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High flexibility protective glove

Assignee: Easton Sports Inc
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Filing: 1988-02-17
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Granted: 1989-03-28
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Expires: 2008-02-17
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Abstract

Abstract A hockey glove (40) has a set of knuckle protective pads (42) which follow the position of the player's knuckles beneath the pads (42). Break lines (44) are arcuate in shape and incline rearwardly toward wrist portion (46) of the glove (40) from base (48) of thumb portion (50) of the glove (40). Break lines (52) extend between the break lines (44) and are inclined at an acute angle relative to longitudinal direction (54) of the glove (40). Break lines (56) between protective pads (57) on fingers (58) of the glove correspond to the different positions of middle joints on the player's hand, i.e., they are not positioned in a straight line. The rear break line (44) separates the protective pads (42) from protective pad (43) for the back of the wearer's hand. The construction of the protective pads (42) and (57) and the break lines (44, 52 and 56) on the glove 40 allows the player to grasp hockey stick (20) in a natural grip.

Inventors

  • 👤 Rick Gazzano
  • 👤 John Pagotto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 11:23
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/08; A63B71/14; A63B71/141; A63B71/143; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S2/00; Y10S2/912; Y10S2/917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 269 words
A protective glove, which comprises a flexible enclosure for a wearer's and including thumb and fingers, a first plurality of protective pads attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to have one of the first plurality of protective pads over each knuckle of the wearer's hand when the glove is worn, at least one first protective pad attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to be over a back of the wearer's hand when the glove is worn, a second plurality of protective pads attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to have at least two of said second plurality of protective pads be over the wearer fingers when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from said at least one protective pad by a first break line extending from a base of the thumb of said enclosure and positioned to extend at an angle across the back of the wearer's hand toward the wearer wrist when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from said second plurality of protective pads by a second break line extending from the base of the thumb of said enclosure in front of said first plurality of protective pads at an angle toward the wearer's wrist when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from one another by a first plurality of break lines extending between adjacent ones of said first plurality of protective pads from said first break line to said second break line at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal extending direction of the glove.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 269 words
A protective glove, which comprises a flexible enclosure for a wearer's and including thumb and fingers, a first plurality of protective pads attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to have one of the first plurality of protective pads over each knuckle of the wearer's hand when the glove is worn, at least one first protective pad attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to be over a back of the wearer's hand when the glove is worn, a second plurality of protective pads attached to said flexible enclosure and positioned to have at least two of said second plurality of protective pads be over the wearer fingers when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from said at least one protective pad by a first break line extending from a base of the thumb of said enclosure and positioned to extend at an angle across the back of the wearer's hand toward the wearer wrist when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from said second plurality of protective pads by a second break line extending from the base of the thumb of said enclosure in front of said first plurality of protective pads at an angle toward the wearer's wrist when the glove is worn, said first plurality of protective pads being separated from one another by a first plurality of break lines extending between adjacent ones of said first plurality of protective pads from said first break line to said second break line at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal extending direction of the glove.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The protective glove of claim 1 in which said first and second break lines are arcuate in configuration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 52 words
The protective glove of claim 1 in which said second plurality of protective pads are separated from one another on each finger of the glove by one of a second plurality of break lines positioned to be over a joint of each finger of the wearer hand when the glove is worn.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 120 words
The protective glove of claim 1 additionally comprising a cuff portion of said enclosure, at least one second protective pad attached to said cuff portion of said enclosure and positioned to be over the wearer's forearm when the glove is worn, said cuff portion being separated from a hand portion of said enclosure by a strip of flexible material, at least one third protective pad being fastenable over said strip of flexible material, said at least one second protective pad and said at least one third protective pad having facing inclined edges, one of the facing inclined edges being free to move over another of the inclined edges when said cuff portion is articulated with respect to said hand portion.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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