CA2737874C - Protective athletic glove - Google Patents

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CA2737874C
CA2737874C CA2737874A CA2737874A CA2737874C CA 2737874 C CA2737874 C CA 2737874C CA 2737874 A CA2737874 A CA 2737874A CA 2737874 A CA2737874 A CA 2737874A CA 2737874 C CA2737874 C CA 2737874C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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Abstract

An improved protective athletic glove used in sports with sticks. A common maneuver in these sports is to lean forward and position the stick relatively parallel to the playing surface. Traditional protective gloves utilize thick pads resulting in a large gap between the stick and the playing surface. The present invention shapes the pads to optimize protection and minimize thickness to reduce the gap between the stick and the playing surface. The present invention results in a significant blocking advantage over traditional protective gloves while maintaining superior player protection.

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PROTECTIVE ATHLETIC GLOVE
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to wearable protective equipment, and more specifically to a protective athletic glove with means to reduce the gap between a player's stick and the playing surface.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hockey gloves are well known. They are part of the protective equipment that hockey players use to prevent serious injuries to vulnerable parts of the body. The hands and wrists are vulnerable as they can be hit from sticks, pucks, opposing players, skates, or they can be rammed into the net, ice or boards. For this reason they possess considerable padding. Prior art such as Canadian Patent 2,582,036 to Jourde, Laberge, and Paiement (2009) focused on increased mobility of the thumb. Other prior art such as Canadian Patent
2,554,826 to Beland, Contant, and Laperriere (2010) and Canadian Patent 2,453,480 to Sande (2008) focused on increased mobility of the fingers. United States Patent 6,122,769 to Wilder (2000) added ventilation holes to hockey gloves. No prior art has been found to address the shape of the pads with the specific goal of reducing the gap between a player's stick and the playing surface. Most ringette players use hockey gloves to play ringette. Ringette is a sport that was invented in Canada in 1963 specifically for girls who at that time were excluded from competitive hockey.
There are currently about 27 000 players in Canada. It is also played in the United States and throughout various countries in Europe. Ringette is a young sport and is similar to hockey, with the same number of players on the ice at one time and with the objective to score on the opponent's goalie. Instead of using a puck and a stick with a blade, players use a straight stick and a ring. Players must pass over the blue lines to their teammates to advance the ring from one end of the ice to the other. In the sport of ringette it is quite common for a player to position themselves with their stick against the ice, as horizontally as possible, to try and block a ring that is being passed or shot. This happens in the defensive end frequently when teams are set up in a formation called the triangle. It is also a strategy used when fore checking or anticipating a pass to intercept it. There is a significant disadvantage from using a standard hockey glove for ringette. The extremely bulky padding on the back of the fingers and hand prevent a player from getting the stick close enough to the ice to block a pass or shot. Because of this bulky padding many rings slide underneath a player's stick.
The top third of a player's stick is especially difficult to get low enough to reliably intercept the ring. This problem has led some players to use less protective gloves such as those found in lacrosse. This is to the detriment of the player's safety as lacrosse gloves typically do not offer enough protection on their wrists, which is especially dangerous considering the blades of skates can cause serious injuries. This limitation on minimizing the gap between a player's stick and the playing surface exists in other sports as well. For example, ice hockey, ball hockey, gym ringette, floor hockey and roller hockey all involve instances where a player may attempt to block a puck, ball or ring by positioning their stick horizontally but are limited by the arrangement and thickness of the padding on the backside of the glove. Typically hockey gloves use several foam pads of the same thickness on the back side of the hand and fingers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved athletic glove that will allow a player to get their stick horizontally closer to the playing surface. It is a further object of the present invention to provide such improved horizontal range without any marked reduction in the protection afforded by the glove.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an athletic glove according to the present invention.
Fig 2 is a perspective view of a conventional (prior art) athletic glove.
Fig 3 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrating the reduced gap between the stick and playing surface.
Fig 4 is a perspective view illustrating the large gap between the stick and playing surface created when using conventional (prior art) athletic gloves.
Fig 5 is a cross-section view of a preferred protective pad of the present invention.
Fig 6 is a cross-section view of a conventional (prior art) protective pad.
Fig 7 is a cross-section view of an angled preferred protective pad of the present invention.

DRAWINGS ¨ Reference Numerals protective athletic glove (preferred embodiment) playing surface player's stick reduced gap conventional glove (prior art) large gap (prior art) angled surface finger pads of reduced thickness side pads of reduced thickness 100 square knuckle padding 110 thick finger pads 120 thick side pads 130 section of finger pad of reduced thickness 140 stiff protective layer 150 high density foam 160 thickness of stiff protective layer 170 thickness of preferred pad 180 section of thick finger pad 190 foam pad (prior art) 200 thickness of foam pad (prior art) 210 small thickness 220 large thickness 230 angled protective pad DETAILED DESCRIPTION ¨ Preferred Embodiment The present invention will now be described with reference to the included drawings. Fig 1 shows a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of a protective athletic glove 10.
The protective padding on the knuckles is shaped or angled 70 to optimize contact with the playing surface 20. Fig 3 shows the finger pads 80 are constructed with optimum height to achieve a reduced gap 40 between the playing surface 20 and the player's stick 30. Fig 1
- 3 -also shows side pads of reduced thickness 90 to further optimize contact with the playing surface 20. All pads are secured to the protective athletic glove 10 using means common in the art such as glue and stitching.
Fig 2 shows a perspective view of a conventional protective athletic glove 50.
Fig 4 illustrates the large gap 60 created by the square knuckle padding 100 and the thick finger pads 110. Fig 2 also shows thick side pads 120 that further increase the large gap 60.
The combined features do not optimize contact with the playing surface 20.
Fig 6 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional protective pad 180 common in the art.
The pad 180 is constructed using high density foam 190. The thickness 200 is adequate for protection and is approximately equal to 24mm.
Fig 5 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred protective pad 130 of the present invention.
High density foam 150 with a reduced thickness 170 equal to approximately lOmm is bonded to a rigid protective layer 140 with a thickness 160 equal to approximately 2mm.
The total thickness of the preferred protective pad 130 is equal to approximately 12mm, or approximately half the thickness of a conventional protective pad 200. The rigid protective layer 140 is bonded to the high density foam 150 using a flexible epoxy cement common in the art.
Fig 7 is a cross-sectional view of an angled protective pad 230 of the protective athletic glove 10. The angled surface 70 may be constructed from a gentle curve or an angled surface between 5 degrees and 60 degrees, with a preferred angle of 45 degrees. The small height 210 is approximately equal to 12mm and the large height 220 is approximately equal to 24mm. The angled surface 70 achieves a smooth transition between the large height 220 and the total thickness of the preferred protective pad 130.
Advantageously, the use of a preferred protective pad 130 in the construction of a protective athletic glove 10 results in a reduced gap 40 between the playing surface 20 and the player's stick 30. The reduced gap 40 achieves the desired result of blocking passes and shots in the sport of choice. A further object of the present invention achieves the reduced gap 40 without a marked reduction in protection by utilizing a rigid protective layer 140 and high density foam 150. A further advantage of the present invention is increased mobility of the fingers and an improved feel and control of the player's stick 30.
- 4 -ADDITIONAL EMBODIMENTS
The specific description given above merely provides an illustration of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention. It should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. For example, the protective pads may be constructed from several bonded layers of foam with varying density. The angle and shape of the protective pads may be adjusted to optimize contact with the playing surface. This angle and shape will depend on the type and arrangement of protective pads on the back of the glove.
Partially attached pads may also be utilized to achieve relative motion of the pads to optimize contact with the playing surface. Thus the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by the examples given.
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We claim:
1. A protective athletic glove comprising;
(a) a hand receiving portion having a palm side and a dorsal side to receive and enclose a hand, with finger portions, thumb portion and knuckle portion;
(b) at least one knuckle pad adjacent said knuckle portion to protect the dorsal side of the knuckles and hand, at least knuckle portion;
(c) said at least one knuckle pad having a first thickness and a reduced thickness adjacent the finger region portions so as to enable a portion of said pad between the first and reduced thickness to contact a playing surface.
2. The protective athletic glove of Claim 1 wherein said at least one knuckle pad defines an angled surface.
3. The protective athletic glove of Claim 1 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is constructed of several layers of varying material density.
4. Amended) The protective athletic glove of Claim 1 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is made of a gel based compound.
5. The protective athletic glove of Claim 1 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is made of composite material with varying compression properties.
6. A protective athletic glove for a player manipulating a ring or puck with a stick on a playing surface comprising:
(a) a hand receiving portion having a palm side and a dorsal side adapted to receive and enclose a hand, with finger portions, thumb portion and knuckle portion;
(b) a protective cuff portion for enclosing the wrist and lower forearm, (c) said dorsal side comprising at least one knuckle pad to protect the dorsal side of knuckle portion;
(d) wherein said at least one knuckle pad has a larger thickness facing the cuff portion and a smaller thickness facing the finger portions so as to enable the player to contact the playing surface with a portion of said at least one knuckle pad between said larger thickness and smaller surface thickness and place the stick horizontally close to the playing surface to block said ring or puck.
7. The protective athletic glove of Claim 6 wherein said portion of said at least one knuckle pad between said larger thickness and smaller thickness defines an angled surface.
8. The protective athletic glove of Claim 6 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is constructed of several layers of varying material density.
9. The protective athletic glove of Claim 6 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is a gel based compound.
10. The protective athletic glove of Claim 6 wherein said at least one knuckle pad is made of composite material with varying compression properties.
11. A protective glove comprising:
(a) a hand receiving portion having finger portions and thumb portion to receive and enclose a hand, (b) a protective cuff portion for receiving a wrist and lower forearm, (c) pad sections disposed on a dorsal side of said hand portion, finger portions, and knuckle portion, (d) wherein said pad sections in said finger portions have a reduced thickness relative to pad sections in said hand portion, (e) and said pad section in said knuckle portion has a first thickness facing said cuff portion and a reduced thickness facing said finger portions, so that the protective glove contacts a playing surface between said first thickness and reduced thickness of said knuckle portion.
12. A protective glove as claimed in Claim 11 wherein said pad section of said knuckle portion defines a contact surface between said first thicknesses and said reduced thickness of said knuckle portion, wherein said contact surface contacts said playing surface.
13. A protective glove as claimed in Claim 12 wherein said contact surface defines a curved surface between said first thickness and reduced thickness of knuckle portion.
14. A protective glove as claimed in Claim 12 wherein said contact surface defines an angled surface.
15. A protective glove as claimed in claim 14 wherein said angled surface is between 5 degrees and 60 degrees.
16. A protective glove as claimed in Claim 15 wherein said reduced thickness is half of said first thickness.
17. A protective glove as claimed in Claim 15 wherein said pad of said knuckle portion is comprised of high density foam surmounted by a ridged protective layer
18. A method of protecting the hand of a user in the game of ringette with a ring, stick, and playing surface comprising the steps of:
(a) inserting a hand into a protective glove having a hand receiving portion with finger portions and a thumb portion and a protective cuff portion;
(b) protecting the hand by presenting pad sections disposed on a dorsal side of said hand portion, finger portions, and knuckle portion;
(c) wherein the pad section of said finger portions have a reduced thickness relative the pad section in said hand portion;

(d) presenting at least one pad section in said knuckle portion having a first thickness facing said cuff portion and a reduced thickness facing said finger portions;
(e) grasping the stick with the protective glove so that the protective glove contacts said playing surface between said first thickness and reduced thickness of said knuckle portion and place the stick horizontally close to the playing surface to block said ring.
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