Glove with expandable finger stall

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 11130043
  • Patent Number
    11,130,043
  • Date Filed
    Monday, May 23, 2016
    8 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 28, 2021
    3 years ago
Abstract
The invention is a glove having a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel and a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving a thumb and fingers of a human hand. The invention further includes a finger or thumb stall having a transverse expansion zone and/or a longitudinal expansion zone comprised of expandable material for accommodating fingers of varying sizes.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention

This invention relates to gloves for the human hand which are worn when playing sports such as baseball, softball, golf, or simply working. In one aspect, this invention relates to a glove specifically designed to improve grip, comfort, protection, and performance of a wearer. However, this invention has broader implications and may be advantageously employed in other applications requiring protection of the hands. More particularly, this invention relates to a glove which includes a thumb or finger stall that is both circumferentially and longitudinally expandable during use by the wearer.


One disadvantage with existing gloves is that the finger and thumb stalls are made to fit the hands of an “average” user rather than a hand of predetermined size. However, human fingers vary greatly in size, both circumference and length. From an anatomical perspective the thumb in particular varies more in size than any other digit. Accordingly, many gloves have thumb or finger stalls that fit the average person poorly. It is one object of the instant invention to provide a glove having a thumb stall that obviates this disadvantage by providing an adjustable or self-adjusting thumb stall to fit many different thumb sizes.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A better understanding of the invention will be had upon reference to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views and wherein:



FIG. 1 is a bottom schematic anatomical view of the bones of a right-side human hand showing the palm-side details;



FIG. 2 is a bottom schematic anatomical palm-side view of the bones, and selected details of the pulleys and tendons of a right-side human hand;



FIG. 3 is a top view of a glove showing the dorsal-side details and seen overlaying the skeletal structure of a right-dorsal-side human hand;



FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a batting glove showing the palmar side details and seen overlaying the skeletal structure of a right-palm-side human hand;



FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a thumb stall of the present invention showing details thereof.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION


FIG. 1 is a schematic anatomical view of the bones of a right human hand 10 looking at a palm 18 side. Shown are the radius 20, ulna 21, radiocarpal joint (RC) 23′, distal radio ulnar joint (DRUJ) 22, wrist 12, thumb 64, index finger 65, long finger 66, ring finger 67, and small finger 68. The carpus 69 comprises eight carpal bones, seven of which are shown in FIG. 1 and includes the hamate bone 71 with its hook-like protrusion, the scaphoid 24′ and the lunate 25.


The thumb 64 is comprised of the distal phalanx 51, the interphalangeal joint (IP) 46, proximal phalanx 41, diaphysis of proximal phalanx 41′, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 36, metacarpal 31, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 26.


The index finger 65 is comprised of the distal phalanx 60, distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 56, middle phalanx 52, proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) 47, proximal phalanx 42, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 37, metacarpal 32, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 27.


The long finger 66 is comprised of the distal phalanx 61, distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 57, middle phalanx 53, proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) 48, proximal phalanx 43, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 38, metacarpal 33, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 23.


The ring finger 67 is comprised of the distal phalanx 62, distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 58, middle phalanx 54, proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) 49, proximal phalanx 44, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 39, metacarpal 34, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 24.


The small finger 68 is comprised of the distal phalanx 63, distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 59, middle phalanx 55, proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) 50, proximal phalanx 45, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 40, metacarpal 35, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 30.



FIG. 2 shows the skeletal anatomy, pulley system, and flexor tendons of the thumb 64 and fingers 65-68 of the right hand 10. The thumb 64 includes the flexor tendon (flexor pollicis longus) 200 and the three pulleys 220-224 of the thumb 64; an A1 pulley 220, A2 pulley 222, and A3 pulley 224. The A2 pulley 222 is the most important for function and is attached to the proximal phalanx 41 of the thumb 64. The respective pulleys 230-238 are also shown for each of the: index finger 65, long finger 66, ring finger 67, and small finger 68. Each finger 65-68 has five pulleys 230-238; an A1 pulley 230, A2 pulley 232, A3 pulley 234, A4 pulley 236, and A5 pulley 238. The A2 pulley 232 and A4 pulley 236 are considered to be the most important for function. The A2 pulley 232 is attached to the proximal phalanx 42-45. The A4 pulley 236 is attached to the middle phalanx 52-55. The A1 pulley 230 is near the MCP joint 37-40, the A3 pulley 234 is near the PIP joint 47-50 and the A5 pulley 238 is near the DIP joint 56-59.


The flexor tendons 202-208 are shown as one unit for each finger 65-68, but actually there are two flexor tendons to each unit. They are the flexor digitorum superficialis and the flexor digitorum profundus (shown as one, 202-208). These tendons 202-208 travel underneath the pulleys 230-238 and the flexor digitorum profundus tendon attaches to the distal phalanx 60-63 of each finger 65-68. The tendons 202-208 move back and forth below the pulleys 230-238, via muscles (not shown) attached to the proximal end of the tendons. This movement of the tendon 202-208 produces finger 65-68 flexion. The pulleys 230-238 prevent the flexor tendons 202-208 from bowstringing or moving away from the bone with finger 65-68 flexion. If the pulleys 230-238 are damaged and no longer function, the tendons 202-208 will bowstring with a resultant significant loss of finger motion as well as grip strength. As such, pulleys 230-238, especially the A2 pulley 232 and the A4 pulley 236, are very important and must be preserved and protected as much as possible.


Referring now to FIG. 3, there is shown details of a dorsal side 16 of an exemplary but not limiting glove 80 to cover a human hand 10 and seen overlaying the skeletal structure and skin outline of a right-dorsal-side human hand 10. Referring also to FIGS. 4 and 5 glove 80 has a plurality of finger elements 82, a thumb element 84, a top portion 86, and a lower portion 88 wherein the finger elements 82 cover fingers 65-68. The thumb element 84 covers a thumb 64, and the top portion 86 covers a back or dorsal side 16 of the hand 10. The lower portion 88 covers the palmar side 18 of the hand 10. Glove 80 further includes a dorsal side panel 97 and a palmar side panel 99 to which finger 82 and thumb 84 elements are secured. Dorsal side panel 97 and palmar side panel 99 are secured along each panel's outer periphery with an opening therein to receive a hand 10, said dorsal side panel 97 being sized to cover the back of said hand 10 and in conjunction with said palmar side panel 99 providing thumb stall 84 and finger stalls 82.


In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention an elastic band 90 may be attached to the top portion 86 and to the lower portion 88 for securing and retaining the glove around a wrist 12. The elastic band 90 includes a securing apparatus in the form of a hook 92 and loop 94 fastener or the equivalent thereof for retention of glove 80 above wrist 12.


The top portion 86 of glove 80 includes elastic material 96, preferably 2-WAY SPANDEX® in the vicinity of the wrist 12 out to the vicinity of the metacarpalphalangeal joints (MCP) 37-40 of the fingers 65-68 of the hand 10. Additionally, a protective covering 98 may be included in the dorsal side panel 97 to cover the back or dorsal side 16 of the hand 10.


The finger elements 82 each include an upper portion 83 which comprising synthetic material 100 with openings formed therein to receive thin elastic material 116 attached to cover the proximal interphalangeal joints (PIP) 47-50, and the distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 56-59 of each finger 65-68. A lower portion 85 of the finger elements 82 may include protective covering 98. In addition, protective padding 102 is affixed beneath the protective covering 98 and adjacent to the fingers 65-68, in pre-selected areas.


The thumb element 84 may include protective covering 98 which surrounds the distal phalanx 51, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 36, proximal phalanx 41, metacarpal 31, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 26 of the thumb 64. As shown in FIG. 3, an opening is formed in the protective covering 98 to receive thin elastic material 116 attached to cover the interphalangeal joint (IP) 46 of the thumb 64. Another opening is formed in the protective covering 98 over the metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 36 to receive thin elastic material 116.


Referring now to FIG. 5, and in accordance with a constructed but non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a glove 80 includes a thumb element 84 having a transverse or circumferential expansion zone 120 constructed of an elastic material 96, for example 2-Way Spandex or an equivalent elastic material. Transverse expansion zone 120 extends circumferentially around thumb 64 and is intersected by (and is co-extensive with) a longitudinal expansion zone 130, also constructed of a similar elastic material 96. Longitudinal expansion zone extends along thumb 64 and in one non-limiting embodiment may extends from distal phalanx 51 to metacarpal 31 to provide an longitudinal zone of expansion along substantially the entire length of the thumb 64.


Transverse expansion zone 120 and longitudinal expansion zone 130 act in concert to permit the expansion of thumb element 84 both longitudinally and circumferentially, thereby accommodating thumbs 64 having variable lengths and thicknesses without the necessity of radically altering the overall geometry and construction of glove 80. Furthermore, while the detailed description refers to a thumb element 84, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the transverse 120 and longitudinal 130 expansion zones may be employed in any finger element 82 of glove 80 without departing from the scope of the invention.


Transverse expansion zone 120 permits the length of thumb element 84 to expand as a user's thumb 64 extends upwardly into thumb element 84 thereby adjusting for thumbs of differing lengths. In one embodiment of the invention transverse expansion zone 120 is comprised of elastic material 96 having a 2 mm relaxed width, which may expand up to 10 mm when stretched or when in an unrelaxed state. Similarly, longitudinal expansion zone 130 may comprise a 2-5 mm width of relaxed elastic material 96 to facilitate fingers or thumbs of differing circumferences.


In one embodiment of the invention transverse expansion zone 120 extends around approximately half of thumb element 84, proximate the MCP joint of thumb 64. This feature of the invention facilitates longitudinal expansion of thumb element 84 while still providing structure to element 84. Additionally, transverse expansion zone 120 may be located on either the palmar or dorsal side of thumb element 84 without departing from the scope of the invention. In a yet further non-limiting embodiment of the invention transverse expansion zone 120 may extend completely around thumb element 84.


Furthermore, in one embodiment of the invention longitudinal expansion zone 130 may extend from below MCP joint 36 to above IP joint 46 of thumb 64. Where longitudinal expansion zone 130 is provided in a finger stall 82, rather than a thumb stall 84, expansion zone 130 may extend from below MCP joints 37-40 to above the DIP joints 56-59 thereof. This feature of the invention provides for circumferential expansion of the thumb element 84 along a substantial length of thumb 64. Additionally, the intersection of the transverse 120 and longitudinal 130 expansion zones (that is to say, the areas where transverse 120 and longitudinal 130 expansion zones are co-extensive) allows glove 80 to expand in multiple directions to accommodate a wide variety of thumb 64 sizes, particularly proximate the MCP joint 36.


In a yet further embodiment of the invention elastic material 96 is provided in both transverse 120 and longitudinal 130 expansion zones in widths sufficient to permit the finger or thumb element 84 to expand one full glove size. In other words, elastic material 96 in expansion zones 120, 130 is sized to provide a one size expansion in the applicable finger or thumb. This feature of the invention is particularly advantageous in application such as batting gloves or golf gloves that are typically worn form-fitting by users, and where an over-sized thumb 84 or finger 82 stall may cause a user to be uncomfortable in a glove 80 that otherwise fits well.


The detailed description is given primarily for clearness of understanding and no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom for modifications will become obvious to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure and may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

Claims
  • 1. A glove comprising: a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel secured along each panel's outer periphery with an opening therein adapted to receive the human hand, said dorsal side panel being sized to cover the back of the hand and in conjunction with said palmar side panel providing a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving the thumb and fingers of the human hand;said thumb stall having a transverse expansion zone and a longitudinal expansion zone, wherein said transverse expansion zone and said longitudinal expansion zone connect an outer periphery of one or more remaining portions of said thumb stall together allowing at least one of circumferential and longitudinal expansion of said thumb stall;wherein said longitudinal expansion zone of said thumb stall extends continuously from below the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb of the hand to above the distal interphalangeal joint of the thumb;wherein said transverse expansion zone is located proximate the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb of the human hand; andwherein said longitudinal expansion zone includes an upper portion extending from the transverse expansion zone in the direction towards the distal interphalangeal joint of the thumb and a lower portion extending from the transverse expansion zone in the opposing direction below the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb, and wherein said transverse expansion zone laterally extends from the longitudinal expansion zone in the direction circumferentially away from said upper portion and said lower portion of said longitudinal expansion zone.
  • 2. The glove of claim 1, said expansion zones are comprised of an elastic material.
  • 3. The glove of claim 2 wherein each of said expansion zones having a width of approximately two millimeters in a first state with the human hand not present in said glove.
  • 4. The glove of claim 1 wherein said transverse expansion zone circumferentially extends around said thumb stall approximately half way.
  • 5. The glove of claim 1 wherein said transverse expansion zone and said longitudinal expansion intersect.
  • 6. The glove of claim 2 wherein at least a portion of said elastic material is a spandex material.
  • 7. A glove comprising: a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel secured along each panel's outer periphery with an opening therein adapted to receive the human hand, said dorsal side panel being sized to cover the back of the hand and in conjunction with said palmar side panel providing a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving the thumb and fingers of the human hand;said thumb stall having a transverse expansion zone and a longitudinal expansion zone, each of said expansion zones comprised of expandable material connecting an outer periphery of one or more remaining portions of said thumb stall allowing at least one of circumferential and longitudinal expansion of said thumb stall; andwherein said longitudinal expansion zone extends along a radial side of said thumb stall above and below in opposing directions of a first portion of the transverse expansion zone, wherein a second portion of said transverse expansion zone extends circumferentially about said thumb stall away from said longitudinal expansion zone without said longitudinal expansion zone extending above and below in the opposing directions therefrom, and wherein the longitudinal expansion zone of said thumb stall extends continuously from below the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb to above the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
  • 8. The glove of claim 7 wherein said expansion zones are comprised of a single layer of elastic material.
  • 9. The glove of claim 8 wherein said expansion zones have a first width of approximately two millimeters in a first state when the human hand is not present within said glove and a second width in an second state when the human hand is present within said glove, wherein said second width is larger than said first width.
  • 10. The glove of claim 7 wherein said transverse expansion zones extends circumferentially around said thumb stall approximately half way.
  • 11. The glove of claim 7 wherein said transverse expansion zone and said longitudinal expansion zone intersect.
  • 12. The glove of claim 8 wherein at least a portion of said elastic material is a spandex material.
  • 13. The glove of claim 7 wherein said transverse expansion zone is located proximate the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb of the hand.
  • 14. The glove of claim 7 wherein said glove further includes a thumb opening connecting with said thumb stall, and wherein said longitudinal expansion zone extends continuously from said thumb opening to above the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
  • 15. The glove of claim 7 wherein said transverse expansion zone is positioned only on a dorsal side of said thumb stall.
  • 16. The glove of claim 11 wherein said longitudinal expansion zone and said transverse expansion zone intersect to form a T-shape.
  • 17. The glove of claim 2 wherein the longitudinal expansion zone and the transverse expansion zone is a single layer of said elastic material in a nonoverlapping engagement with the one or more remaining portions of said thumb stall.
  • 18. The glove of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal expansion zone and the transverse expansion zone define an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery of the longitudinal expansion zone and the transverse expansion zone connects with the outer periphery of the one or more remaining portions of the thumb stall.
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