1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to gloves for the human hand which are particularly useful in participating in activities which include the clinching of the hand for substantially long periods of time. More particularly, this invention relates to a glove specifically designed to provide expandable zones over the metacarpalphalangeal joints which allows for expansion of the glove at selected locations in both the horizontal and vertical plane.
2. Description of the Related Art
Glove construction for protection of the human hand is well known. Moreover, gloves have been designed for specific uses and particularly for specific and various athletic activities. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,389,601, teaches a glove particularly for use as a batting glove in baseball and softball which includes padding over selected pulleys and tendons of the fingers to prevent injury when striking a ball with a bat, particularly an aluminum bat. U.S. Pat. No. 3,175,226, for example, teaches a dress glove construction which completely covers the fingers and includes resiliently expandable materials in selected areas to accommodate hands of different sizes. U.S. Pat. No. 5,345,609 teaches a glove which includes shock absorbing cells disposed at selected portions along the top of the glove and U.S. Pat. No. 5,790,980 teaches a glove with a foam pad in the palm portion of the glove. Other prior art references attempt to provide sport gloves for supporting and stabilizing the wrist and the hand.
In activities which require the clinching of the hand, such as the gripping of handle bars of a bicycle or a motorcycle or ski sticks in cross-country skiing, the hands and particularly the fingers may be clenched for long periods of time. Thus, it is important that the blood circulation in the hands and the fingers function comfortably. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,997,922, teaches a glove particularly for use in cross-country skiing which is provided with cuts along the knuckles with pieces inserted therein having a larger diameter in the longitudinal direction of the glove than the respective dimension of the cuts.
An object of the present invention is to provide a glove which takes stress off selective parts of the human hand when the hand is in a clinching condition.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a glove that does not restrict the blood circulation in the hand and fingers when the hand, including the fingers, are in a clinched condition for extended periods of time.
It is even another object of the present invention to provide a glove for use in clinching handlebars of bicycles or motorcycles or ski sticks as well as clinching garden tools, golf clubs, steering wheels, and the like.
Even a further object of the present invention is to provide a glove that expands in both longitudinal and horizontal or lateral directions when the hand is a clinched condition.
More particular, the present invention provides a glove which has a first expandable zone disposed on the top portion of the glove for positioning over the metacarpalphalangeal joint center axis of rotation of an index finger and a second expandable zone disposed on the top portion of the glove for positioning over a metacarpalphalangeal joint center axis of rotation of a small finger. Even further, a third expandable zone may be disposed on the top portion of the glove for positioning over the metacarpalphalangeal joints center axis of rotation of the ring finger and the long finger.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and appended claims.
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:
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As noted hereinbefore, the materials of construction of the expandable zones is preferably an elastic material, such as, 2-way SPANDEX® or LYCRA®. Thus, when a hand is inserted into the glove and the hand is clinched around handle bars, ski sticks, or the like, the length of the upper side of the glove is increased due to the expansion of the elastic material covering the metacarpalphalangeal joints 38 and 39 and the width of the glove is also increased due to the expansion of the elastic materials in the expansion zones 128 and 130.
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.
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