Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-10
2001-03-06
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
C002S159000, C002S161100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06195804
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to training devices used for practicing golf skills and more specifically to a pair of golf gloves worn playing golf that will aid a golfer in achieving and maintaining a preferred grip on a golf club.
PRIOR ART
Achieving and maintaining the consistency and feel of the preferred grip position on a golf club is somewhat difficult to learn, especially for beginner and intermediate golfers. A faulty grip position, whether too strong or too weak, directly affects the position of the club face at impact leading to shots that end up well right or well left of the target. In addition, many of these golfers, upon addressing a ball, tend to fidget around with their grip position and may inadvertently shift their hands on a golf club during their back swing and forward swing, adversely affecting their golf shot.
Most golf instructors tell their students that in order to execute a well coordinated, smooth flowing, swing of a golf club, the fundamentals of a neutral grip position must first be learned and repeatedly practiced. Many amateur golfers tend to grasp a golf club without careful consideration of their hand position on the club. They may also use one or two golf gloves. Such gloves do enhance the golfers grip on the club, but none have been produced that direct and secure a golfer's hands in the preferred neutral grip position.
Thus, there is a need in the art for an aid to help a golfer achieve and maintain a preferred neutral grip position on the golf club during the entire swing to realize a golf shot.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The foregoing need in the prior art is satisfied by the present invention. The present invention provides a pair of interlocking golf gloves which help a golfer achieve, secure and maintain the preferred neutral grip position on a golf club during the entire swing process and to achieve a good golf shot. These golf gloves are properly sized, easily worn and are not cumbersome on the golf course.
The golf gloves of the preferred embodiment of the invention utilize hook and pile fasteners of the type available commercially under the trademark VELCRO®. Segments of such hook and pile fasteners are permanently attached to each of the gloves. A golfer wearing a pair of these golf gloves is aided in how to properly grip a golf club in a preferred neutral grip so as not to have: (a) too weak a grip where the golf club handle slides into the lifeline of the golfer's upper hand instead of resting in the heel pad of the hand and results in slicing a golf shot; or (b) too strong a grip where there is pressure in the upper hand wrist socket and the outside of the lower arm forearm tighten up and results in a hook shot. With the preferred neutral grip a golfer will achieve and maintain the preferred grip on a golf club during an entire swing to achieve a good golf shot.
For a right handed golfer their upper hand is their left hand and their lower hand is their right hand. Conversely, for a left handed golfer their upper hand is their right hand and their lower hand is their left hand.
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Calvert John J.
Funk Joseph E.
Welch Gary L.
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