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US5720047A
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Sports glove, in particular a goalie glove
Assignee: Uhlsport GmbH
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Filing: 1996-11-04
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Granted: 1998-02-24
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Expires: 2016-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A sports glove, in particular a goalie glove, of which the outside of the palm material preferably is composed of a foamed latex on a textile support material. Additional impact-damping padding is mounted on the inside of the palm material facing the surface of the hand. A so-called spacer fabric designed as a three-dimensional fabric is used as the additional padding and is formed from two flat layers of cover fabrics spaced apart by a sandwiched zone of parallel erect fabric yarns extending perpendicular to the layers of the cover fabrics. In the alternative, an open-pore soft foam or a latex foam of larger thickness and lesser density than the palm material may be used as the additional padding.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas Spitzer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 12:19
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/08; A63B71/14; A63B71/141; A63B71/148
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A sports glove comprising a palm material (18, 19) forming a glove palm (11), said palm material is a foamed latex (18) on a textile support material (19) and having an additional, impact-damping padding (20) mounted thereto and positioned so as to face the surface of the users hand, said additional padding comprising: a) a three-dimensional spacer fabric (20), said three-dimensional spacer fabric comprising at least two, superimposed, flat layers of cover fabric (21, 22), said flat layers of cover fabric disposed in a spaced relation from each other by a zone of parallel erect yarns (23c) extending substantially perpendicular to the layers of said cover fabrics (21, 22) and sandwiched therebetween.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A sports glove comprising a palm material (18, 19) forming a glove palm (11), said palm material is a foamed latex (18) on a textile support material (19) and having an additional, impact-damping padding (20) mounted thereto and positioned so as to face the surface of the users hand, said additional padding comprising: a) a three-dimensional spacer fabric (20), said three-dimensional spacer fabric comprising at least two, superimposed, flat layers of cover fabric (21, 22), said flat layers of cover fabric disposed in a spaced relation from each other by a zone of parallel erect yarns (23c) extending substantially perpendicular to the layers of said cover fabrics (21, 22) and sandwiched therebetween.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 1 and wherein: a) said additional padding forms a contact surface against the hand of the user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 1 and wherein: a) said spacer fabric (20) has a thickness of about 3 mm to about 1 cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 1 and wherein: a) said spacer fabric (20) is selected from the group of synthetic materials consisting of polyamide, polyester and polypropylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 4 and wherein: a) said spacer fabric (20) is a composite fabric including natural cotton fibers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 5 and wherein: a) one of said at least two layers of cover fabric is formed predominantly from cotton fibers while the other of said at least two layers of cover fabric is formed predominantly from polypropylene fibers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 6 and wherein: a) said polypropylene cover fabric faces the surface of the users hand and said cotton cover fabric faces said palm material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 4 and wherein: a) said palm material including a cotton fabric support layer upon which said foamed latex is supported, said impact damping padding is flame-bonded to said cotton fabric support layer with a layer of moltopreme hot-melt adhesive sandwiched therebetween.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 8 and further comprising: a) a skin-compatible layer of textile material flame-bonded to the side of the additional padding (20) facing the users hand.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 4 and wherein: a) said palm material including a cotton fabric support layer upon which said foamed latex is supported, said impact damping padding is laminated to said cotton fabric support layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 10 and wherein: a) said latex material (18) forming said palm (18, 19) is doctor-deposited directly onto said spacer fabric containing said cotton fibers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 1 and further including: a) side walls (12a, 13a) extending between said glove palm (11) and an upper hand part (10) and connected thereto, said side walls including a spacer fabric of open-pore soft foam material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
A sports glove as set forth in claim 1 and further including: a) side walls (12a, 13a) extending between said glove palm (11) and an upper hand part (10) and, b) finger portions for receiving the fingers of a user, wherein at least one of said side walls or at least one of said finger portions are integral with said palm (11) and at least a side part (12b) present against the outer edge of the hand or at least one of said finger portions comprising an additional spacer fabric padding of open-pore soft foam material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
138 words
A sports glove comprising a palm material forming a glove palm, said palm material is a foamed latex on a textile support material and having an additional, impact-dampening padding mounted thereto and positioned so as to face the surface of the user's hand, said additional padding comprising: a) a three-dimensional spacer fabric, said three-dimensional spacer fabric comprising at least two, superimposed, flat layers of cover fabric, said flat layers of cover fabric disposed in a spaced relation from each other by parallel erect yarns forming a zone having an inside volume extending substantially between said flat layers of cover fabric, said parallel erect yarns extending substantially perpendicular to the layers of said cover fabrics and sandwiched therebetween; and, b) said parallel erect yarns occupy less than 10% of said inside volume of said zone of parallel erect yarns.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
138 words
A sports glove comprising a palm material forming a glove palm, said palm material is a foamed latex on a textile support material and having an additional, impact-dampening padding mounted thereto and positioned so as to face the surface of the user's hand, said additional padding comprising: a) a three-dimensional spacer fabric, said three-dimensional spacer fabric comprising at least two, superimposed, flat layers of cover fabric, said flat layers of cover fabric disposed in a spaced relation from each other by parallel erect yarns forming a zone having an inside volume extending substantially between said flat layers of cover fabric, said parallel erect yarns extending substantially perpendicular to the layers of said cover fabrics and sandwiched therebetween; and, b) said parallel erect yarns occupy less than 10% of said inside volume of said zone of parallel erect yarns.
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