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Football sports gloveRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Gloves, Sports GloveFootball sports glove description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070209097, Football sports glove. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a sports glove and, more particularly, to a sports glove for catching footballs. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] As is known, gloves have been used for purposes for sports relating to catching balls or objects for many years. In the past, such as in the game of baseball, sports have utilized gloves to enhance catching and have improved the game and for the enjoyable for the players. Other sports such as football, have adopted the use of gloves to protect and help players catch footballs in cold weather or simply for the protection against the elements. As with other sports, technology has improvised the fact that special gloves can enhance the performance of the athlete. Various methods have been used to address these problem and have ranged in a variety of ideas. [0003] The football game consists of a number of players on the field which each player has a different responsibility. One of the responsibilities of some players is to catch a football, called a receiver, that is thrown by a player called a quarterback. These throws or passes can range in high rates of speeds and velocities and can promote pain when caught in regular weather but which is amplified in extreme weathers. The catcher or receiver makes most of their catches with their hands and more specifically, with their finger tips. The receiver must utilized a closing motion with the finger tips to absorb the velocity of a fast pass. The faster the pass, the more the fingers need to adjust to absorb the velocity to prevent pain in the fingers or from "clapping" the ball with the palms of the hands, which will produce a dropped ball. Such velocity of a pass at short to long distances, produces a reaction of muscle fibers and fibrils in the receiver's hands which the player must have correct timing and have sensitivity of the absorption to create a clean catch in the fingers with minimum pain. [0004] In football, currently-known and marketed gloves are utilized for weather protection and provide a minimal enhancement in gripping and catching ability. In the past, weather protection has been the main feature of football gloves, while gripping and effectiveness has been neglected due to the potential bulkiness of the gloves and the failure to produce such technology. Further, gloves that did not fit the hand comfortably or were not form fitting failed to be introduced in the market because of inability to be effective for playability of a football player. The concern of velocity absorption and the promotion to increase the timing of the fingers to close around a football has been a problem for football players at all levels. Therefore, there is a substantial need in the art for a football glove having increased absorption and improved timing characteristics without the drawbacks associated with many prior art gloves. [0005] There have been a variety of currently-known prior art gloves that tried to address these issues on mechanical, cosmetic, and effectiveness means. These prior art patents relate to the concerns and issues that are directed to be solved. They consist of the following methods. [0006] In Re22167, the Wells glove was introduced for dress wear that conformed to the hand and was utilized in everyday use. In Re31538, Antonious invented a glove and in particular a glove for the use in sports. Antonious invented the glove with golf in mind and included inventive features for air hold circulation, flexible knuckles and a Velcro closure. In U.S. Pat. No. 203,959, the Townshend gloves were created to improved and protect the corn huskers from the elements and the beating of work on the husker's hands. The gloves were to provide durability with a latex/sand protective coating. In U.S. Pat. No. 1,179,871, St. John created a glove utilizing rubber gum and rubber cement to provide a palm surface to increase a grip and to adhere to things and in St. John's case, an automobile steering wheel. In U.S. Pat. No. 2,167,226, Wells develops another dress glove that comprised of small rubber particles that embedded in the glove that was spaced throughout the palm. Wells discusses that the rubber should be dramatically limited to prevent the noticeably of the glove as it's use is for daily wear and entertaining. In U.S. Pat. No. 2,459,985, Woodbury advances the work glove with adhesive particles on the palm to provide gripping attributes with sharp particles. In U.S. Pat. No. 2,465,136, Troccoli develops a golf glove that has extra material to provide durability along the diagonally portion of the palm of the hand where the golf club will reside. In U.S. Pat. No. 2,907,046, Scherr proposes a knitted yarn that is stretchable which includes an adhesive palm that stretches with said yarn knitted glove. In Bruchas' U.S. Pat. No. 3,096,523 patent for a football glove, he becomes more innovative by developing a glove that has adhesive tactile at the finger portions and has an open back and also creates an elastic zone that is between the back first and second knuckles to keep the fingers in the stalls. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,461, Bullock creates a golf glove that provides friction for a golf club in the palm of the hand. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,597,765, Stanton creates a glove that has a stretch material that provides high friction which provided for more gripping power. In 1977, Brucker created a hockey glove in U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,339 with a heavy padding on the back of the glove with a flexible palm that is waterproof that would prevent wear and tear. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,598,429, Mulvaney provided a detacktified leather glove for sports or for work and followed up with U.S. Pat. No. 4,689,832 using a processed solution containing nitrocellulose and silicone resins. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,691,387, Lopez introduces the invention of increasing strength of the grip without using more exertion. He dedicates a theory, like the others to prevent slippage of barbells or baseball bats utilizing VELCRO hook and loop fasteners that attach to a VELCRO wrap on a bat, weight barbell or golf club. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,117,509, the Bower's patent proposes a two piece sport glove that uses a chroming tanning process on leather to improve gripping power. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,294, Turangan invented a sport glove for the game of catch that encompassed elastic material with patches of hook-loop fasteners that are applied to the football and the glove to help in a game of catch. [0007] Some of the aforementioned prior art for athletic gloves pertaining to the present invention, gloves were made with leather. In fact some were treated with a chemical to promote gripping power, these were used for either as work gloves or as sports gloves and they were made for the purpose to prevent wear and tear. The leather gloves fall very short of the invention at hand because leather is a primitive material which actually prevents absorption and flexibility because of it's rigid properties. Leather also does not promote a soft feel as it is the same as just having skin on skin. The leather actually creates a slower reaction time with less feel to the finger tips. [0008] The second category of prior art is the use of a gum/adhesive element to the palms in various embodiments. The tacky adhesives and variables range from solutions containing nitrocellulose and silicone resins to an adhesive tactile at the fingers. Although these do in fact help in the gripping power especially as work gloves, they are minimal for a football glove as they would lessen the sensitivity and would create a slower reaction time. Although these gloves might be stretchable to some extent, these gloves also would produce little or no ball absorption and would make it much more difficult to catch a ball. [0009] Finally, there is a group of prior art that enables Velcro or a hook-loop fastener as an additive to increase gripping power. Velcro is very impractical for football unless there would be a football that has a Velcro receptor to adhere to the gloves, which in college or professional football has not occurred. In addition, there would be less flexibility with these gloves that would decrease reaction time. This invention is targeted toward teaching catch with a child or without practically and just for fun. [0010] It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a football glove for football players to catch footballs. [0011] It is another object of the invention to provide a football glove that absorbs impact of catching footballs. [0012] It is another object of the invention to provide a football glove that minimizes pain when absorbing the impact of the football. [0013] It is another object of the invention to provide a football glove that increases flexibility in the fingers. [0014] It is an object of the invention to provide a football glove increases reaction time for a player to catch a football. [0015] It is an object of the invention to provide a football glove to increase gripping power. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0016] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a football glove that is both functional and effective. A rubber vinyl pad with finlike grippers is placed at each one of the five fingers and at the heel of the palm to promote absorbtion and gripping capabilities. All the knuckles have ribbed flexors on the palm side only which helps the fingers to be in a curved position and promotes quicker reaction time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0017] A complete understanding of the present invention may be obtained by reference to the accompanying drawings, when considered in conjunction with the subsequent, detailed description, in which: [0018] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a football glove designed in accordance with this invention; [0019] FIG. 2 is a side view of an index finger of the football glove showing the application of the finlike grippers; [0020] FIG. 3 is a side view of a football glove index finger with the finlike grippers attached; and Continue reading about Football sports glove... 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