ATHLETE'S GLOVE AND PAD

• US 3,863,271 A
• Filed: 01/02/1974
• Issued: 02/04/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Martin A. Moroney
• Original Assignee: Martin A. Moroney
• Inventors: Moroney, Martin A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Larkin, Geo. V.
• Application Number:
  US05/429,787
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 2/16,20,161A,161R,159 273/183B,54B
• US Class Current: 2/161.2
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/146 Golf gloves

Abstract

A glove and a pad for athletes, as golfers, baseball players and the like, wherein the glove is provided with a pliable pad having a depression formed therein in a direction toward an opening formed between the thumb and forefinger when the same are closed about the club handle and whereby the pad enables at least the smallest fingers dand at least the last finger to apply its fullest gripping pressure and forces to the club handle.

Claims

1. A hand glove for golfers and the like having finger stalls and a palm area including glove portions to cover the palm of a hand including the thenar and heel of the hand, the invention comprising an elongated pad of pliable material connected to the glove palm extending along the heel portion thereof from the thenar portion to and along at least a portion of the extent of the smallest glove finger stall, and a recess defined in said pad extending in a direction from the heel portion of the glove toward an opening between the thumb and forefinger of the glove when the same are wrapped about a club handle.

2. A hand glove as in claim 1, said recess being a depression in said pad intermediate the elongation thereof to define two major enlarged portions on opposite sides thereof, said recess being shaped to receive a club handle therein when said enlarged portions are wrapped about the club handle.

3. A hand glove for gripping the handle of a golf club and the like wherein the glove has a palm area for covering the palm of the user'"'"''"'"'s hand with a portion of the glove covering and extending from at least the thenar portion of the hand and with a portion of the glove extending across the heel of the hand to at least a finger stall for the smallest finger of the hand, the invention comprising a pad of flexible material connected with the glove to extend across the glove palm area from the thenar portion thereof and along at least an extent of the finger stall for the smallest finger of the hand, and two enlarged portions relatively spaced along said pad from the thenar portion of the glove to the finger stall, said relative space between said enlarged portions being defined by a recess provided in said pad intermediate the ends thereof to accommodate therein the club handle.