Claims
- 1. A golf glove, comprising:
a glove portion including a finger portion, a thumb portion, a dorsal portion, a palm portion and a wrist portion, said dorsal and palm portions meeting along at least one conjoining lateral edge to define a pocket for receiving the eminence of a golfer's hand; and a pad being dimensioned to at least partially encompass said wrist portion of said glove, said pad being selected from the group consisting of foam, gel, rubber and silicon.
- 2. The golf glove according to claim 1 wherein said pad includes an elastomeric, non-flowing gel.
- 3. The golf glove according to claim 1 further comprising a second pad which is dimensioned to substantially cover the palmar side of the hypothenar emminence of the golfer's hand.
- 4. The golf glove according to claim 1 further comprising a second pad which is dimensioned to at least partially cover the golfer's thumb.
- 5. The golf glove according to claim 3 wherein said second pad includes an elastomeric, non-flowing gel.
- 6. The golf glove according to claim 4 wherein said second pad includes an elastomeric, non-flowing gel.
- 7. The golf glove according to claim 3 wherein said second pad is positioned and dimensioned to substantially cover the palmar portion adjacent the third, fourth and fifth metacarpal bones of the golfer's hand.
- 8. The golf glove according to claim 1 wherein said pad is positioned and dimensioned adjacent the wrist portion to encompass the palmar branch of the ulnar nerve and the palmar branch of the median nerve of the golfer's hand.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefits of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/234,670 entitled “GOLF GLOVE” filed on Sep. 22, 2000 by Rita Terris and Christopher S. Terris, Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/255,937 entitled “GOLF GLOVE #2” filed on Dec. 15, 2000 by Rita Terris and Christopher S. Terris, Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/268,639 entitled “GOLF GLOVE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME” filed on Feb. 14, 2001 by Rita Terris and Christopher S. Terris, Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/305,116 entitled “GOLF GLOVE #4 AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME” filed on Jul. 13, 2001 by Rita Terris and Christopher S. Terris and Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/305,115 entitled “GOLF GLOVE #5 AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME” filed on Jul. 13, 2001 by Rita Terris, Christopher S. Terris and Edward C. Meagher, the entire contents of all of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (5)
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Date |
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60234670 |
Sep 2000 |
US |
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60255937 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60268639 |
Feb 2001 |
US |
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60305116 |
Jul 2001 |
US |
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60305115 |
Jul 2001 |
US |