Partial Fingered Gloves for Football or Golf Play

Abstract

According to the various features characteristics and embodiments of the present invention which will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds, the present invention provides partially fingered gloves and the use of said gloves, intended to increase the overall performance in sports activities including but limited to football and golf. Because of its unique finger configurations, grip enhancers, and/or its hand protective properties, the present invention makes a glove now operable on a football quarterback's throwing hand and on golfers dominant hand, for example.

Description

DESCRIPTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to sports apparatus and equipment, and uses thereof, used in playing the game of various sports. The present invention and its multi-sport glove embodiments enhance the overall performance in athletic tasks and / or execution commonly associated during sports play, particularly in, but not limited to, football and golf by configuring to meet the specific requirements of a football quarterback's throwing hand and a golfer's dominant hand, for example. The present invention finger configurations completely cover the thumb and forefinger of a user's hand. Additionally, the present invention leaves essentially completely uncovered the user's ring finger, pinkie finger and middle finger.[0002]Furthermore, the present invention offers improvements in the form of grip enhancers on the palm area, the thumb segment and / or on the existing forefinger segment. Additionally, the present invention may offer protective properties o...

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Problems solved by technology

This is largely because prior art consists of generic full-fingered gloves which are uncomfortable and burdensome on a quarterback's throwing hand, particularly on those fingers a quarterback places over the football laces.

This need to ‘feel’ a ball with a hand has therefore resulted in quarterbacks having to make a difficult choice.

It is no surprise that quarterback fumbles remain a significant problem in football, even at the highest performance levels, and currently remains an insoluble problem in the sport for amateurs and professionals alike.

Playing the position of quarterback without the help of gloves, however, can also be an inferior choice.

Whereas the fingers over the laces have a solid grip on the ball—primarily due to the football laces on the ball—the two fingers off the laces (forefinger and thumb) are virtually unsupported and therefore have a relatively weaker grip, creating a weak overall grip on the football (see FIG. 7 for an example of how a quarterback typically grips a football).

This weak overall grip becomes more pronounced when added stress is placed on the thumb or forefinger.

Unfortunately, one need only view the statistics to see that fumbles persist as an insoluble problem, even at the professional level today.

On a wet football field, during extreme weather conditions (hot or cold), that weaker or looser grip makes for a much more difficult completed pass, less success at throwing a spiral, and inconsistency and inaccuracy in passing.

The ability of the quarterback to maintain control of the football was still problematic because of the lack of any grip enhancing device for the player to use; gloves that could be placed on the throwing hand such that the football quarterback could now more significantly control a ball with his arm, thereby creating an overall ...

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