GLOVE WITH MOTION PORTION AND ROLLED FINGER

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a glove, in particular a goalkeeper glove, comprising a palm portion and a rolled finger portion on at least one of an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger of the glove. A lower end of at least one of the rolled finger portions is connected only to a member of a motion portion being disposed between the palm portion and the rolled finger portion.

Claims

1. A glove, in particular a goalkeeper glove, comprising a palm portion and a rolled finger portion on at least one of an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger of the glove, wherein a lower end of at least one of the rolled finger portions is connected only to a member of a motion portion being disposed between the palm portion and the rolled finger portion.

2. A glove according to claim 1, wherein two adjacent fingers of the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger have a rolled finger portion and the lower ends of the rolled finger portions of said two adjacent fingers are connected to a single member of the motion portion.

3. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the motion portion comprises two single members which are connected to each other in between two adjacent fingers of the glove.

4. A glove according to claim 3, wherein the motion portion comprises two members and the lower ends of the rolled finger portions of the index finger and the middle finger are connected to a first member while the lower ends of the rolled finger portions of the ring finger and the little finger are connected to a second member.

5. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger have a rolled finger portion and the lower ends of the rolled finger portions of said four fingers are connected to a single member of the motion portion.

6. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the palm portion has at least one protrusion extending into a finger of the glove, particularly into the inside of the finger.

7. A glove according to claim 1, wherein a further motion portion is disposed between the palm portion and a thumb of the glove.

8. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the at least one member of the motion portion is made of a textile.

9. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the motion portion has a lower thickness than the palm portion and the rolled finger portion.

10. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the palm portion and the rolled finger portion are made of latex.

11. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the palm portion and the rolled finger portion are made of the same material.

12. A glove according to claim 1, wherein the palm portion and the rolled finger portion are made of different materials.

13. A glove according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the rolled finger portions is connected only to a member of the motion portion and a backside portion of the glove.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of example only, wherein

[0028] FIG. 1 illustrates a palm of a first embodiment of a goalkeeper glove in accordance with the teaching of the present disclosure,

[0029] FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed view of a motion portion of the goalkeeper glove according to the first embodiment,

[0030] FIG. 3 illustrates a pattern of a member of a motion portion for a goalkeeper glove in accordance with the first embodiment,

[0031] FIG. 4 illustrates a palm of a second embodiment of a goalkeeper glove in accordance with the teaching of the present disclosure,

[0032] FIG. 5 illustrates a detailed view of a motion portion of the goalkeeper glove according to the second embodiment,

[0033] FIG. 6 illustrates a pattern of a of a palm portion, a motion portion and rolled finger portions for a goalkeeper glove in accordance with the second embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a goalkeeper glove 1 in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the front side 2 of the goalkeeper glove to 1 is shown. The front side 2 of the glove 1 covers the palm and the inside of the fingers of the wearer's hand when the glove 1 is worn. The front side 2 of the glove 1 is opposite to a back side 3 of the glove 1 (not shown) covering the back of the hand when worn. The glove 1 comprises a thumb 4, an index finger 5, a middle finger 6, a ring finger 7, and a little finger 8.

[0035] The glove 1 comprises at the front side 2 a palm portion 20, a motion portion 40, and rolled finger portions 60. The motion portion 40 is arranged between the rolled finger portions 60 of the four fingers and connects the rolled finger portions 60 with the palm portion 20. The palm portion 20 covers at least the area of the wearer's palm and may be designed as a single piece. The palm portion 20 extends into the forearm area of a wearer and covers the wrist on the front side 2. At the lower end of the glove 1, a back portion 90 extends from the back side 3 to the front side 2 and incircles the forearm of the wearer at the lower end of the glove 1. At the lower end of the glove 1, a strap (not shown) may be arranged to encircle the forearm of the wearer and to provide a tight fit.

[0036] In the embodiment shown, the palm portion 20 comprises four protrusions each of which extends into one of an index finger 5, a middle finger 6, a ring finger 7, and a little finger 8. The protrusions are therefore considered to be a protrusion on the index finger 21, protrusion on the middle finger 22, a protrusion on the ring finger 23, and a protrusion on the little finger 24. The protrusions are generally arranged in the area of the front side 2 of the glove 1 and do not extend into the area between two adjacent fingers, in particular into the side faces of the finger where usually gussets are arranged.

[0037] The index finger 5, the middle finger 6, the ring finger 7, and the little finger 8, which means all the fingers except the thumb 4, hereinafter referred to as the four fingers, each comprise a rolled finger portion. The rolled finger portions 60 extend from a tip of the finger towards the palm portion 20 and the protrusions 21-24 of the corresponding fingers. The rolled finger portions 60 consist of a rolled material which is connected on both sides and at the tip to the back portion 90 of the goalkeeper glove 1. The rolled finger portions 60 cover in the present embodiment the distal and the intermediate phalanges of a wearer's hand.

[0038] The rolled finger portions 60 comprise a rolled index finger portion 61, a rolled middle finger portion 62, a rolled ring finger portion 63, and a rolled little finger portion 64. Each of the rolled index finger portion 61, the rolled middle finger portion 62, the rolled ring finger portion 63, and the rolled little finger portion 64 is designed as a single piece of material. The rolled index finger portion 61 has a lower end 65, which lower end 65 is only connected with the motion portion 40. The lower end 65 is not connected to the back portion 90 of the goalkeeper glove 1. All other edges of the rolled index finger portion 61 are connected to the back portion 90. Correspondingly, the rolled middle finger portion 62 has a lower end 66, the rolled ring finger portion 63 has a lower end 67 and the rolled little finger portion 64 has a lower end 68. Said lower ends 66, 67, 68 are only connected to the motion portion 40.

[0039] In the present embodiment, the motion portion 40 consists of two members, a first member 41 and a second member 42. The lower ends of the index finger 65 and the middle finger 66 are only connected to first member 41 of the motion portion 40 and the lower ends of the ring finger 67 and the little finger 67 only to the second member 42. The first member 41 connects the index ring finger portion 61 and the middle little finger portion 24 to the palm portion 20 and the second member 42 connects the rolled ring finger portion 63 and the rolled little finger portion 64 to the palm portion 20. In an alternative embodiment, the motion portion 20 may consist of four members wherein each member is connected to a corresponding lower end of one of the rolled finger portions of one of the four fingers.

[0040] On the front side 2, the motion portion 40 is arranged between the lower end of one of the rolled finger portions 60 and the corresponding protrusion of the palm portion 20. For example, the motion portion 40, particularly the first member 41, is arranged between the lower end of the index finger 65 and the protrusion on the index finger 21. The first member 41 and the protrusion on the index finger 21 extend into the side face of the index finger facing towards the thumb 4. On the opposite side of the index finger 5 facing towards the middle finger 7, the first member 41 is arranged between the protrusion on the index finger 21 and the back portion 90 (shown in FIG. 2). The protrusion on the middle finger 22 is surrounded by all three sides by the first member 41 of the motion portion 40. The first member 41 is arranged on the sides of the protrusion 22 on the side faces of the middle finger 22 between the front side 2 and the back side 3 of the glove 1 where usually gussets are arranged and connects the palm portion 20 with the back portion 90. At the top of the protrusion 22, the first member 41 connects the palm portion 20 with the lower end 66 of the rolled middle finger portion 62.

[0041] As indicated above, the motion portion 40 consists in the present embodiment of a first member 41 and a second member 42. The first member 41 and the second member 42 are connected to each other between the middle finger 6 and the ring finger 7, in particular as a straight line between the palm portion 20 and the back portion 90 in the area of the bottom between the middle finger 6 and the ring finger 7. The arrangement of the second member 42 between the rolled ring finger portion 63, the rolled little finger portion 64, the palm portion 20 and the back portion 90 is mirrored with regard to the arrangement on the index finger 5 and middle finger 6.

[0042] The motion portion 20 is only connected with the lower end of the four fingers 65, 66, 67, and 68, the palm portion 20 and protrusions on the index finger 21, the middle finger 22, the ring finger 23, and the little finger 24 thereof and the back portion 90. The motion portion 40 may be surrounded by only then palm portion 20, the lower ends of the rolled finger portions 60 and the back portion 90. Additionally, the first and the second member 41, 42 may be connected to each other.

[0043] The thumb 4 is separated from the palm portion 20 by a further motion portion 43. The further motion portion 43 may be of the same textile as the motion portion 40. The palm portion 20, the rolled finger portions 60, and the front side 2 of the thumb 4 are made of the same material, which is in the present embodiment latex. Said areas of the goalkeeper glove 1 serve as gripping zones providing good gripping properties and particularly rubbing characteristic for gripping a football. Additionally, the material may have damping properties for protecting the wearer's hand such as from the impact of a football. A difference between the latex of the rolled finger portions 60 and the latex of the palm portion 20 is the color thereof.

[0044] The motion portion 40, which means the first member 41 and the second member 42, is made of a textile. The motion portion 40 between the protrusions in the palm portion 20 and the lower ends of the rolled finger portions 60 is placed in the area of the proximal interphalangeal joint of a wearer's hand. The textile facilitates a bending of the proximal interphalangeal joint and therefore a movement of the finger when gripping the football. The various portions of the goalkeeper glove 1 may be connected to each other via sewing. Alternatively, two portions may be connected by gluing.

[0045] FIG. 2 shows a detailed view of a motion portion 20 between two fingers of a goalkeeper glove 1. Therefore, the index finger 5 and the middle finger 6 are spread sidewards to an angle of approximate 180 with respect to each other. The right edge of the first member 41 shown on the right is straight aligned with the connection between the back portion 90 and the rolled index finger portion 61 and the rolled middle finger portion 62, respectively. The area where usually gussets are arranged is basically a stripe of a textile having edges basically parallel to each other and a bend of about 90 on both ends. The bended part extends into the area between the lower ends 65, 66 of the rolled finger portions 61, 62, and the corresponding protrusions 21, 22 of the palm portion 20.

[0046] A pattern 49 of the first member 41 of the motion portion 40 is shown in FIG. 3. First edge 51 is to be connected in the production process with the lower end of the index finger 65, second edge 52 with the back portion 90 between the index finger 5 and the middle finger 6, third edge 53 with the lower end of the middle finger 66, fourth edge 54 on the middle finger with the back portion 90, fifth edge 55 with the second member 42, sixth edge 56 with the side of protrusion 22 of the middle finger, seventh edge 57 with the top of the protrusion 22 of the middle finger, eighth edge 58 with the side of protrusions 22, 21 of the middle finger 6 and the index finger 5, nineth edge 59 with the top of protrusion 21 of the index finger 5 and tenth edge 50 with the back portion 90 on the side of the index finger 5 facing towards the thumb 4. On edges 55, 57 and 59 a seam allowance is shown for connecting the first member 41 with the second member 42, with the top of the protrusion 22 and with the top of protrusion 21, respectively. A seam allowance may be added to the edges depending on the cutting pattern.

[0047] FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a goalkeeper glove 1 in accordance with the teaching of the present invention. The front side 2 of the goalkeeper glove 1 is shown. A difference between the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 is the design of the motion portion 40. Glove 1 has, corresponding to the first embodiment, rolled finger portions 60 on the four fingers, which means a rolled index finger portion 61, a rolled middle finger portion 62, a rolled ring finger portion 63, and a rolled little finger portion 64. The lower ends of the rolled index finger portion 65, the rolled middle finger portion 66, the rolled ring finger portion 67 and the rolled little finger portion 68 are connected with a single member of the motion portion 40. Motion portion 40 consists only of a single first member 41 which extends over all four fingers.

[0048] Similar to the first embodiment, the palm portion 20 has four protrusions, namely a protrusion on the index finger 21, protrusion on the middle finger 22, protrusion on the ring finger 23, and a protrusion on the little finger 24. The single member 41 of the motion portion is arranged between the lower ends of the rolled finger portions 65, 66, 67, and 68 and the protrusions on the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger 21, 22, 23, 24 as well as on the side faces of the fingers 5, 6, 7, 8.

[0049] The motion portion 40, which is a textile, is basically designed as a stripe, as can be seen in the second cutting pattern 70 of the palm portion 20, the motion portion 40 and the rolled finger portions 60 shown in FIG. 6. The stripe of the palm portion 40 comprises three triangular protrusions on the upper side, namely a first triangular protrusion 71, a second triangular protrusion 72, and a third triangular protrusion 73, and two triangular protrusions on the lower side, namely a fourth triangular protrusion 74 and a fifth triangular protrusion 75. The fourth triangular protrusion 74 is opposite to the second triangular protrusion 72 and the fifth triangular protrusion 75 is opposite to the third triangular protrusion 73. The straight edges 76, 77, 78, and 79 are for connecting the lower end of the rolled finger portions 65, 66, 67, and 68. The lower end of the rolled index finger portion 65 is attached to first edge 76, the lower end of the rolled middle finger portion 66 to second edge 77, the lower end of the rolled ring finger portion 67 to third edge 78, and the lower end of the rolled little finger portion 68 to fourth edge 79.

[0050] The triangular protrusions 71, 72, and 73 are folded and connected with the back portion 90 of the glove 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the first triangular protrusion 71 is folded and connected to the back portion 90 on the index finger 5 and the middle finger 6.

[0051] The lower fifth edge 80 of the motion portion 40 extending from edge 81 to edge 82 with the fourth triangular protrusion 74 and the fifth triangular protrusion 75 is connected with the palm portion 20 of the glove 1, wherein the fourth triangular protrusion 74 is connected with the palm portion 20 between protrusions on the middle finger and the ring finger 22, 23, and the fifth triangular protrusion is connected with the palm portion 20 between the protrusion on the ring finger and of the little finger 23, 24. The sixth edge 81 is connected with the back portion 90 on the index finger 5 and the seventh edge 82 is connected with the back portion 90 on the little finger 8.

[0052] The width of the stripe-shaped single first member 41 of the motion portion 40 may vary over its length, in particular in the sections between the multiple triangular protrusions. Further, the number of triangular protrusions may vary and preferably is equal to or greater than three for a single member of the motion portion 40 for four fingers.

[0053] The pattern 70 comprises rolled finger portions 60 of the four fingers, which means the rolled index finger portion 61, the rolled middle finger portion 62, the rolled ring finger portion 63, and the rolled little finger portion 64. The rolled finger portions are shown in a two-dimensional state in which they are not yet rolled. The lower ends of the rolled finger portions 65, 66, 67, 68 are straight edges in the present embodiment. In alternative embodiments, depending on the design of the motion portion 40, the lower ends 65, 66, 67, 68 may be designed differently. In an alternative embodiment, the lower end may have straight middle sections and end sections which are retracted towards the tip. The lower ends 65, 66, 67, 68 may be connected to the motion portion 40 of the glove 1. The further edge of the rolled finger portions 60 may be U-shaped and connected to the back portion 90 of the glove 1.

[0054] A further difference between the first and second embodiment is that the second embodiment does not comprise a further motion portion 43 separating the thumb 4 completely from the palm portion 20. The pattern 70 of the palm portion 20 therefore comprises a thumb protrusion 25. The thumb protrusion 25 extends into the thumb 4 and is wrapped around the wearers thumb in the glove 1. Additionally, the shape of the lower end of the palm portion 20 has a different shape which are interchangeable.

[0055] The glove 1 according to the second embodiment further comprises, as can be seen in FIG. 5, silicon applications 91 attached to the back portion 90 of the glove 1 enhancing control during punching of a football.