Sports glove

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12290742-B2
Application number	US-202318376108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2023
Priority date	Oct 3, 2022
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

A sports glove includes an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion, as well as a back portion and a first resistance portion. The back portion is connected to the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion. The back portion covers a back of the wearer's hand. The first resistance portion has flexibility. The first resistance portion is disposed on at least one selected from the group consisting of the back portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion such that when the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger are bent, a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger or the ring finger is greater than that applied to the middle finger or the index finger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sports glove comprising:
an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion capable of respectively receiving an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger of a hand of a wearer;
a back portion connected to the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion and configured to cover a back of the wearer's hand; and
a first resistance portion having flexibility comprising at least one of a little finger resistance portion or a ring finger resistance portion,
wherein the first resistance portion is disposed on the back portion and on at least one of the ring finger portion or the little finger portion such that when the wearer bends the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger respectively received by the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion, a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger or the ring finger is greater than a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the middle finger or the index finger, and
wherein the number of joint portions over which at least one of the little finger resistance portion or the ring finger resistance portion straddle is larger than the number of joint portions over which a middle finger resistance portion and an index finger resistance portion straddle.

2. The sports glove according to claim 1 , further comprising a second resistance portion having flexibility,
wherein the second resistance portion is disposed on the back portion and on at least one selected from the middle finger portion or the index finger portion, and
when the wearer bends the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger respectively received by the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion, the magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger or the ring finger by the first resistance portion is greater than a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the middle finger or the index finger by the second resistance portion.

3. The sports glove according to claim 2 , wherein the little finger resistance portion is disposed on the back portion and the little finger portion such that when the wearer bends the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger respectively received by the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion, the magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger is greater than or equal to a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the ring finger.

4. The sports glove according to claim 3 , wherein
the ring finger resistance portion is disposed on the back portion and the ring finger portion, and
when the wearer bends the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger respectively received by the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion, the magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger by the little finger resistance portion is greater than or equal to a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the ring finger by the ring finger resistance portion.

5. The sports glove according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the middle finger resistance portion is smaller than a length of the little finger resistance portion and the ring finger resistance portion.

Assignees

• Mizuno Kk

Inventors

• Miyakoshi Kosuke
• Nagao Hiroshi
• Ninomiya Norikazu

Classifications

• A41D19/01582

  with means to restrain or support the hand · CPC title

• A41D2400/80

  Friction or grip reinforcement · CPC title

• A41D2600/10

  for sport activities · CPC title

• A63B71/143 Primary

  Baseball or hockey gloves · CPC title

• A41D19/01547 Primary

  with grip improving means · CPC title