JPH0546785Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> The present invention relates to gloves suitable for cycling, and more specifically, to reduce the impact applied to the palm of the hand gripping the handlebars, especially during long-distance riding such as triathlons. The present invention aims to provide gloves that prevent the wearer's grip strength from decreasing and allow comfortable cycling at all times.

<Prior art and its problems> Conventionally, this type of glove has been made by applying a flexible half woolly nylon mesh to the back side of the palm, and placing porous polyurethane between this and the leather body of the glove. Gloves that are quilted with a sheet layer interposed therein are known (Kokoku Sho 43-6742). However, in such gloves, the polyurethane sheet layer as a cushioning material is used for long periods of time, especially during triathlons, due to the wearer's grip strength. If the pressure is continued, so-called sagging occurs, the initial elasticity and cushioning force are lost, and the expected service life cannot be obtained. In addition, when the polyurethane sheet layer was made thicker in order to solve this problem, there was also the drawback that the wearer's bare hand gripping the handle was significantly lost, inhibiting the bending force of the palm and inhibiting the grip force of the handle.

Therefore, in order to not impede the flexibility of the glove itself and the gripping force of the handle, it is necessary to have a structure that provides sufficient cushioning force and good flexibility even if the cushioning body itself is made of a thin material. is ideal.
However, there are almost no products that have a buffering effect that can meet such conditions.

<Means for solving the problem> The present inventor conducted intensive research in order to solve the above-mentioned defects of the conventional product, and as a result, the present inventor came up with the present invention. We focused on a gel-like substance that cushions shock and applied it to gloves. Two opposing sheets are partially glued together to form a number of independent filling chambers, and each filling chamber is A buffer body made by filling a gel substance to inflate a filling chamber, leather, synthetic leather,
or a glove body made of a strong material, the buffer body is in contact with the back side of the skin on the palm side of the glove body, and the glove body is covered and bonded to the glove body by the skin, and the filling chamber is long in the left-right direction. It is shaped like a small block and is arranged parallel to the bending direction of the palm.

<Function> In the glove having the above structure, when the glove wearer grasps the hard handle, the impact force applied to the handle as a reaction is transmitted to the gel substance of the cushioning material attached to the palm side of the glove. , the gel material undergoes inelastic deformation within the filling chamber to absorb the impact. This gel substance is filled in a large number of independent filling chambers, and the flow displacement of the gel substance is limited by each independent filling chamber, so that the gel substance is not biased to one side of the buffer, so the handle is The cushioning effect of the cushioning body will not decrease even when you hold it for a long time.

In addition, the bulges of the filling chambers formed in the cushioning body are formed parallel to the bending direction of the palm, and grooves are formed between the bulges of the filling chambers, so that the grooves promote the flexibility of the cushioning body, It has the effect of increasing the gripping force of the handle.

<Examples> Examples of the present invention will be described below based on the accompanying drawings.

The cycling glove of the present invention basically has a structure in which a buffer body A filled with a gel substance 2 is attached to the back side of the palm side of the glove body B.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the buffer A is constructed by partially bonding two opposing sheets 5, 5 by means such as welding to form a large number of independent filling chambers 1. A chamber 1 is filled with a gel substance 2 to inflate the filled chamber. The above buffer A
The shape in which the large number of independent filling chambers 1 are arranged is determined by the accommodation position of the buffer body A and the shape of the palm of the glove body B. For example, in a glove as shown in FIG. 1, small block-shaped filling chambers 1 that are long in the left-right direction are arranged parallel to the bending direction of the palm. Therefore, the buffer body A can be freely bent by the grooves 6 formed between each block. As the material of the sheets 5, 5 forming the buffer A, it is possible to use a flexible material that does not allow gel substances to leak, such as urethane, vinyl chloride, or a synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride and urethane copolymer. desirable. Further, as the gel material 2, for example, silicon gel having a penetration degree of about 50 to 200 can be used.

The structure of the glove body B may be a basic type with fingers as shown in FIG. 1, or a structure with the tips of the fingers cut out as shown in FIG. It can be used for gloves of all shapes. Next, when attaching the cushioning body A to the glove body B, as shown in FIG. The skin 4 having a size that covers the body A can be sewn together with the outer skin 3 along the lateral side 7 of the cushioning body A. Said skin 4
Because the area is in direct contact with the wearer's palm and is subject to strong grip strength, various fabrics such as leather, synthetic leather, and nylon blend fabrics are used as fabrics with excellent flexibility and bending resistance. Can be used. Also, the shape of the cushioning body A is the glove body B.
The glove body B is not limited to the one shown in FIG. 3 as long as it can fit in the palm of the hand, and may be formed into an appropriate shape depending on the impact force applied to the palm portion of the glove body B.

<Effects of the invention> Therefore, as described above, according to the invention, even when a shock is continuously applied to the palm part of the glove body for a long period of time, the gel material of the buffer is always fixed in the filling chamber without shifting. Since deformation is allowed within a certain range, there is no so-called "settling" of the shock absorber, and the shock mitigation ability is not prematurely impaired. In addition, since the cushioning material is made by partially gluing two sheets together and forming a large number of independent filling chambers parallel to the bending direction of the palm, the part that is not filled with gel material is in the bending direction of the palm. This also has the effect that the grooves are formed parallel to the grooves, and the grooves become easy to bend, and the flexibility of the glove body cannot be prevented. Therefore, the present invention has extremely high practical value as a glove that can prevent the wearer's grip strength from decreasing when cycling for long periods of time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the palm side of the glove of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line X-X in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cushioning body, and Fig. 4 is a Y-Y in Fig. 3. -Y-line cross-sectional schematic diagram FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the palm side of a glove according to another embodiment. Symbols in the drawing, A...Buffer, B...Glove body,
1... Filling chamber, 2... Gel substance, 3... Epidermis, 4
...The skin, 5... Sheet, 6... Concave groove, 7... Around the side of the buffer body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A buffer body A is formed by partially adhering two facing sheets 5 to form a large number of independent filling chambers 1, and filling the filling chambers 1 with a gel material 2 to inflate the filling chambers, and a leather , a glove body B made of synthetic leather or a tough material, the buffer body A is brought into contact with the back side of the outer skin 3 on the palm side A of the glove body B, and the glove body B is covered with the skin 4. A cycling glove characterized in that the filling chambers 1 are shaped like small blocks long in the left-right direction, and are arranged parallel to the bending direction of the palm.