Golf glove

• US 6,772,442 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2002
• Issued: 08/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hartmut Erker
• Original Assignee: Hartmut Erker
• Inventors: Erker, Hartmut
• Primary Examiner(s): MORAN, KATHERINE M
• Application Number:
  US10/132,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 216/11, 216/12, 216/14, 216/3, 473/205, 473/206
• US Class Current: 2/161.2
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/01547 with grip improving means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2060/464 Means for indicating or measuring the pressure on the grip
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0627 when used improperly, e.g. by giving a warning
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/51 Force
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• 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

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel golf glove and is characterized in that on the inside surface of the thumb of the glove, i.e. the surface that bears against the club shaft when playing, there is a pressure sensor that interacts with an acoustic signal transmitter or is part of an acoustic signal transmitter that delivers an acoustic signal when a predetermined trigger force acting on the sensor is exceeded.

Claims

1. A golf glove, consisting essentially of an inner glove surface, a back glove surface, fingers and a thumb, the thumb having an inside and outside surface,

a pressure sensor on the thumb, and

electronic circuitry connected with the pressure sensor in order to receive a signal from the sensor,

wherein the pressure sensor comprises two pressure switches that deliver an acoustic signal when a predetermined trigger force acting on one or both pressure contacts is exceeded, said two pressure switches are positioned in an at least partially overlapping relation to each other on the thumb, and

wherein there is a position aid on the inside surface of the glove formed by at least one bulge and provided for a shaft of a club and forms a side support surface for the shaft with one partial length and a rest surface for the shaft with another partial length.

2. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein said two pressure switches are positioned on opposite sides of a flexible substrate.

3. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two pressure switches are staggered in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction of the thumb.

4. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry is an astable multivibrator with an acoustic signal transmitter triggered by the multivibrator.

5. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multivibrator is a piezo buzzer.

6. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pressure sensor is provided on the free end of the thumb.

7. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry is made for delivering at least one of an acoustic signal, visual signal or a signal in the form of a mechanical vibration when the trigger force is exceeded.

8. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trigger force is in the range between roughly 600-700 g.

9. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glove is for the left hand.

10. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glove is for the right hand.

11. A golf glove, consisting essentially of an inner glove surface, a back glove surface, fingers and a thumb, the thumb having an inside and outside surface,

a pressure sensor on the inside or outside surface of the thumb, and

electronic circuitry connected with the pressure sensor to receive a signal from the sensor,

the pressure sensor comprises two pressure switches that deliver an acoustic signal when a predetermined trigger force acting on one or both pressure contacts is exceeded,

wherein said two pressure switches are positioned in an overlapping relation to each other on opposite sides of the thumb, namely one pressure switch on the inner side and one pressure switch on the outer side of the thumb, and

wherein on the inside surface of the glove there is a position aid that is formed by at least one bulge and that is provided for a shaft of a club and forms a side support surface for the shaft with one partial length and a rest surface for the shaft with another partial length.