Glove with improved grip

• US 20030033660A1
• Filed: 10/08/2002
• Published: 02/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert J. Sajovic
• Original Assignee: Robert J. Sajovic
• Inventors: Sajovic, Robert J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,745,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/161.1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/01547 with grip improving means

Abstract

A glove comprising a palm; a thumb; at least one finger; and a plurality of suction devices attached to the palm, at least one finger, or both the palm and at least one finger, where said suction devices have a Shore A durometer of from about 20 to about 90.

Claims

1. An athletic glove for griping comprising:

a palm, where said palm has an exterior surface;

a plurality of digits including a thumb and at least one finger, where said digits each have a front surface; and

a plurality of cup-shaped suction devices attached to said palm, at least one digit, or both said palm and at least one digit, where said suction devices have a Shore A durometer value of from about 20 to about 90.

2. The glove of claim 1, where said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices is attached to said palm or at least one digit by direct attachment to the exterior surface of said palm or the front surface of at least one digit or via a secondary base that is then attached to the glove.

3. The glove of claim 1, where said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices is attached to the exterior surface of said palm, the front surface of said thumb, and the front surface of at least one finger.

4. The glove of claim 3, where the plurality of digits includes four fingers, and where said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices are attached to the front surfaces of said four fingers.

5. The glove of claim 1, where said cup-shaped suction devices have a Shore A durometer from about 30 to about 75.

6. The glove of claim 3, where the plurality of digits includes two fingers or is a mitten with one finger, and where said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices is attached to each finger.

7. The glove of claim 1, further comprising an elastic webbing between said thumb and at least one finger.

8. The glove of claim 4, further comprising an elastic webbing between each of said four fingers.

9. The glove of claim 1, where said cup-shaped suction devices include a concave upper surface and a convex side wall, and where said upper surface of said suction cups have a diameter that is greater than ½

inch.

10. The glove of claim 9, where at least two of said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices share a common base.

11. The glove of claim 1, where said cup-shaped suction devices are fabricated from materials selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyisoprene, polybutadiene, neoprene, styrene/butadiene copolymer, ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymer rubber, polysilicone, styrene/butadiene/styrene terpolymer, styrene/ethylene-butene/styrene terpolymer, and mixtures thereof.

12. The glove of claim 1, where the glove is an athletic glove for enhancing grip to a ball, whereby the plurality of cup-shaped suction devices allow for the selective attachment and detachment of the ball to and from the glove.

13. An athletic for griping comprising:

a palm, where said palm has an exterior surface;

a plurality of digits including a thumb and at least one finger, where said digits each have a front surface; and

a plurality of cup-shaped suction devices attached to the exterior surface of said palm, the front outer surface of at least one digit, or both the exterior surface of said palm and the front surface of at least one digit, where said cup-shaped suction devices are characterized by having a top surface having a diameter that is greater than ½

inch.

14. The glove of claim 13, where said plurality of cup-shaped suction devices is attached to said palm, said thumb, and at least one finger.

15. The glove of claim 14, where the plurality of digits includes four fingers, and where said plurality of suction devices is attached to said four fingers.