Glove Marking Housing With Alignment Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sporting gloves with grip guides are often expensive, non-compliant, and one-size-fits-all, failing to provide a customizable and accurate grip solution that meets user preferences and regulatory standards.
Innovation Solution
A glove marking system comprising a housing with alignment indicators and marking apertures allows users to apply customizable grip markings directly onto their gloves using a writing instrument, ensuring proper grip alignment and compatibility with various hand sizes and shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If prefabricated grip guides are sewn or printed on gloves, then grip alignment is improved, but the glove cost increases and quality feels inferior
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by providing alignment guides and marking apertures that enable users to mark grip alignment positions on gloves before using them. The housing with marked apertures serves as a pre-prepared tool that guides the user to make precise markings without requiring complex manufacturing processes on the gloves themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an intermediary tool (the housing with alignment guides and marking apertures) that mediates between the user and the glove. Instead of directly sewing or printing on the glove, this intermediary device transfers alignment information to the glove through user-applied markings, avoiding the cost and quality issues of direct manufacturing modifications.
2Productivity
If generic size gloves are manufactured, then production efficiency is improved, but the fit accuracy for individual users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different sized housings or adjustable components within the housing that can accommodate different hand sizes. The alignment guides and marking apertures are positioned to match specific hand dimensions, allowing each user to receive customized markings on their generic size glove without requiring custom-gloved manufacturing.
3Stability of the object's composition
If alignment guides are pre-applied to gloves, then grip consistency is improved, but compliance with R&A and USGA regulations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables self-service by allowing users to apply their own alignment markings to their gloves using the housing as a guide. This user-applied marking process ensures that the markings are added by the end user rather than being factory-applied, which may satisfy regulatory requirements while still providing grip consistency benefits.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems of marking a glove. The method can include providing a glove having first and second markings. The glove can be inserted into a receiving cavity of a housing, the receiving cavity defined by a front face and a rear face of the housing. The first and second markings on the glove can be aligned with an alignment indicator on the front face of the housing when the glove is in the receiving cavity. The glove can be marked through a first marking aperture disposed through the front face of the housing with a writing instrument.