EP0482873A1 - Gant de golf - Google Patents

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EP0482873A1
EP0482873A1 EP91309727A EP91309727A EP0482873A1 EP 0482873 A1 EP0482873 A1 EP 0482873A1 EP 91309727 A EP91309727 A EP 91309727A EP 91309727 A EP91309727 A EP 91309727A EP 0482873 A1 EP0482873 A1 EP 0482873A1
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glove
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Stephen Aoyama
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Acushnet Co
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A41F1/06—Glove fasteners
    • 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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  • This invention relates to a glove and more particularly to a glove used in sporting events where the glove provides a skin-tight fit and a high quality grip for its user.
  • the glove is especially suited for golf.
  • golfers wear golf gloves on the hand which grips the club uppermost on the shaft.
  • the purpose of the glove is to improve grip and to avoid calluses and blisters.
  • VELCRO fasteners are used to adjust the tightness of the glove on the user's hand. Additionally, the use of elastic material in conjunction with a VELCRO fastener has also been suggested, see U.S. Patent Re. 31,538 dated March 20, 1984.
  • VELCRO fasteners are made of two parts, a hooked touch fastening material adapted to releasably engage a mating surface, and the mating surface.
  • a hooked touch fastening material adapted to releasably engage a mating surface
  • the mating surface One of the main advantages of VELCRO fasteners is the unlimited adjustment available to the user. As long as there is some alignment between the hooked touch fastener material and the mating surface, the material functions as a fastener.
  • VELCRO fasteners Another problem associated with VELCRO fasteners on golf gloves is noise. Whenever the golfer separates the touch fastener material from the mating surface, a loud ripping noise penetrates the immediate surroundings. Such separation is typically associated with removing the glove from the hand or adjusting the tightness of fit. The distinctive ripping sound made by a VELCRO fastener when the hooked touch fastener material is separated from the mating surface easily breaks the concentration of fellow players. Additionally, it is recognized as being annoying to the user and out-of-place in the sanctity of the golf green.
  • the present invention relates to a new golf glove wherein a silent VELCRO fastener is used as a means to tighten the glove on the wrist thereby eliminating a number of the drawbacks associated with conventional VELCRO fasteners. Additionally, ventilation slits are preferably provided in the VELCRO fastener to alleviate the perspiration problem associated with conventional golf gloves. More specifically, the present invention is an athletic glove comprising:
  • At least one ventilation slit is provided in both the touch fastener material and the mating surface.
  • the ventiliation slits extend through both the glove and the touch fastener material and mating material so as to provide ventilation for the user's hand.
  • these ventilation slits have an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the finger stalls.
  • the ventilation slit on either the touch fastener material or the mating surface has an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the finger stalls while the other has an axis that is substantially parallel to the direction of the finger stalls.
  • the golf glove of the present invention has elastic material positioned around the glove to eliminate any puckering or bunching when the vent opening has been closed by appropriate fasteners.
  • the elastic material embedded in the back portion of the glove body is preferably positioned perpendicular to the direction of the finger stalls and between the knuckles and the wrist just opposite the vent portion of the glove. This placement of the embedded elastic has been found to minimize any bunching or puckering when the glove is securely fastened on the hand.
  • Elastic elements attached along diagonal lines drawn respectively from the base of the knuckles of the small 5 finger and index finger to the opposite sides of the wrist have been found to almost approximate the fit achieved by perpendicular embedded elastic.
  • Elastic elements are also preferably positioned substantially perpendicular to the direction of the finger stalls in the knuckle area above the end of the vent. Additionally, elastic elements are preferably positioned substantially perpendicular to the direction of the finger stalls at the wrist, preferably extending from one side of the vent around the back portion of the glove, across the front portion of the glove and continuing on around the back portion to end at the other side of the vent. The elastic element at the wrist is in close proximity to the access opening.
  • the silent VELCRO fastener used in accordance with the present invention is made in accordance with U.S. Patent 4,776,068 issued October 11, 1988.
  • the teachings of the ′068 patent are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the touch fastener material is adapted to releasably engage a mating surface and adapted to produce reduced sound during rapid separation of the touch fastener material from the mating surface.
  • the material comprises a planar backing material having an engaging surface thereon contacting the backing material at discrete points and adapted to releasably engage the mating surface and means for reducing the coupling of noise-producing vibration from the backing material into the surrounding air.
  • the backing material has a high mass relative to the mass of the engaging surface; a planar high mass supplemental backing material bonded to the backing material; a flexible, high mass material incorporated into the backing material; means disposed at the discrete points of attachment of the engaging surface to the backing material for suppressing the coupling of vibrations produced in the engaging surface into the backing material; and the backing material comprising a lattice structure having low ability for transferring vibrations induced therein into the air surrounding it.
  • glove 10 has a hollow flexible body member 12.
  • Body member 12 has access opening 14 and front portion 16 and back portion 18.
  • Front portion 16 has palm area 20 and back portion 18 has knuckle area 22.
  • Four finger stalls 24, 26, 28 and 30 and thumb stall 32 attach to and project from body portion 12.
  • Vent 34 is located in back portion 12. Vent 34 divides back portion 12 into two sides 36 and 38.
  • Touch fastener material 40 is attached to side 36 and extends from side 36 to releasably engage complementary mating surface 42 which are attached to side 38.
  • Attached to side 36 is elastic members 44, 46 and 48.
  • the pull from elastic members 44, 46 and 48 is essentially perpendicular to the axis of vent 34. It will be understood by those of skill in the art that elastic members 44, 46 and 48 are positioned inside the glove and only the thread which attaches the elastic member to the inside of the glove is visible.
  • two elastic members can be used or one elastic member which extends from dotted line 50 to dotted line 52 can be used.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Back portion 60 is divided by vent 62 into one side 64 and another side 66.
  • Elastic member 68 is attached to side 64.
  • Attached to elastic member 68 is oval ring 70.
  • Attached to side 66 is patch 72.
  • Patch 72 has touch fastener material 74 attached to the movable end and complementary mating material 76 attached and laying flat on side 66. As is shown, in order to tighten the glove the movable end patch 72 is fed through ring 70 and drawn through until the glove is tight and then touch fastener 74 is pressed to mating area 76 to secure the glove.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a golf glove substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that touch fastener material 80 has been bent back exposing mating surface 82. Ventilation slits 84, 86 and 88 are shown in touch fastener 80 while ventilation slits 90, 92 and 94 are shown in mating surface 82. Tacks 96 and 98 are shown. Tack 96 helps to hold and align touch fastener material to the glove material. Likewise, tacks 98 help to hold the mating material to the glove material. Ventilation slits 84, 86, 88, 90, 92 and 94 are substantially perpendicular to the direction of finger stalls 24, 26, 28 and 30. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that both the touch fastener material and the mating material will be preferably sewn to the glove material around the edges as shown in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a golf glove as substantially shown in Fig. 4 except that ventilation slits 102 and 104 in mating material 106 run substantially parallel to the direction of finger stalls 24, 26, 28 and 30 while ventilation slits 106, 108 and 110 in touch fastener material 112 are substantially perpendicular to finger stalls 24, 26, 28 and 30. Additionally, the edges of each ventilation slit have been reinforced in a manner similar to that of a button hole with bar tacks and zig-zag stitching.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a golf glove substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively except that knuckle elastic 120 is attached to knuckle area 22 and wrist elastic 122 is attached to both the front and back of the glove. Knuckle elastic 120 holds the glove snugly in the knuckle area while wrist elastic 122 provides a snug fit of the glove around the wrist.
  • the ventilation slits in the touch fastener material and the mating material should have some overlap such that air from outside the glove passes directly to the back portion of the user's hand.

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DE9312307U1 (de) * 1993-08-18 1993-10-07 Sportartikelfabrik Karl Uhl GmbH, 72336 Balingen Torwarthandschuh
US6964063B2 (en) 2002-09-28 2005-11-15 Bamber Jeffrey V Sports glove
WO2007079455A3 (fr) * 2006-01-03 2007-09-20 Mary L Brown Gant de cyclisme
EP1551247A4 (fr) * 2002-10-15 2007-11-14 Ykk Corp Bande d'accrochage a trous de passage d'air
US9615614B2 (en) 2012-10-16 2017-04-11 Velcro BVBA Fastening pouch or pocket flaps

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US8510866B2 (en) 2009-05-08 2013-08-20 Takayuki Mizumoto Golf gloves

Citations (7)

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US3372401A (en) * 1967-02-20 1968-03-12 Ellis M. Woodward Adjustable golf glove
FR2237594A1 (fr) * 1973-07-19 1975-02-14 Patax Trust Reg
US3952333A (en) * 1974-11-27 1976-04-27 Isamu Fujita Golf glove
US4042977A (en) * 1975-08-07 1977-08-23 Antonious A J Glove
USRE31538E (en) * 1969-07-09 1984-03-20 Golf glove
US4639947A (en) * 1985-01-17 1987-02-03 Richard Lanscioni Golf glove
EP0265155A2 (fr) * 1986-10-20 1988-04-27 Velcro Industries B.V. Matériau pour fermeture silencieuse à crochets et boucles

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3372401A (en) * 1967-02-20 1968-03-12 Ellis M. Woodward Adjustable golf glove
USRE31538E (en) * 1969-07-09 1984-03-20 Golf glove
FR2237594A1 (fr) * 1973-07-19 1975-02-14 Patax Trust Reg
US3952333A (en) * 1974-11-27 1976-04-27 Isamu Fujita Golf glove
US4042977A (en) * 1975-08-07 1977-08-23 Antonious A J Glove
US4639947A (en) * 1985-01-17 1987-02-03 Richard Lanscioni Golf glove
EP0265155A2 (fr) * 1986-10-20 1988-04-27 Velcro Industries B.V. Matériau pour fermeture silencieuse à crochets et boucles

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE9312307U1 (de) * 1993-08-18 1993-10-07 Sportartikelfabrik Karl Uhl GmbH, 72336 Balingen Torwarthandschuh
US6964063B2 (en) 2002-09-28 2005-11-15 Bamber Jeffrey V Sports glove
EP1551247A4 (fr) * 2002-10-15 2007-11-14 Ykk Corp Bande d'accrochage a trous de passage d'air
WO2007079455A3 (fr) * 2006-01-03 2007-09-20 Mary L Brown Gant de cyclisme
US9615614B2 (en) 2012-10-16 2017-04-11 Velcro BVBA Fastening pouch or pocket flaps

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JP2711602B2 (ja) 1998-02-10

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