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US20160150841A1
US20160150841A1 US15/018,870 US201615018870A US2016150841A1 US 20160150841 A1 US20160150841 A1 US 20160150841A1 US 201615018870 A US201615018870 A US 201615018870A US 2016150841 A1 US2016150841 A1 US 2016150841A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D19/00—Gloves
    • A41D19/015—Protective gloves
    • A41D19/01547—Protective gloves with grip improving means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/14—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves
    • A63B71/141—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves in the form of gloves
    • A63B71/143—Baseball or hockey gloves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2600/00—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes
    • A41D2600/10—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes for sport activities
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/06—Indicating or scoring devices for games or players, or for other sports activities
    • A63B71/0619—Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
    • A63B2071/0655—Tactile feedback
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/14—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves
    • A63B71/141—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves in the form of gloves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/14—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves
    • A63B71/141—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves in the form of gloves
    • A63B71/146—Golf gloves

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  • the present invention relates to a sports glove.
  • the structure has been considered for mainly preventing callus and blister formed by a friction generated between a sports tool and a palm of a hand or a pressure applied from the sports tool to the palm. Little consideration has been given to a feeling between the sports tool and the palm when, for example, swinging or throwing the sports tool.
  • the present invention provides a sports glove capable of providing a feeling as if a player grasps the sports tool with bare hands by making a contact hole(s) at an optimum position of a base portion of a thumb of the glove so that folded fingertips or pad portions of the fingertips are in contact with a skin under the contact hole when other fingers except a thumb are folded to grasp the sports tool.
  • Patent document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. S50-30874
  • Patent document 2 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. S50-30875
  • the present invention provides a glove capable of using a sports tool in a feeling similar with bare hands even when the glove is attached.
  • One aspect of the present invention discloses a sports glove wherein at least one or a plurality of contact holes are made on a palm side of a base portion of a thumb of the glove, the contact holes have enough area to be in contact with fingertips or pad portions of the fingertips of other fingers except the thumb, a position of the contact holes is designed so that the fingertips or the pad portions of the fingertips of the other fingers are in contact with a skin of the palm under the contact holes when the other fingers except the thumb are folded to grasp a sports tool such as a golf club, a grip of baseball bat, an arm guard (kote) of Japanese fencing (kendo) or Japanese archery (kyudo), and a grip of weightlifting, hammer throw or shot put.
  • a sports tool such as a golf club, a grip of baseball bat, an arm guard (kote) of Japanese fencing (kendo) or Japanese archery (kyudo), and a grip of weightlifting, hammer throw or shot put.
  • the position of the contact holes is designed based on a positional relation between the palm side of the base portion of the thumb and the other fingers when the sports tool is grasped in a stationary posture before starting a motion.
  • the contact holes correspond to the other fingers except the thumb one to one, the other fingers including an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger.
  • At least one of tips of the glove into which the fingertips of the other fingers except the thumb are inserted is cut off.
  • a sheet is attached from an inside of the glove at least at a portion of the contact holes or a whole the glove for preventing deformation of the contact holes and increasing strength of the contact holes.
  • an edge of the contact holes is reinforced by a sewing for preventing deformation of the contact holes and increasing strength of the contact holes.
  • an eyelet-type reinforcement is adhered to an edge of the contact holes by using the same material with a portion of the contact holes or other soft materials.
  • an eyelet is provided and the eyelet has an arc corresponding to a curve of the palm when the fingertips or the pad portions of the fingertips is in contact with the contact holes formed at an optimum position.
  • the fingertips or the pad portions of the fingertips of the other fingers except the thumb are in contact with the contact holes formed at the palm side of the base portion of the thumb to grasp the sports tool, and the fingertips or the pad portions are in contact with the skin under the contact holes.
  • the sports glove of the present invention can provide a feeling as if a player grasps the sports tool with bare hand.
  • the contact holes are formed based on the positional relation between the palm and the fingers when the sports tool is grasped in a stationary posture before starting a motion, the contact holes can be designed at an optimum position.
  • a combination of the contact holes can be freely selected by assuming various patterns of the combination of a plurality of fingertips of the other fingers except the thumb, i.e., the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.
  • the index finger and the middle finger are in contact with the same contact hole, while the ring finger is in contact with the contact hole located below.
  • the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger are in contact with the same contact hole, while the little finger is in contact with the contact hole located below.
  • the tip of the glove into which the fingertips of the other fingers except the thumb are inserted is cut off to expose the fingertip or the pad portion of the fingertip of the hand, the feeling becomes much closer to the bare hand when the fingertips are in contact with the contact hole.
  • the sheet which is made of a thin film, a plastic film, a cloth or other sheets that enable the player feel the contact of the fingertip or the pad portion of the fingertip, is attached from an inside of the glove at a portion of the contact holes or a whole the glove, deformation of the contact holes can be prevented and strength of the contact holes against the force can be increased.
  • edge of the contact holes is reinforced by a sewing, deformation of the contact holes can be prevented and strength of the contact holes against the force can be increased.
  • the player can grasp the sports tool with fitted feeling, deformation of the contact holes can be prevented, and strength of the contact holes against the force can be increased.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a sports glove having one contact hole.
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of a sports glove having two contact holes.
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of a sports glove having three contact holes.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of a sports glove having contact holes formed in a long elliptical shape elongated in a direction of the fingertip of other fingers except the thumb.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a sports glove of a left hand when a grip of a bat of baseball is grasped and the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger are in contact with one contact hole.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sports glove formed by cutting off a tip of the fingertips of other fingers except the thumb of the glove, showing a state that the fingertips are in contact with the contact hole.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state that a sheet is attached from inside the glove at a portion of the contact hole.
  • FIG. 8A is a front view showing a state that the contact hole is reinforced by a sewing.
  • FIG. 8B is a front view showing a state that the contact hole is reinforced by adhering an eyelet-type reinforcement.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state that the contact hole is reinforced by an eyelet.
  • a sports tool is replaced by a grip of a bat of baseball (hereafter, referred to merely as a grip of a bat).
  • a grip of a bat of baseball hereafter, referred to merely as a grip of a bat.
  • a feeling of grasping the grip of the bat becomes much closer to the bare hand when using the sports glove of the present invention because the fingertip or the pad portion of the fingertip is in contact with a skin of the palm of the base portion of the thumb.
  • a player can subtly control the grip of the bat.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a sports glove of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a sports glove 100 has contact holes 7 a, 7 b at a palm 1 side of the base portion of a thumb 2 .
  • the contact holes 7 a, 7 b have enough area to be in contact with fingertips 3 to 6 or pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 of other fingers except a thumb 2 .
  • the position of contact holes 7 a, 7 b is designed so that the fingertips 3 to 6 or the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 of other fingers except the thumb 2 are in contact with a skin of a palm through the contact holes 7 a, 7 b when the grip of the bat is grasped and the other fingers except the thumb 2 are folded.
  • the position of the contact holes is formed so that the fingertips 3 to 6 or the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 of other fingers except the thumb 2 are in contact with the skin under the contact holes 7 a, 7 b of the palm side of the base portion of the thumb 2 when a player grasps the grip of the bat in a stationary posture before starting a motion of bat swing.
  • An area of the contact hole is larger than an exact area required to be in contact with the fingertips 3 to 6 or the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 in the stationary posture before starting the motion of bat swing. This is because the player firmly grasps the grip of the bat when swinging the bat, and therefore displacement occurs between the contact hole and the fingertips 3 to 6 or the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 . In general, the displacement occurs at the fingertips 3 to 6 side. Therefore, the contact holes are formed while being elongated in a direction of the fingertips 3 to 6 side.
  • An approximate dimensions of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b is about 35 to 40 mm in a longitudinal direction and about 10 to 15 mm in a distance between the opposed sides.
  • a shape of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b can be an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape or a combination of them.
  • the contact holes 7 a, 7 b If the area of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b is large, load applied to the edge of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b by the swing motion is increased and durability of the glove becomes inferior. If the edge of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b is reinforced by a sewing, deformation of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b can be prevented, and strength of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b can be increased.
  • edge of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b is reinforced by attaching an eyelet-type reinforcement, deformation of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b can be prevented, and strength of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b can be increased.
  • the eyelet-type reinforcement can be combined with the sewing.
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of a sports glove of an embodiment of the present invention showing the palm side of the glove wherein contact holes 8 a, 9 a, 8 b and 9 b are made.
  • This configuration is required if the player has a habit of forming a wide interval between the middle finger and the ring finger when grasping the grip of the bat or when making the little finger be in contact with the contact hole 9 a or 9 b when swinging the bat.
  • Each of the contact holes is assumed to be used in accordance with a bony framework of the player and preference of the player.
  • the contact hole can be enlarged by a swinging force and deformation can occur. Therefore, by forming a joint W between the contact holes 8 a and 9 a or between the contact holes 8 b and 9 b, the shape of the contact hole can be maintained more stably.
  • the number of the contact holes can be changed in accordance with characteristic of the sports or preference of the player.
  • one contact hole can be formed on the left glove, and two three contact holes can be formed on the right glove.
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of a sports glove having three contact holes on each of the left and right gloves.
  • the number of the contact holes can be four or more in accordance with a kind of the sports or preference of the player.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of a sports glove having contact holes elongated in a direction of the fingertips 3 to 6 .
  • a dimension 13 of the contact holes is designed to have a margin considering displacement between the contact holes and the fingertips 3 to 6 or the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 caused when the player firmly grasps a grip 14 of the bat in the direction of the fingertips 3 to 6 to swing the bat.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a batting form in a stationary posture before starting a motion of bat swing wherein the player grasps the bat by the left hand so that the pad portions of fingertips of an index finger 3 , a middle finger 4 and a ring finger 5 are in contact with the contact hole 7 a.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sports glove formed by cutting off a tip of the fingertips 3 to 6 of the left hand fingers of a glove 100 .
  • a dimension of the cut area is designed so that the pad portions of the fingertips 3 to 6 are exposed. However, the fingertips of the index finger 3 and the little finger 6 can be remained without being cut in accordance with a kind of the sports or preference of the player.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a material structure of the glove 100 when a sheet 17 is attached from inside the glove 100 .
  • the sheet 17 is attached to an outer material 16 , which is directly in contact with the grip of the bat, from inside the glove 100 .
  • the outer material can be made of a material generally used for a batting glove.
  • the sheet 17 can be made of a thin and strong material such as a cloth, a plastic film and a thin film.
  • FIG. 8A is a front view of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b wherein the contact holes 7 a , 7 b are reinforced by a sewing 19 to prevent deformation and increase strength.
  • FIG. 8B is a front view of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b wherein the contact holes 7 a, 7 b are reinforced by an eyelet-type reinforcement 20 to prevent deformation and increase strength.
  • a kind of the sewing 19 can be running stitch, hem stitch, and saddle stitch, for example.
  • the sewing 19 can protect the edge of the contact holes.
  • a material same as the portion of the contact hole can be used.
  • other materials having higher strength can be also used.
  • a material of the eyelet-type reinforcement to be used can be a cloth, a leather and a plastic film, for example.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b wherein the edge of the contact holes 7 a, 7 b is reinforced by an eyelet 21 .
  • the eyelet 21 can be made of a metal or a rubber, for example.
  • the sports glove of the present invention is selected in accordance with a kind and a property of the sports, such as a grip of a bat of baseball and a grip of a club of golf.
  • the sports glove of the present invention enables the player to grasp a grip with a feeling of bare hand in the sports grasping the grip.
  • the player can remember subtle feeling of the palm and the fingertips.
  • callus and blister can be prevented.

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