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Glove

a glove and glove technology, applied in the field of gloves, can solve the problems of insufficient stretchability, inconvenient use, and inability to follow the dynamic movement of the hand through flexible stretching/contraction of the glove, and achieve the effect of improving the comfort of wearing and easy movement of the hand

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-29
MIZUNO CORPORATION
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a glove that allows easy movement of one's hand when worn and improves comfortable fit when worn. The glove includes a back part covering the back side of the wearer's hand, a palm part covering the palm side of the wearer's hand, and a resin pattern formed tightly adhered on a surface of the back part. The resin pattern is formed of a stretching member and can be adjusted in density and direction region by region of the back part to achieve flexible hand movement and comfortable fit. The glove also includes a wrist side portion and a joint region covering a finger joint of the wearer, with higher density of the resin pattern on the joint region and adjacent region to improve grip and comfort. The finger part of the back part and the finger part of the palm part are directly connected to each other.

Problems solved by technology

This means that regions of the glove covering a portion where hand moves significantly lack sufficient stretchability, and it becomes difficult to follow dynamic movement of one's hand through flexible stretching / contraction of the glove.
If the glove size is made larger to enable free stretching / contraction of the glove even at regions where the hand moves much more, the glove would be too large as compared with the actual size at regions covering portions where the hand moves only slightly.
Therefore, such a glove cannot provide appropriate fit on the wearer's hand.

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embodiment 1

[0036]A glove 1 in accordance with Embodiment 1 is worn when the wearer practices exercise, for example, when the wearer plays baseball, to prevent slipping between a gripped object such as a bat and a palm part of the glove covering the palm side of the wearer.

[0037]Glove 1 includes a back part 100 (see FIG. 1) covering the back side of wearer's hand when worn, a palm part 200 (see FIG. 3) covering the palm side of wearer's hand when worn, and a resin pattern 10 tightly adhered to a surface of back part 100.

[0038]Further, back part 100 shown in FIG. 1 and palm part 200 shown in FIG. 3 include finger parts covering wearer's fingers. Specifically, the finger parts include a thumb part 15, an index finger part 25, a middle finger part 35, a ring finger part 45, and a little finger part 55. Finger parts of back part 100 will be referred to as back side finger parts, and finger parts of palm part 200 will be referred to as palm side finger parts.

[0039]Of the finger parts, index finger p...

embodiment 2

[0076]A glove 2 in accordance with Embodiment 2 of the present invention basically has the same structure as glove 1 in accordance with Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Glove 2, however, is different from glove 1 in that resin pattern 10 is not formed at a connecting part 30 between thumb part 15 and wrist side portion 60.

[0077]In glove 1, back part 100 is entirely formed as an integral piece. In contrast, in glove 2, thumb part 15 and remaining part other than thumb part 15 are formed separately and these are connected at connecting part 30 by stitching, for example, as will be described later. To attain good connection, leather or resin member same as that used for palm part 200 may be used for connecting part 30 for connection and, therefore, resin pattern 10 is not formed thereon.

[0078]Though glove 2 having the above described structure is different from glove 1 in the connecting part 30, such a difference does not have much influence and similar effects and functions as g...

embodiment 3

[0080]A glove 3 in accordance with Embodiment 3 of the present invention basically has the same structure as glove 2 in accordance with Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Glove 3, however, is different from glove 2 in that resin pattern 10 is not formed on thumb part 15, index finger tip end part 22, middle finger tip end part 32, ring finger tip end part 42 and little finger tip end part 52.

[0081]When we consider general movement of one's hand, it is understood that fingers move much more than the back. Therefore, the back side finger parts are deformed much more than wrist side portion 60 of glove 1. Therefore, it is preferred that the density of resin pattern 10 on wrist side portion 60 is made higher than the density of resin pattern 10 on the back side finger parts, as in glove 3.

[0082]By such an approach, it is possible to maintain the sense of oneness and good fit of glove 3 on the wearer by the resin pattern 10 of wrist side portion 60 and to provide higher flexibility a...

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Abstract

A glove wearable for exercise includes a back part covering the back side of a wearer's hand when worn, a palm part covering the palm side of the wearer when worn, and a resin pattern formed tightly adhered on a surface of the back part. The resin pattern is formed in a web, and density of the pattern is preferably adjusted region by region of the back part, in accordance with the amount of deformation when the glove is worn.

Description

[0001]This nonprovisional application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-013282 filed with the Japan Patent Office on Jan. 23, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety as if fully set forth herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a glove wearable when practicing exercise, attaining more comfortable fit when worn.[0004]2. Description of the Background Art[0005]When a person grips an object such as a bat when he / she plays baseball, for example, it is often the case that the player wears a glove having good anti-slip characteristic, to prevent slipping between the gripped object and a palm part of the glove covering the palm side of the wearer. When a person grips the object wearing a glove having good anti-slip characteristic, slipping between the object and the palm part can be prevented and, therefore, he / she can hold the object with sufficient gripping powe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D19/00
CPCA41D19/01564A63B2102/18A63B71/143
Inventor KUME, KAZUHIROHARADA, JUNKO
Owner MIZUNO CORPORATION