MMA Glove Padding Structure for Hand Support and Smooth Impact Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional MMA gloves are cumbersome, non-form-fitting, lack wrist and hand support, leading to force loss, injury, and potential cuts from protrusions, and require cumbersome taping for support.
Innovation Solution
A glove design featuring multiple padding sections with absorption and slip layers, a contour layer for fit, and a strapping system for secure attachment, eliminating seams and rough features to enhance support and reduce injuries and cuts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional MMA gloves are used, then basic hand protection is provided, but the gloves are cumbersome, non-form-fitting, and lack wrist and hand support leading to force loss and injury
Solution Approach 1:
The glove is divided into multiple functional sections including a wrist support section with rigid structure, a hand section with form-fitting design, and a finger section with individual padding. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall glove integrity and reducing cumulative complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove utilizes composite construction combining rigid materials (such as plastic or metal) in the wrist support section for stability, flexible materials in the hand section for form-fitting, and cushioning materials in the finger section for protection. This composite approach provides both support and comfort without requiring overly complex single-material structures.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional gloves with protrusions and rough features are used, then basic protection is provided, but they cut the opponent's skin and cause bleeding
Solution Approach 1:
The glove features localized padding sections positioned precisely over bony prominences and impact areas such as the knuckles and metacarpals. This targeted approach provides protection where needed while keeping other areas smooth and non-abrasive, eliminating the harmful protrusions found in conventional gloves while maintaining protective strength.
3Reliability
If fighters tape up their hands with multiple wraps, then wrist and bone support is provided, but the process is cumbersome and the thick wrapping makes inserting the hand into the glove difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The wrist support structure is pre-integrated into the glove during manufacturing, eliminating the need for fighters to perform the complex task of wrapping their hands multiple times. The rigid wrist support section is built-in and ready to provide immediate support upon glove insertion, significantly simplifying the preparation process while maintaining protective reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A fighting glove includes a first padding section and a second padding section disposed in a dorsal side of a user's hand, and a strapping section configured to secure the glove to the user's hand. The first padding section includes multiple impact absorption layers, multiple slip layers, and a contour layer, which are each partially bonded to each other. In particular, the hand regions of the layers are securely attached to each other, and the hand body regions of the layers are not attached to each other such that the hand body regions of the layers are free to move independently from each other. Further, the fighting glove includes an exterior layer formed by a single fabric material in each of the inner side and the outer side of the exterior layer to mitigate the glove from forming protrusions or rough features on the exterior layer of the glove.