Shooting Glove

Abstract

The shooting gloves of this invention improves the shooter's ability to maintain the proper grip and hand orientation on a handgun. The shooting gloves have select areas on the outside of the glove covered by a viscid coating or sections of material that provide a tacky surface texture to the gloves. The viscid areas are strategically located on the gloves so that the viscid areas of the opposite glove contact each other when the shooter takes a conventional two handed grip of a handgun. The contacting viscid areas provide enhanced tactile feel and increased mechanical friction between the gloves that helps the shooter maintain the proper grip and hand position as the handgun is discharged. It should be noted that the viscid areas are located on the gloves not so as to directly contact the handgun, but are located on the gloves to directly contact corresponding or mating viscid areas of the other glove. The viscid areas of both right and left handed gloves are symmetrical, which allows the pair to be used by either right or left handed shooters.

Description

[0001]This invention relates generally to gloves worn for shooting firearms, in particular, shooting gloves for maintaining a proper grip and hand orientation on the handgun.BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0002]Tactical Shooters and marksmen often wear gloves to protect their hands. During rapid fire shooting, invariably, the gloved fingers loosen or become displaced compromising a proper shooting grip which diminishes accuracy. This is particularly true for shooters using the two handed, “thumbs forward” grip which is a preferred method and convention for military, law enforcement and competition shooters. During successive discharge, the orientation of the shooters hand often degrades due to recoil and the grip tension between the hands, as well as between the hands and the handgun. As the two handed grip degrades and the orientation of the hands on the gun and with respect to each other is compromised accuracy is lost.[0003]The shooting gloves of this invention improve th...

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Benefits of technology

[0003]The shooting gloves of this invention improve the shooter's ability to maintain the proper grip and hand orientation on a handgun. The shooting gloves have select areas on the outside of the gloves covered by a viscid coating or sections of material that provide a tacky surface texture to the gloves. The viscid areas are strategically located on the gloves so that the viscid areas of the opposite glove contact each other when the shooter takes a conventional two handed grip of a handgun. The contacting viscid areas provide enhanced tactile feel and increased mechanical friction between the gloves that helps the shooter maintain the proper grip and hand position as the handgun is discharged. It should be noted that the viscid areas are located on the gloves not so as to directly contact the handgun, but are located on the gloves to directly contact corresponding or mating viscid areas of the other glove. The viscid areas of both the right and left handed gloves are symmetrical, which allows the pair to be used by either right or left handed shooters.

Problems solved by technology

During rapid fire shooting, invariably, the gloved fingers loosen or become displaced compromising a proper shooting grip which diminishes accuracy.

During successive discharge, the orientation of the shooters hand often degrades due to recoil and the grip tension between the hands, as well as between the hands and the handgun.

As the two handed grip degrades and the orientation of the hands on the gun and with respect to each other is compromised accuracy is lost.

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