Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-24
2001-03-27
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
C002S160000, C002S917000, C224S918000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205588
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of sporting equipment, and more particularly it relates to an improved tee holder provided on a golfing glove.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the game of golf, it is customary to “tee off” the first stroke of each “hole” as provided in the rules, therefore golf players usually carry a supply of tees, typically in a compartment of the golf club bag. However, for convenience most players keep two or three tees in a handy location such is in a pocket or even under shoelaces. There is a similar need for ready availability of the ball marker, a small disc that is often used to mark the ball location on the putting green.
Since golfing gloves are commonly utilized, it has been known to provide tee holders on a glove; however, implementations of known art have been found to be less than ideally convenient and to have the potential of inflicting discomfort or even injury on the golfer.
DISCUSSION OF KNOWN ART
U.S. Pat. No. 5,365,609 to Herzog and Japanese patents 53-50069 and 55-12939 all disclose a golf glove with a tee holder shown as located on the back side of the left-hand glove, with the assumption that the golfer is right-handed: this assumption will be followed in the present discussion.
Patent '609 and '939 show tees held inside the flap of an overlapping closure of a type that is in common use, utilizing hook and pile fastening to secure the glove firmly to the hand.
Patents '069 shows the tee holder mounted centrally on the back of a glove having no flap but utilizing only an elastic closure of a type once popular but no longer found in common usage.
All three of the cited patents show and teach a tee holder made and arranged to hold tees in side-by-side relationship oriented in a substantially longitudinal direction relative to the forearm and fingers, '069 and '939 show the tees pointing toward the fingers while '609 shows two pointing downwardly toward the finders and one pointing upwardly, and includes a pouch for holding a ball marker.
In known art as represented by the patents cited above that are each shown holding three tees in the region of the back of the left hand, the longitudinal orientation of the tees relative to the left forearm make it inconvenient to select a tee with the right hand since the tee must be pulled out from the holder in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the right forearm. Furthermore flexing, arching or cocking of the wrist joint tends to force the head and/or pointed end of the tee against the back region of the hand and the forearm, potentially causing distraction, discomfort or even injury, e.g. in the event of unexpected physical strain such as the golfer tripping and/or falling to the ground.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved golf glove tee holder that eliminates the potential distraction, discomfort and risk of injury that are inherent in known glove tee holders that hold the tees oriented longitudinally, i.e. parallel to an axis that traverses the finger tips and the cuff of the glove.
It is a further object to provide a golf glove tee holder that is improved over known art with regard to a golfer's convenience and ease in selecting and withdrawing a tee from the older.
It is a further object to provide an embodiment which includes improved provision for holding a ball marker.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The abovementioned objects have been accomplished by the present invention of an improved golf glove tee holder that is made and arranged to hold tees in an orientation that is lateral relative to the major axis through the finger tips and the cuff of the glove, and is thus substantially in line with the golfer's opposite forearm when a tee is grasped and pulled out with the opposite hand, whereby the acts of selecting, grasping and pulling out the tee are much more ergonomic: more natural and comfortable than with prior art.
Furthermore the transverse orientation allows full flexing of the wrist and knuckle joints in all directions with no potential distraction, discomfort or risk of injury from the tees.
As an optional feature, a ball marker may be provided, removably attached to the closure flap of the golf glove with a snap type fastener.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3753519 (1973-08-01), Gammon
patent: 4069954 (1978-01-01), Rauch
patent: 4489444 (1984-12-01), Graham
patent: 4639947 (1987-02-01), Lanscioni
patent: 5433436 (1995-07-01), Hoyt et al.
patent: 5795248 (1998-08-01), Giglio
Calvert John J.
McTaggart J. E.
Moran Katherine
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