wrist-receiving part. The pneumatic wrap can be received on an outside surface of the wrist-receiving part, an inside surface of the wrist-receiving part or inside the wrist-receiving part. The pneumatic wrap includes an inflatable bladder for receiving and retaining gas therein and a gas inlet means for admitting gas into the inflatable bladder. The gas inlet means can include a gas inlet port configured to receive a conventional needle valve or a diaphragm pump formed integrally with the boxing glove. The pneumatic wrap can also include a cover covering an exposed side of the inflatable bladder.
I have also invented a boxing glove that includes a glove body defining a hand-receiving part for receiving a hand enclosed therein and a wrist-receiving part in communication with the hand-receiving part. The wrist-receiving part has a mouth opposite the hand-receiving part. The wrist-receiving part is configured to enable the hand to pass therethrough between the hand-receiving part and the mouth. The wrist-receiving part is configured to enclose the wrist of the hand when the hand is received in the hand-receiving part. A slot is formed in the wrist-receiving part. The slot defines a pair of opposed sides which extend from the mouth toward the hand-receiving part. In one embodiment, a pneumatic wrap is coupled to the wrist-receiving part adjacent each opposite sides of the slot. The pneumatic wrap is wound around the wrist-receiving part between the coupling thereof adjacent each opposed side of the slot and crosses the slot at least one time. In another embodiment, the pneumatic wrap has a tubular form with an inside diameter configured to receive the wrist-receiving part therein when the pneumatic wrap is deflated. In each case, the pneumatic wrap urges the opposed sides together when it is inflated.
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Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
Worrell Danny
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