Sports training glove including pressure actuated switches for alarm circuit

• US 4,488,726 A
• Filed: 05/03/1983
• Issued: 12/18/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William F. Murray
• Original Assignee: William F. Murray
• Inventors: Murray, William F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US06/491,174
• Time in Patent Office: 595 Days
• Field of Search: 2/160, 2/161 R, 2/161 A, 273/183 B, 434/229, 116/DIG. 44
• US Class Current: 473/202
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/51 Force
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/146 Golf gloves
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/148 Gloves for bowling and other ball games
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 116/44 Portable personal alarms

Abstract

The sports practice glove is for use with a club, racket, bat or other item of sports equipment which has a handle to be gripped. The glove has a pressure operated switch on each finger and on the thumb of the glove and on the palm area of the glove. The switches which are rubber pad pressure operated switches of the normally closed kind are connected to a battery operated alarm circuit having an audible alarm. When in use and the glove is worn and a club properly gripped the switches are all held open. However if the club is improperly gripped the pressure on one or more switches will fall below a predetermined threshold a switch or switches will close and the alarm is actuated.

Claims

1. A sports practice glove for use with a club, racket, bat or other item of sports equipment having a handle to be gripped, the glove comprising:

a plurality of independently operable pressure-operated switches operable in response to a predetermined switching threshold pressure being arranged on an inside gripping surface of said glove; and

an alarm circuit coupled to the switches in such manner that the alarm is actuated when the pressure on any one or more of the switches is reduced below the switching threshold pressure of the switch, the switches being disposed at locations on the glove which will bear against the handle of the sports equipment when the latter is properly gripped.

2. A glove as claimed in claim 1 in which the alarm circuit is coupled to the switches in such manner that an audible alarm is sounded when the pressure on any one or more of the switches is reduced below a threshold determined by the switch pressure.

3. A glove as claimed in claim 2 in which each of the switches is connected to a battery operated miniaturized alarm circuit having an audible alarm.

4. A glove as claimed in claim 3 in which the battery and the audible alarm are incorporated in the wrist of the glove.

5. A glove as claimed in claim 3 in which the switches are of a normally closed kind and are connected in parallel across the battery and the audible alarm, the battery and audible alarm being connected to each other in series, whereby in use when the glove is worn and a club properly gripped all the switches are held open by the pressure of the grip and further when the club is improperly gripped the pressure on one or more switches is reduced below a threshold pressure required to maintain each switch open thereby allowing closure of the switch or switches to complete the circuit and actuate the audible alarm.

6. A glove as claimed in claim 1 in which on each finger and on the thumb of the glove there is provided at least one switch.

7. A glove as claimed in claim 1 in which a switch is secured on each finger and on the thumb of the glove and on the outside palm area of the glove.

8. A glove as claimed in claim 1 in which the switches are rubber pad pressure-operated switches.