Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Reexamination Certificate
2001-02-06
2002-07-23
Lindsey, Rodney M. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
C002S161200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06421836
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, in general, to a golf glove having a tee pocket on its fastening band consisting of a fastening flap and a flap interlocking patch and, more particularly, to a golf glove having a plurality of tee pockets provided on the fastening flap or flap interlocking patch of the band such that the pockets extend in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the glove body, the golf glove thus allowing a golfer to store a plurality of golf tees in the tee pockets.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Most golfers typically wear golf gloves for preventing the grip of a golf club from unexpectedly slipping from his hands while golfing. A golf tee is a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg from which the ball is driven, as in teeing off at the beginning of play for each hole. Such a tee is stuck into the teeing ground and holds a golf ball thereon.
It is thus necessary for golfers to always bring several tees while golfing on a course. Most golfers store their tees in the pockets of their golf trousers, and take out a desired tee from the pocket when necessary.
As described above, the conventional tees have been typically made of wood, plastic, metal or rubber, and have a peg shape with a sharpened tip. The tees may thus undesirably irritate the golfer's body when they are stored in the pockets of trousers. Such storage of golf tees in a trouser pocket also prevents a golfer from quickly or easily taking out a desired tee from the pocket since the golfer typically stores other necessities, such as ball markers, in the trouser pocket together with the tees. Therefore, the storage of golf tees in trouser pockets is inconvenient for golfers.
In an effort to allow a golfer to simply and conveniently store his tees and easily and quickly take out a desired tee while golfing on the course, a golf glove having a tee holder on its fastening band, consisting of a fastening flap and a flap interlocking patch provided on the back of the glove, has been proposed and widely used. An example of a conventional golf glove having such a tee holder is shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
.
FIG. 1
is a perspective view, showing the construction of a conventional golf glove with a fixed tee holding band provided on the fastening flap of the fastening band as disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 108,796. In this conventional golf glove, a slit
12
is formed on the sleeve of the glove body
11
along an axial direction of the body
11
and allows a hand of a golfer to easily pass through the sleeve when putting on or taking off the glove. The fastening flap
13
a
of a fastening band
13
is mounted to an edge of the slit
12
, and extends from said edge toward the back of the glove body
11
. A flap interlocking patch
13
b
of the band
13
is attached on the surface of the glove body
11
at a position corresponding to the fastening flap 13
a
. The flap
13
a
and patch
13
b
of the fastening band
13
are provided with fastening means, such as the hook and pile pieces of a Velcro fastener, on their opposing surfaces, thus interlocking when pressed together. A tee holding band
14
is fixed to the external surface of the fastening flap
13
a
through a sewing process to form a plurality of tee holders
14
a
.
In such a case, the tee holders
14
a
of the tee holding band
14
are arranged in parallel to the axial direction of the glove body
11
, and keep a plurality of tees (not shown) therein.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view, showing the construction of another conventional golf glove with a removable tee holding band provided on the fastening flap of the fastening band as disclosed in Korean Utility Model Publication No. 96-1105. In this golf glove, the pile or hook piece
23
of a Velcro fastener is attached to the top surface of the fastening flap
22
of a fastening band
21
mounted to the back of the glove body
20
. This golf glove also has a removable tee holding band
24
provided with a plurality of tee holders for holding a plurality of tees “T”. The lower surface of this tee holding band
24
is provided with the remaining piece of the Velcro fastener. The tee holding band
24
is thus capable of detachably interlocking with the fastening flap
22
when pressed together.
That is, in the golf glove of
FIG. 2
, the pile or hook piece
23
of a Velcro fastener is mounted to the top surface of the fastening flap
22
of the fastening band
21
. On the other hand, the remaining piece of the Velcro fastener is mounted to the lower surface of the tee holding band
24
with a plurality of tee holders
24
a
formed on the band
24
through a sewing process, Therefore, the tee holding band
24
removably interlocks with the top surface of the fastening flap
22
when pressed together as desired.
The above-mentioned golf gloves have a fixed or removable tee holding band
14
or
24
on the fastening band
13
or
21
of the glove body
11
or
20
as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, and so the gloves allow users to easily and conveniently store and remove the golf tees while golfing on a course. However, these golf gloves are problematic as follows:
That is, the tee holding bands
14
and
24
are fixed to or detachably attached to the external surface of the fastening flap of the fastening band such that the bands
14
and
24
are entirely exposed to the atmosphere. Therefore, some golfers unconsciously see their tee holding bands in addition to the tees held in the holding bands while addressing the head of a club or hitting a ball on the course. Particularly, when a golfer unconsciously sees his tee holding band in addition to the tees held in the band while addressing the head of a club behind a ball, he may fail to focus his mind upon the addressing, thus being apt to miss a precise shot.
In addition, it is necessary for golfers to use a variety of tees having different lengths in accordance with the size of holes, and most golfers prefer to bring a plurality of tees including long and short tees so as to selectively use desired ones on the course. The average length of conventional long tees reaches about 7 cm. It is also necessary for each golfer to actively change his wrist angle while driving or hitting a ball on the course. When a golfer, putting on a glove with such several tees having different lengths and held on the conventional tee holding band of the glove, hits or drives a ball while such actively changing his wrist angle, the heads of some tees, for example, long tees, irritate or press against the golfer's wrist, thus distracting the golfer from precisely driving or hitting.
On the other hand, when a right-handed golfer uses a golf glove having such a conventional tee holding band, he wears the glove on his left hand. Therefore, such a right-handed golfer must handle the tees with a right hand when it is desired to insert a tee into the holding band or take out a tee from the holding band. However, the conventional tee holding bands are designed such that the tee holders extend in parallel to the axial direction of the glove body or the axial direction of the left hand of a golfer, and so the direction of the tee holders does not match the physical structure of a right-handed golfer. Therefore, the golf gloves with such conventional tee holding bands are inconvenient for the right-handed golfers while handling the tees on such tee holding bands of the gloves.
Most golfers typically take off their gloves and hold the gloves in pockets while moving from one hole to another hole on the course. When the removable tee holding band and the glove of
FIG. 2
are kept in a pocket while being separated from each other, the pile and hook pieces of the Velcro fastener of the tee holding band and the glove may be caught by the interior surface of the pocket, and so it is not easy to remove them from the pocket. In addition, the removable tee holding band may be undesirably removed from the glove even when a golfer pulls the fastening flap from the flap interlocking patch so as to unfasten the fasten
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Lindsey Rodney M.
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