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Enhanced fit gloveRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Gloves, Work GloveEnhanced fit glove description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070245455, Enhanced fit glove. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the priority of provisional application Ser. No. 60/791,571 filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Apr. 12, 2006. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention is generally directed to an enhanced fit glove and, in particular, to a glove designed for close fitting on the palm, such as a golf glove, in which the palm portion of the glove has a leather or similar material designed to provide a close fit and the back surface is formed of a stretchable material such as Spandex.RTM., which is restricted in its expansion through selective placement of a less stretchable material. [0003] Generally, if Spandex.RTM. or a similar two dimensional, stretchable material, is placed on the back surface of the glove, the hand's movement will tend to create a glove environment in which the palm portion of the glove will not maintain a positive and snug fit to the wearer's hand. In golf and other sports and active wear uses for gloves it is critical that the golfer or other user have a snug and wrinkle free feel of the glove through the palm portion of the glove, both in the palm region and in the fingers. However, when Spandex.RTM. or other highly stretchable materials are used on the back of the glove for comfort and fit, the material tends to stretch too much so that, when the golfer's or other wearer's hand moves in certain ways, the palm portion of the glove becomes loose and tends to gap and wrinkle, which undermines the quality of the fit and feel of the glove in its intended use. Accordingly, there is a need for an improved glove fitting system which utilizes a traditional palm portion of the glove, together with a stretchable back portion, which allows the glove to fit comfortably, snugly and without gapping or other improper fit. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The invention is generally directed to a sport glove or other form fitting garments. In the case of a sports glove, the glove has a palm portion, a back portion formed of a different material, which is secured to the palm portion, either directly or through the use of fourchettes, wherein the back surface of the glove covering the back of the palm and the fingers is formed of a highly stretchable material and a restrictively stretchable material is applied to the back surface of the glove in selective locations to limit the degree of stretchability of the glove in desired locations so that a snug and comfortable fit on the palm portion of the glove is achieved. [0005] Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved glove fitting system in which the degree of stretchability of the back portion of the glove is controlled in specified areas. [0006] Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved golf glove in which the palm portion is formed of traditional construction and the back portion is formed in a light weight stretchable material which is augmented by a restrictively stretchable material which imparts increased stability and a snug fit to the palm portion of the glove. [0007] Still other objects and advantages of the invention will, in part, be obvious and will, in part, be apparent from the specification. [0008] The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the construction as hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference is had to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0010] FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the back portion of a glove constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention; [0011] FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the palm portion of the glove of FIG. 1 constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention; [0012] FIG. 3 shows a variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove; [0013] FIG. 4 shows another variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove; [0014] FIG. 5 shows yet another variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove; [0015] FIG. 6 shows still another variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove; [0016] FIG. 7 shows yet still another variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove; and [0017] FIG. 8 shows yet another variation of the application of the semi-stretchable material on the back side portion of the glove. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0018] The invention can be applied to various types of form fitting garments. For ease in describing the present invention, the example of a sports glove is described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, glove 100 is generally constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention. Glove 100 contains a palms side portion 50 and a back side portion 70. Back side portion 70 covers the back of the hand and the back side of the fingers. The palm side portion 50 covers the palm and the palm side of the finger. The palm side portion 50 of the golf glove as shown in FIG. 2 is formed in a traditional fashion with a leather palm including a leather thumb portion 62 of the palm side. The palm side portion 50 extends to the fingertips 51, 52, 53, 54. The material utilized for palm side portion 50 may be a traditional leather used in golf gloves or an enhanced leather or synthetic leather augmented with phase change materials or other approaches either in the tanning or in applications to enhance the fit, feel and temperature responsiveness of the palm side portion of the glove. [0019] Generally, the palm side portion 50 of the glove and the back portion 70 of the glove 100 are connected to each other along the outer, pinky edge of the hand 61 and along the thumb 62 and outer edge of the index finger 63. Fourchettes 170 are used between the palm portion and back portion of the glove in the surfaces between the index and middle finger, middle finger and ring finger, and ring finger and pinky. Continue reading about Enhanced fit glove... 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