FR2783435A1 - Golf gloves intended to facilitate learning and execution of golf strokes comprise visual markings formed by colored bands - Google Patents

Abstract

The gloves comprise visual markings (18,20) formed by colored bands on their outer part (16) covering the back of the hand. There are markings on the inner part in contact with the club handle to indicate to the player the positions of the hands on the club and verify their relative positions during execution of a golf stroke.

Description

1i 2783435 Golf gloves intended to facilitate learning and

  The present invention relates to golf gloves intended to facilitate learning and execution.

golf shots.

  The good behavior of a golf club is a determining element of the good execution of the golf shots and their success, if only because of the fact that the "grip" (the grip of the club in the hands of the player) is the player's only contact with the club. In addition, it also determines the effects that can be given to golf balls, voluntarily or involuntarily. It is therefore essential that a player learns to place his hands correctly on the handle of a club at the address and that he can control the position of his hands relative to each other during the execution of the kick

  golf and especially after hitting the ball.

  In general, the control of the position of the hands of a player starting on the handle of the club at the address is very approximate and results from muscular constraints felt more or less clearly by the player, who tries to apply what has him been taught or at least in what he learned and understood. In addition, the beginner player is most often unable to know for himself what was the position of his hands relative to each other after hitting the ball, his attention

  being generally entirely fixed on the ball itself

  even. To facilitate learning to wear a golf club, we have already proposed a club provided with a molded plastic handle which includes fingerprints for receiving fingers of at least one.

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  player's hand (the left hand in the case of a right-handed player) so that the player cannot place his hand on the club handle in a

  position other than that imposed by the handle.

  However, such a club can only be used for training and its handle is often ill-suited to the shape and size of the player's hand, which

  which does not allow a perfect grip.

  The object of the present invention is to provide a solution to this problem which is simple, effective and inexpensive and which does not have the drawbacks.

  aforementioned means already known.

  It proposes, for this purpose, a golf glove intended to facilitate the learning and the execution of golf shots, characterized in that it comprises, on its internal part intended to come into contact with the handle of the club and on its external part intended to cover the back of the hand, visual cues allowing the player to place his hand correctly on the club handle for the execution of a golf stroke, and to check the position of his hand at the address and during the execution of this move, in

  especially after hitting the ball.

  The visual cues on the inner part of the glove (the left glove in the case of a right-handed person) allow the player to place his hand correctly on the club handle. The visual marks formed on the outside of this glove allow him to check the position of his hand on the handle at the address for a neutral grip, strong or weak, and also to control the position of his hand during

the execution of the coup.

  In one embodiment of the invention, the internal part of the glove has a mark

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  representing the line of contact with the club handle, and its external part of the marks indicating the top of the thumb and at least the base of the little finger

and possibly the ring finger.

  This glove allows a neutral grip of the club handle with the left hand (in the case of a right-handed person), the player should not see the marks formed on the external face of the glove when he holds the club at the address. As a variant, the inner part of the glove may have two intersecting linear marks which respectively indicate the line of contact with the club handle for a strong grip and the line of

  contact with the handle for a weak grip.

  In this case, it is advantageous for the outer face of the glove to have, on the back of the hand, a mark visible at the address only in the event of a strong grip and formed at the level of the little finger and the ring finger and / or a marker which is the only one visible to the player at the address in the event of a weak grip and

  which is formed at the base of the index and middle fingers.

  In another variant, the marks on the outer part of the glove, which correspond to the little finger and the ring finger, extend over substantially the entire length of the fingers of the glove and

on part of the back of the hand.

  These markers, which are visible to the player not only at the address, but also during the execution of the golf stroke after hitting the ball, can allow him to adopt a strong or weak grip respectively, depending on whether he sees or does not see these markers at the address, and control the finish of his move according to whether he sees or sees

  not these marks after hitting the ball.

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  According to yet another alternative embodiment of the invention, the internal part of this glove may include a linear mark extending substantially along the index and up to the lower part of the thenar eminence, indicating the line of contact of

hand with the handle of a putter.

  Such a glove allows a right-handed player to correctly place his left hand on the handle of the

putter, in neutral position.

  The invention also provides a pair of gloves intended to facilitate the learning and execution of golf strokes, comprising a glove of the type described in the foregoing and characterized in that it includes another glove for the other hand of the player, this other glove comprising on its internal part visual cues which represent the contact line

with the club handle.

  Advantageously, this other glove also comprises, on its internal part, at the base of the thumb, a visual cue intended to cover and hide a

  mark formed on the top of the thumb of the first glove.

  This pair of gloves allows a beginner player to learn to correctly place both hands on the handle of a club, and also to place them

  correctly in relation to each other.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, this other glove also includes visual cues on its external part, which are intended to be seen by the player or to be masked from his sight, at the address and / or during execution suddenly, to signal a weak grip, or a neutral grip or a strong grip,

  or an end of movement "anti-slice" or "anti

  hook ". The visual marks formed on the gloves according to the invention are preferably lines or

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  colored surfaces, easily visible by the

  player, even during a fast movement.

  In general, the gloves according to the invention make it possible to visually determine and control the three constituent elements of the "grip", which are: - the position of the club handle in the hands ("grip" of palm, or "grip" fingers), - the joining of the hands on the club handle, the orientation of the hands to the right or to

  the left (strong "grip" or weak "grip").

  For this reason and also because of the other advantages which they provide, the gloves according to the invention, which are more particularly intended for beginners, are also of interest for experienced players and very good players, including professionals who are always very attentive to their "grip" and who systematically check it before executing a stroke

golf.

  Advantageously, the gloves according to the invention can also be used in combination with a garment of the polo type or the like comprising visual cues indicating the positions of the arms at the address and during

performing a golf shot.

  This combination of clothing and gloves allows a beginner player to quickly learn and control the correct positions of their hands and arms during the different phases of a

golf movement.

  Such a garment is already described in the previous patent application No. 97-11305 of the same inventor and

  the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

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  The invention will be better understood, and other characteristics, details and advantages thereof will appear more clearly on reading the

  description which follows, made with reference to the drawings

  attached in which: - Figures lA and lB show, respectively, the internal part and the external part of a first glove according to the invention; - Figures 2A and 2B show, respectively, the internal and external parts of a second glove according to the invention, forming a pair of gloves with that shown in Figures 1A and 1B; - Figures 3A and 3B show an alternative embodiment of the glove of Figures 1A and 1B; - Figures 4A and 4B show an alternative embodiment of the glove of Figures 2A and 2B; - Figures 5A and 5B show the outer face of two gloves of a pair according to the invention; and - Figure 6 shows the internal face of a

  alternative embodiment of a glove according to the invention.

  Reference is first made to FIGS. 1A and 1B, which respectively represent the internal face and the external face of a glove according to the invention (the glove of the left hand in the case of a right-handed player), this glove comprising marks or visual cues allowing the player to place his left hand correctly on the handle of a club and to check at a glance at the address that this position corresponds

  well at the outlet he wants to use.

  The internal part 10 of this glove G1 has a visual reference formed by a colored band 12 which extends from the base of the index finger 14 to the hypothenar eminence along a line defining the

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  position of the end of the club handle in the

  palm of left hand at address.

  The external part 16 of this glove has (FIG. 1B) a mark or a visual mark formed by a colored band 18 which extends along the little finger as well as on the back of the hand, substantially up to the wrist and which helps the player to determine the correct position of his left hand on the club handle, this strip 18 should not be visible

  by the player when at the address.

  Advantageously, the top of the thumb of the glove Gl also has a colored band 20, which indicates

the general direction of the thumb.

  The glove of FIGS. 1A and 1B makes it possible to hold a golf club with a neutral grip (neither strong nor weak), the handle of the club extending along the colored strip 12 on the internal face of the glove, the reference 18 of the outer face of the glove not being visible to the player when he is at the address, and the colored band 20 formed on the top of the thumb being covered by the base of the thumb of the hand

  right and thus being hidden from the view of the player.

  To facilitate learning of this grip, it is however advantageous to also use the glove shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B which is a right hand glove and which has visual cues indicating the correct positioning of the right hand

on the club handle.

  In particular, the internal part 22 of this glove G2 has a mark formed by a colored band 24 extending across the first phalanges of the index, middle finger, ring finger and little finger to indicate the area d applying these fingers to the end of the club handle,

the address.

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  Another visual marker 26 formed by a colored zone is located at the base of the thumb in the palm of the hand and is intended to cover the colored strip 20 formed on the top of the thumb of the glove G1 of FIG. 1B. As seen in Figure 2B, the outer face

  28 of glove G2 may have no visual cues.

  The gloves G1 and G2 in Figures 1 and 2 are used as follows: The player first places his left hand covered with the glove G1 on the club sleeve, so that the colored strip 12 on the inside of this glove is applied along the end of the handle, the player verifying that he cannot see the colored strip 18 on the external face of his glove when he is at the address. Then, with his right hand covered with the G2 glove, he grasps the handle of the club so as to apply the colored strip 24 formed across his fingers on the handle and to cover the thumb of his left hand with the base of the thumb of his right hand by superimposing the colored strip 20 of the thumb of his left glove and the colored surface 26 of the face

internal of his right glove.

  In the variant embodiment shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the left hand glove G1 is intended to facilitate learning a weak grip and a strong grip and for this purpose comprises, on its internal face 10, two bands colored 30, 32 which cross and which represent the positions of the handle of the club in the left hand for a strong grip and for a weak grip respectively, the strip 30 of strong grip extending on the bases of the fingers of the left hand to except the thumb, the weak grip band 32 starting from the middle of the index finger

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  and extending approximately diagonally in the

Palm of the hand.

  The external face 16 of this glove comprises (FIG. 3B) a colored zone 34 extending over the top of the little finger and over a part of the top of the ring finger, extending on the back of the hand, and a another area of color 36 (preferably of a different color) which extends over part of the top of the middle finger and forefinger and extends over the back of the hand, the first area of color 34 corresponding to a grip strong when seen by the player at the address, the color zone 36 corresponding to a weak grip when it is alone

visible to the player at the address.

  Likewise, the G2 glove with the right hand may present, on its internal and external faces, visual cues for controlling a strong grip and a weak grip, as shown diagrammatically.

in Figures 4A and 4B.

  In FIG. 4A, which represents the internal face of this glove G2, we see two bands of color 38 and 40 formed across the fingers at two different levels, the band 38 closer to the base of the fingers corresponding to a strong grip, l other band 40 closer to the fingertips

corresponding to a weak grip.

  The outer face 28 of the glove G2 comprises (FIG. 4B) a colored zone 42 which is formed on the back of the hand at the base of the little finger, ring finger and middle finger and which is visible to the player at

  the address in the case of a weak socket.

  The gloves of Figures 3 and 4 are therefore used as follows: For a strong grip, the player places his left hand on the club handle so that the strip

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  colored 30 of the internal face of his left glove, either along this sleeve, and places his right hand on the club handle so as to hold it along the colored strip 38 formed on the internal face of his right glove. When at the address, he should see the colored area 34 formed on the back of his left glove and not see the colored area 40 formed on

the back of his right glove.

  When he adopts a weak grip, he must hold the club handle along the colored line 32 formed in the palm of his left glove, and along the colored strip 40 formed across the fingers of the glove of his right hand. At the address, he must see only the colored zone 36 on the back of his left glove, without seeing the colored zone 34, and he must also see the colored zone 40 on the back of his right glove. We now refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B, which represent the external faces of the gloves G1 and G2 according to the invention in a variant making it possible to combat a tendency to "slice" (effect of the ball

  which deviates to the right during the trajectory).

  For this, the internal faces of the gloves G1 and G2 can include visual markings of strong grip (colored band 30 in FIG. 3A and colored band 38 in FIG. 4A) while the external face 16 of the left glove G1 includes a color 46 which extends over the top of the little finger and the ring finger and which extends over the back of the hand, the external face 28 of the right glove G2 also comprising a colored surface 48 which extends over the top of the little and ring fingers and which extends over the back of the hand towards the wrist (Figure 5B) and which can also cover

  the middle finger as indicated in dotted lines.

  il 2783435 The colored bands and surfaces which are formed on the internal and external faces of these gloves G1 and G2 make it possible to verify that at the address the player holds his club with a strong grip. The colored bands or surfaces 46 and 48 formed on the external faces of these gloves also allow the player to verify that after the ball has been hit, his right hand turns above his left hand, these bands

  colored 46 and 48 then being clearly visible to him.

  Gloves whose external faces include colored zones 46 and 48 as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B can also make it possible to verify the correct position of the hands during a bunker exit, the colored zones 46, 48 then not having to be visible to the player after the

hits the ball.

  FIG. 6 shows the internal face of a left glove G1 according to an alternative embodiment of the invention allowing a player to learn to place his left hand on the handle of a putter. For this, the inner face 10 of the glove comprises a colored band 50 which extends substantially from the middle of the index finger to the wrist at the level of the thenar eminence. To hold the putter with a neutral grip, the player places his left hand on the putter handle along the colored strip 50. Another colored strip can be formed on the outer face of the glove on top of the thumb as shown in lines dotted at 52, the player having to align this strip 52 with the handle of the putter,

  perpendicular to the line of putt.

  The colored bands which form the visual cues on the gloves according to the invention are preferably brightly colored to be better seen by the player, even during a rapid movement of

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  his hands. It is however possible to form these visual cues by lines or less visible surfaces, allowing the appearance to be preserved.

traditional golf gloves.

  Of course, those skilled in the art can modify the positions of the visual cues on the gloves described above, without going beyond the ambit of the invention. We can also provide that these visual cues are fixed on the gloves in a removable or adjustable manner so that a golf teacher can move them on a glove in order to adapt it to

  characteristics of a particular player.

  As indicated above, the gloves according to the invention can advantageously be used in combination with a garment such as a polo shirt or the like, which includes visual cues indicating the correct positions of the arms and shoulders during the different phases of a stroke golf. The player wearing this garment and the gloves according to the invention can then determine and control the correct positions of his hands and arms, not only

  to the address, but during the execution of the move.

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Claims (10)

  1 - Golf glove, intended to facilitate learning and execution of golf strokes, characterized in that it comprises, on its internal part (10) intended to come into contact with the club handle and on its external part (16) intended to cover the back of the hand, visual cues (12, 18, 20, ...) allowing the player to place his hand correctly on the handle of a club for the execution of a stroke golf and check the position of his hand at the address and during the execution of this stroke,   especially after hitting the ball.   2 - Glove according to claim 1, characterized in that its internal part (10) has a mark (12, 30, 32, 50) representing the line of contact with the club handle, and its external part (16) markers (18, 20, 34, 46) indicating the top of the thumb and at least the base of the little finger and possibly the ring finger.   3 - Glove according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that its internal part (10) has two linear marks (30, 32) which intersect and which respectively indicate the line of contact with the club handle for a strong grip and the line of   contact with the handle for a weak grip.   4 - Glove according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the pins (18, 34, 46) of its external part (16) corresponding to the little finger and the ring finger extend over substantially the entire length of the fingers of the glove and on part of the back from the hand. 14 2783435   - Glove according to claim 3, characterized in that its external part (16) comprises, on the back of the hand, a mark (34) visible at the address in the event of a strong grip and extending at the level of the little finger and ring finger, and a mark (36) which is the only visible by the player at the address in the event of weak grip and which is formed at the base of index and middle finger.   6 - Glove according to claim 1, characterized in that its internal part (10) comprises a linear mark extending substantially along the index and up to the lower part of the thenar eminence, indicating the contact line hand with the putter handle.   7 - Pair of gloves intended to facilitate the learning and the execution of golf shots,   comprising a glove according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that it comprises another glove (G2) for the other hand of the player, comprising on its internal part (22) visual cues (24, 38, 40) representing the contact line with the club handle.   8 - Pair of gloves according to claim 7, characterized in that visual marks (38, 40) formed on the internal part (22) of said other glove (G2) across the fingers represent the lines of contact with the club handle for different grips, such as a strong grip and a weak grip respectively. 2783435   9 - Pair of gloves according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said other glove (G2) comprises, on its external part (28) at the back of the hand, a visual marker (42) visible by the player to the address only in the event of a weak hold. - Pair of gloves according to one of   claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the other   glove (G2) also includes on its internal part (22), at the base of the thumb, a visual mark (26) intended to cover and hide a mark (20) formed   on the top of the thumb of the first glove (G1). 11 - Pair of gloves according to one of the   claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the   external parts (16, 28) of the gloves (G1, G2) include visual marks (46, 48) formed at the little finger and the ring finger and visible by the player after striking the ball for control performing an "anti-slice" movement 12 - Glove or pair of gloves according to one of the   previous claims, characterized in that   the aforementioned visual cues are lines or colored surfaces.   13 - Glove or pair of gloves according to one of the   previous claims, characterized in that this   or these gloves are intended to be used in combination with a polo-type garment or the like comprising visual cues indicating the positions of the arms at the address and during performing a golf shot.