Glove for a hockey or lacrosse player

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252144-B2
Application number	US-201313968839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2013
Priority date	Aug 16, 2013
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A hockey or lacrosse glove comprising a cuff and a hand receiving portion having a palm sheet, a dorsal sheet extending longitudinally from a proximal end located adjacent the distal end of the cuff to a distal end that is, in use, located generally above the proximal articulation of each finger, and four finger gussets, each finger gusset having a distal end for covering the distal end of the finger. The glove also has at least one protector extending to an end located generally above the distal end of the finger gusset and comprising a single pocket and a padding element contained in the single pocket, the padding element defining at least one flexion zone such that, in use, flexing of the player's hand or finger imparts movement of the padding element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A glove configured to protect a hand of a hockey or lacrosse player, the player's hand having a wrist, a palm, a dorsal side, four fingers and a thumb, each finger extending from a proximal articulation to a distal end, the hockey or lacrosse glove comprising a hand receiving portion and a cuff for at least partially covering the wrist, the cuff extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, the hand receiving portion comprising:
(a) a palm sheet for covering the palm of the player's hand;
(b) a dorsal sheet for covering the dorsal side of the player's hand, the dorsal sheet extending longitudinally from a proximal end located adjacent the distal end of the cuff to a distal end that is, in use, located above the proximal articulation of each finger;
(c) a thumb sheath for protecting the thumb of the player's hand;
(d) four finger gussets for receiving the four fingers, each finger gusset having a distal end for covering the distal end of the finger; and
(e) at least one protector comprising (i) a single pocket mounted to one of the four finger gussets and extending longitudinally from above the distal end of the finger gusset to at least the distal end of the dorsal sheet; (ii) a padding element contained in the single pocket and capable of directly contacting the single pocket, the padding element comprising at least one flexion zone such that, in use, flexing of the player's finger imparts movement of the padding element, a material of the padding element being continuous across the at least one flexion zone, and a thickness of said material within the at least one flexion zone being different from a thickness of said material outside the at least one flexion zone; and (iii) a gap defined between the single pocket overlapping the padding element and said padding element in the at least one flexion zone, such that a spacing between the single pocket and the padding element across the at least one flexion zone is greater than a spacing between the single pocket and the padding element outside the at least one flexion zone.

2. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 1 , wherein the single pocket extends longitudinally to a location that is proximate the distal end of the dorsal sheet.

3. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 2 , wherein the four fingers are an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger and wherein the at least one protector includes a first finger protector configured to protect the index finger.

4. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 3 , wherein the at least one protector further includes a second finger protector for protecting either of the middle finger, ring finger and little finger.

5. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 2 , wherein the at least one protector includes four finger protectors, each one of the four finger protectors respectively configured to protect one of the four fingers of the player's hand.

6. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 2 , wherein the at least one flexion zone is a first flexion zone configured to overlap a middle articulation of one finger and wherein the padding element further comprises a second flexion zone configured to overlap a distal articulation of the finger.

7. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 2 , further comprising at least one overlay element attached to the single pocket.

8. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 7 , wherein the at least one overlay element overlaps the at least one flexion zone.

9. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 8 , further comprising a covering layer affixed to an upper layer of the single pocket and wherein the at least one overlay element is contained between the covering and upper layers.

10. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 2 , wherein the material is thermoformed for defining the at least one flexion zone.

11. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 1 , wherein the single pocket extends longitudinally to a location between the proximal and distal ends of the dorsal sheet.

12. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the four fingers are index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger and wherein the at least one protector includes a first finger protector for protecting the index finger.

13. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 12 , wherein the at least one protector further includes a second protector for protecting either of the middle finger, ring finger and little finger.

14. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the at least one protector includes four protectors, each one of the four finger protectors configured to protect a respective one of the four fingers of the player's hand.

15. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the at least one flexion zone is a first flexion zone for overlapping a middle articulation of one finger and wherein the padding element further comprises a second flexion zone for overlapping a distal articulation of the finger and a third flexion zone for overlapping a proximal articulation of the finger.

16. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , further comprising at least one overlay element attached to the single pocket.

17. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 16 , wherein the at least one overlay element overlaps the at least one flexion zone.

18. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 17 , further comprising a covering layer affixed to an upper layer of the single pocket and wherein the at least one overlay element is contained between the covering and upper layers.

19. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the material is thermoformed for defining the at least one flexion zone.

20. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the dorsal sheet has a maximal length measured between its proximal and distal ends along one given finger when the glove is worn and wherein the single pocket and padding element of the at least one protector overly an entire length of the finger gusset configured to receive the given finger and at least one-quarter of the maximal length of the dorsal sheet.

21. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 11 , wherein the dorsal sheet has a maximal length measured between its proximal and distal ends along one given finger when the glove is worn and wherein the single pocket and padding element of the at least one protector overly an entire length of the finger gusset configured to receive the given finger and at least one-third of the maximal length of the dorsal sheet.

22. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 1 , wherein the single pocket extends longitudinally to a location adjacent the proximal end of the dorsal sheet.

23. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 22 , wherein the four fingers are index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger and wherein the at least one protector includes a first protector for protecting the index finger from the proximal end of the dorsal sheet to the distal end of the finger gusset receiving the index finger.

24. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 23 , wherein the at least one protector further includes a second protector for protecting either of the middle finger, ring finger and little finger from the proximal end of the dorsal sheet to the distal end of the finger gusset configured to receive either of the middle finger, ring finger and little finger.

25. The hockey or lacrosse glove of claim 22 , wherein the at least one protector includes four protectors, each one of the four prote

Assignees

• Bauer Hockey Corp
• Bauer Hockey Llc

Inventors

• Contant Mathieu
• Beauregard Marco
• Leblanc Alexandre

Classifications

• A63B2102/24

  Ice hockey · CPC title

• A63B2102/14

  Lacrosse · CPC title

• A63B71/143 Primary

  Baseball or hockey gloves · CPC title