Information display system

• US 10,502,836 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zero Friction, LLC
• Original Assignee: Zero Friction, LLC
• Inventors: Iacono, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Quinn, Richale L
• Application Number:
  US15/217,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20180021656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0024 with accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0037 for fastening an article to the glove
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0525 Personal portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0661 arranged on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/14 Geo-tagging, e.g. for correlating route or track location data with specific information related to that specific location
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/04 heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/00 Golfing accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/146 Golf gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 : Sporting applications

Abstract

An information display system for a golfer in which a display module in wireless communication with an electronic device, such as a mobile phone with a golf GPS application, is worn by a golfer on the back of a golf glove, so that the golfer can very conveniently check on the golfer'"'"'s distance to various targets on the golf course. The display module is removeably attached to the glove by at least one releasable connection, such a threaded fastener and/or a magnet.

Claims

1. A glove, comprising:

a glove body;

a display module configured to display information; and

a releasable connection configured to releasably couple the glove body and the display module, wherein

the releasable connection includes a first connector that provides a hinge and a second magnetic connector, the second magnetic connector being distinct from the first connector, and

the hinge includes a sleeve coupled to the glove body and a pin shaped to fit through the sleeve, the pin being releasably coupled to the display module at at least two connection points.

2. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic connector includes at least two magnetically attracted components, a first component being a magnet coupled to one of the glove body and the display module, and a second component including ferrous material coupled to an other of the glove body and the display module.

3. The glove according to claim 2, wherein the magnet is sewn into a portion of a back of the glove body, and a bottom portion of the display module includes the ferrous material.

4. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the pin has external threads that engage internal threads formed at one of the connection points of the display module.

6. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the glove is a golf glove, and the information includes positional golfing information.

13. The glove according to claim 1, further comprising:

an electronic device with a location determining component, wherein

the display module is separate from and capable of wireless communication with the electronic device, and

the information includes distance information based on a position of the electronic device relative to a location.

14. The glove according to claim 13, wherein the glove is a golf glove.

15. The glove according to claim 13, wherein the distance information is based on a distance of the electronic component to at least one target on a golf course.

5. A glove, comprising:

a glove body;

a display module configured to display information; and

a releasable connection configured to releasably couple the glove body and the display module, wherein

the releasable connection includes a first releasable connector and a second releasable connector,

the first releasable connector includes;

a sleeve coupled to the glove body, and

an elongated pin shaped to pass through the sleeve,

the pin having a first part configured to engage a first part of the display module and a second part configured to engage a second part of the display module,

the second connection includes a magnetically coupleable connection having a first part coupled to the display module and a second part coupled to the glove body.

7. The glove according to claim 5, wherein the display module includes a wireless receiver configured to communicate with an electronic device to receive locational information.

8. The glove according to claim 5, wherein the first part of the magnetically coupleable connection includes a ferrous material, and the second part of the magnetically coupleable connection includes a magnet sewn into a pocket on the glove body.

9. The glove according to claim 5, wherein the pin has external threads that engage internal threads disposed at one of the first and second parts of the display module.

10. The glove according to claim 5, wherein the display module is configured to display the information received from a base unit via a wireless connection.

11. The glove according to claim 10, wherein the base unit is a unit includes at least one of a cell phone and a heart rate monitor.

12. The glove according to claim 10, wherein the base unit includes a communication device having a location determining component and a golf course information.