Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Patent
1999-12-23
2000-12-05
Calvert, John J.
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
21612, A41D 1900
Patent
active
061548855
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a golf glove, and in particular to a free-size type golf glove which fits any golfer's hand irrespective of size and ensures a firm grip.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
Golf gloves must of their nature fit the golfer's hand perfectly in order to ensure a firm grip. For this reason, manufacturers have hitherto been forced to manufacture numerous different sizes of glove in accordance with the circumference of the knuckle. Meanwhile, users have often found, for instance in the case of junior players' gloves, that as a result of body growth a size ceases to fit them in a short period of time, making it necessary to purchase the correct size every season.
Thus, conventional golf gloves have presented problems in that manufacturers have had to prepare them in numerous different sizes, while users have found it necessary frequently to purchase a new pair in line with body growth, particularly in the case of junior players.
These problems may be eliminated if a glove body is made of stretch material of the sort generally known as two-way stretch, thus allowing it to fit the golfer's hand irrespective of size.
However, it is inconvenient for the whole of the glove body to be made of stretch material in that while it fits the hand well, such the material has a tendency to slip, making it impossible to grip the golf club firmly and resulting in mistaken shots.
It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the aforesaid conventional problems and inconveniences, and to provide a free-size type golf glove which can be made to fit any golfer's hand perfectly irrespective of size, while endowing the palm part side with the required slip resistance to ensure a firm grip.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With a view to attaining the aforesaid object, the first invention is a golf glove, most of the back part side and palm part side of the glove body of which is formed from a stretch material which expands and contracts freely in the vertical, horizontal and oblique directions, wherein;
non-slip patches of synthetic, artificial or natural leather, which afford inferior properties of expansion and contraction in comparison with the stretch material but serve to prevent slipping, are sewn on to the palm part side of the glove body, in such a manner that stretch material is exposed all the way from the vicinity of the tips of the index, middle, ring and little finger parts on the palm part side to the vicinity of the lower edge at the wrist end of the glove body without any discontinuity.
More specifically, it is a golf glove, most of the back part side and palm part side of the glove body of which is formed from a stretch material which expands and contracts freely in the vertical, horizontal and oblique directions, wherein:
non-slip patches of synthetic, artificial or natural leather, which afford inferior properties of expansion and contraction in comparison with the stretch material but serve to prevent slipping, are sewn on to the middle, ring and little finger parts on the palm part side of the glove body in a position inward from the edge of the stretch material which forms the glove body, while on the index finger part made of the stretch material the non-slip patch is sewn on so as to continue round from the palm part side to the back part side but leave the stretch material exposed at the upper edge and on the side edge of the back part side, said non-slip patch further being sewn on to the palm part of the glove body so as to leave the stretch material exposed along the lower edges of the finger parts and around the thumb part on the palm part side, with the result that stretch material is exposed all the way from the vicinity of the tips of the index, middle, ring and little finger parts to the vicinity of the lower edge at the wrist end of the glove body without any discontinuity.
Generally speaking if the whole of a glove body is made of two-way stretch material and patches of synthetic leather or a similar material are sewn on all over the palm part
REFERENCES:
patent: 5251335 (1993-10-01), DeFusco
patent: 5511248 (1996-04-01), Widdemer
patent: 5644795 (1997-07-01), Landis et al.
patent: 5708979 (1998-01-01), Redwood et al.
Kobayashi Seiji
Shinki Kaoru
Calvert John J.
Les Gants Co., Ltd.
Moran Katherine
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