Protective sports glove

a technology for sports gloves and protective gloves, applied in the field of protective sports gloves, can solve the problems of compromising the flexibility and tactile feel of protection, the design of the structure is fairly rigid, and the comfort and ease of movement in all directions, so as to improve ventilation/cooling, flexibility and breathability, and improve protection. the effect of flexibility

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-24
WM T BURNETT IP
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[0010]In one aspect, a protective glove includes a hand receiving portion that includes a plurality of finger portions, a thumb portion, a metacarpal portion and a wrist portion. The hand receiving portion includes a dorsal side and a palm side. The dorsal side of the hand receiving portion includes an inner liner and a plurality of protective elements attached to an exterior surface of the inner liner. The palmar side of the hand receiving portion includes an inner liner. Between the dorsal and palm side, a thin liner pad, also known as a comfort pad, made of plia...

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However, the hand also needs protection and so players typically wear padded gloves to protect their hands and wrists.
However, this conventional construct is fairly rigid in design and compromises flexibility and tactile feel for protection.
In addition, the inflexibility of the fabric layers and liner resist s...

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[0026]Reference will now be made in detail to preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

[0027]Lacrosse, hockey and other stick-wielding sports players need to be able to flex in all directions freely in order to grip their stick and engage in necessary wrist action while still maintaining an acceptable level of protection. However, as discussed above, conventional glove design limits the amount of flex that is available to a player when they are manipulating a lacrosse or hockey stick. Specifically, conventional protective sports gloves have, by virtue of their padding constructions, limited flexion and extension as well as difficult radial and ulnar deviation, and poor dorsiflexion. The padding intended to protect a user's knuckles and the pads intended to protect a user's wrist in conventional gl...

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An embodiment of the present invention provides a protective sports glove having a novel combination of liner sections, breathable mesh sections, stretch joints, and shock absorbing cushions to provide maximum protection to the user's fingers, hands, wrists, and lower forearms while maintaining as much flexibility within the glove and tactile feel on both palmar and dorsal sides of the glove as possible. The pattern and construction employs strategically-placed stretch zones, strategic padding placement, and a variety of improved padding constructions all for more flex without compromising protection.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)[0001]The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 080,097 filed 14 Nov. 2013, which in torn derives priority from U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 730,256 filed 27 Nov. 2012.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to lacrosse gloves and, more particularly, to a protective sports glove and padding for the same that provides improved flexibility, breathability, maneuverability and finer tactile feel without compromising protection.[0004]2. Description of the Background[0005]Protective sports gloves are commonly used and, indeed, are required to be used in many organized sports such as lacrosse, hockey, and other contact sports. Such gloves protect the wearer from impact of lacrosse sticks, hockey sticks, balls, pucks, skates, and other players.[0006]Protective sports gloves include padding to protect the player's fingers, hands, ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B71/14A41D19/00A41D19/015
CPCA63B71/141A41D19/0044A41D19/002A41D19/01523A63B71/143A63B2102/14
Inventor BROWN, AUSTINCOX, MICHAEL
Owner WM T BURNETT IP
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