Golf glove with club handle stop

Abstract

A golf glove provides a positive stop for the end of a golf club handle and a resilient pad for seating the golf club handle against the glove. The stop reaches across the glove palm and angles towards the small finger and has a wall extending perpendicular to the wearer's palm for the handle to abut against. The resilient pad fills a concave portion of the palm to provide a substantially flat surface for the golf club handle to seat against.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to golf gloves and in particular to a golf glove with a golf club handle stop.[0002]In many sports utilizing hitting or driving implements, achieving a consistent grasp of the implement is important in success. Especially in golf, a slight error in the angle of hitting the ball may result in a disastrous shot. Generally, the handle of the golf club extends through the golfer's hands, and the precise position of the golfer's hands on the golf club handle may be difficult to repeat. Further, a golfer's grip on the club handle may be limited when the handle can slide against the golf glove's surface.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention addresses the above and other needs by providing a golf glove which provides a positive stop for the end of a golf club handle and a resilient pad for seating the golf club handle against the glove. The stop reaches across the glove palm and angles towards the small finge...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a golf glove for stabilizing a golf club handle. The golf glove includes a stop attached to the golf glove and is positionable on a palm of the golfer's hand, a wall of the stop facing the golfer's fingers, and resilient pad attached to the golf glove. The stop reaches across the palm from near the base of the golfer's thumb and angled away from the horizontal towards the base of the small finger when the fingers are pointed downwards. The wall is approximately perpendicular to the golfer's palm when the golf glove is worn on the golfer's hand. The resilient pad extends from a wide end of the resilient pad proximal to the face of the stop to a narrow end of the resilient pad residing along an index finger of the golfer wearing the golf glove and fills a gap between the golfer's palm and the golf club handle to provide a firm grasp.

[0005]In accordance with another aspect of the invention, there is provided a palm harness for stabilizing a golf club handle in a golfer's hand. The palm harness includes a first strap circling the golfer's hand just below the base of the golfer's thumb and a second strap circling the golfer's hand just above the base of the golfer's thumb and is engaged by an index finger of the golfer's hand when worn on the golfer's hand for correctly positioning the palm harness on the palm of the golfer's hand. A stop attached to the palm harness and positionable on the palm of the golfer's hand reaching across the palm from near the base of the golfer's thumb and angled away from the horizontal towards the base of the small finger when the fingers are pointed downwards. A wall of the stop faces the golfer's fingers and is approximately perpendicular to the golfer's palm when the golf glove is worn on the golfer's hand. A resilient pad is attached to the palm harness and extends from a wide end of the resilient pad proximal to the face of the stop to a narrow end of the resilient pad residing along an index finger of the golfer wearing the palm harness. The resilient pad fills a gap between the golfer's palm and the golf club handle to provide a firm grasp.

Problems solved by technology

Especially in golf, a slight error in the angle of hitting the ball may result in a disastrous shot.

Generally, the handle of the golf club extends through the golfer's hands, and the precise position of the golfer's hands on the golf club handle may be difficult to repeat.

Further, a golfer's grip on the club handle may be limited when the handle can slide against the golf glove's surface.

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