Basketball training glove

• US 7,437,776 B1
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gordon D. Brown
• Original Assignee: Gordon D. Brown
• Inventors: Brown, Gordon D.
• Primary Examiner(s): MORAN, KATHERINE M
• Application Number:
  US11/247,738
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 216/0, 21611-1615, 128/880, 294/25, 473/205, 473/212
• US Class Current: 2/160
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/01582 with means to restrain or support the hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0037 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/143 Baseball or hockey gloves

Abstract

A basketball training glove includes a glove body having dorsal and palmar side panels, and opposing thumb and index finger stalls formed in the distal end. A strap is attached to the glove body and to the thumb stall, which maintains the thumb stall in proximity to the index finger stall and away from the palmer side panel.

Claims

1. A basketball training glove, comprising:

a glove body including opposing dorsal and palmar side panels, opposing proximal and distal ends, and a thumb stall formed in the distal end;

a first axis defined by the glove body extending from the proximal end of the glove body to the distal end of the glove body;

a strap having opposed first and second ends;

the first end of the strap secured to the dorsal side panel of the glove body, the strap extending across the dorsal side panel from the first end secured to the dorsal side panel of the glove body toward the thumb stall between the proximal and distal ends of the glove body along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis;

the second end of the strap folded back onto the first end of the strap and secured thereto to form a loop in the strap positioned toward the thumb stall;

the second end of the strap extending across the first end of the strap along the second axis; and

the thumb stall positioned in the loop securing the thumb stall to the strap, the strap maintaining the thumb stall in proximity to the glove body and away from the palmar side panel.

2. The glove of claim 1, wherein the strap is substantially inflexible limiting movement of the thumb stall away from the glove body and toward the palmar side of the glove body.

3. The glove of claim 1, further including an index finger stall formed in the distal end of the glove body, wherein the strap extends between the thumb and index finger stalls.

4. The glove of claim 1, spacer structure attached to the palmar side panel of the glove body for maintaining a basketball away from the palmar side panel of the glove body.

5. The glove of claim 1, further comprising an engagement assembly securing the second end of the strap to the first end of the strap including an element thereof carried by the second end of the strap secured to a complemental element thereof carried by the first end of the strap.