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Gloves with partially attached paddingRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Gloves, AttachmentsGloves with partially attached padding description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060130211, Gloves with partially attached padding. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates in generally to protective gloves. More particularly, this invention relates to protective sports gloves having uniquely attached padding to provide enhanced protection while maintaining flexibility and the ability to arrange the padding of the glove. [0002] In many contact sports, it is essential to intentionally strike the participants of the sport. Depending on the given sport, certain body parts are under greater exposure and stress than others. For example, in sports such as Lacrosse, hockey, and other sports in which a stick type object is an essential part of the game, a participant's hands are exposed to a large amount of contact and as such it is important to protect those hands during the course of play of the sport. It is also important to maintain a high level flexibility in the participant's hands in order to adequately participate in the sport. As such, a protective glove in sports should both protect and retain flexibility. [0003] Various protective sporting gloves have been developed over the years for use in lacrosse, hockey, and other similar contact sports. These gloves are designed protect the user of the glove, or player of the sport, against impacts and blows to their hands during participation in the sporting event. Unfortunately, as the protection provided by these gloves increases, the user of these prior art gloves experiences a reduction in the amount of flexibility he has in his hand due to the configuration of the glove. This reduction in flexibility can substantially reduce the effectiveness and level of play of a participant wearing the glove. Traditionally, however, as the level of flexibility allowed by a protective glove would remain high, the protection provided by that glove would be limited. [0004] There are several areas of the hand that need to maintain an increased level of flexibility and yet still need a high level of protection. These areas include the various joints of the fingers and hand including the knuckles. For example, the knuckle joints of a participant's hand need to maintain as close to the full range of flexibility as possible in order to properly grip the equipment used during the sport, and sometimes the other participants in the sport. [0005] Traditionally, compounding this issue is the very padding located at the knuckle areas. In order to sustain as complete of a range of motion as possible for the fingers of the hand, the padding or protection on the fingers should not substantially restrict the flexibility of the finger. Otherwise, the amount of the rotational range in the fingers of the hand when flexed will be limited due to the increased padding and protective materials in the glove. [0006] For example, as the fingers move from an extend position to a curled position, padding located on the back of the glove above a knuckle will move from being adjacent to one another to create a gap of over ninety degrees. As such, additional protection is needed to fill this gap. However, when the additional protection was added, the additional protection reduced the range of movement of the fingers, especially when attempting to extend the fingers [0007] Most of the prior art has used segmented padding pieces in order to attempt to both protect the hand of the participant and maintain flexibility. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,339, U.S. Pat. No. 4,137,572, U.S. Pat. No. 5,511,242, U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,916, U.S. Pat. No. 5,946,720, U.S. Pat. No. 6,085,354, U.S. Pat. No. 6,122,769, U.S. Pat. No. 6,543,057, U.S. Pat. No. 6,550,069, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,643,844, all disclose various sports gloves having segmented padding sections. Some of these prior art gloves have attempted to specifically protect the knuckles of a participant while maintaining flexibility. However, these prior art attempts have either tried to create overlapping padding, add a piece of soft cloth material to cover the gaps between the padding where the piece spans from one padding section to another or used cloth material folded and placed within the padding joint. [0008] Additionally the prior art gloves have failed to provide a user of a glove with flexibility in the arrangement of the padding. These prior art gloves have the padding fixed in a set location and in a set arrangement upon the glove. As such there is no allowance for a user to arrange the padding of the prior arts gloves as specifically desired to create an appearance or protection scheme. [0009] Additionally, any padding in the prior art gloves are fixed to the glove over the width and length of that padding. As such, the flexibility of a prior art glove is limited due to the constraints of the padding being completely attached over its length. [0010] What is needed then is a sports glove having padding that is attached to the glove to facilitate flexibility in the glove while maintaining a proper level of protection of the hand of a wearer of the glove. Additionally, this needed glove can be arranged to provide the user of a glove options in the placement of the padding on the glove to create a desired protection pattern or to conform the aesthetic look of the glove to a user's desires. A glove containing these features is lacking in the art. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0011] Included herein is a sports glove comprising a palm side, a dorsal side positioned opposite the palm side, and a plurality of protection sections positioned on the dorsal side. Preferably, each protection section is partially attached to the dorsal side and includes a length and a width wherein preferably less than half of the length and less than half of the width is attached to the dorsal side. Additionally, each partially attached protection section can include a base wherein the base includes the partial attachment of the protection section to the dorsal side. As such, use of the sports glove by a wearer partially separates the plurality of partial attachment protection sections from the dorsal side. Alternately described at least a portion of each partially attached protection section is not attached to the dorsal side, or is separated from, the dorsal side of the glove. [0012] Alternately each protection section can include a casing wherein the casing includes a partial attachment of the protection section to the dorsal side. Each partially attached protection section can deflect independent of the adjacent partially attached protection section. The partial attachment of the protection section permits a substantial deflection of each protection section with respect to the dorsal side in order to absorb energy from an impact to the glove and to protect the hand of a wearer. [0013] Also included is a sports glove comprising a palm side, a dorsal side positioned opposite the palm side, and a plurality of interchangeable protection sections positioned on the dorsal side. Each interchangeable protection section includes a removable attachment engaging the protection section to the dorsal side. This removable attachment can comprise hooks and loops, zippers, adhesives, and snaps. Preferably, each interchangeable protection section includes a width and a length wherein less than half the width and less than half the length is attached to the dorsal side. Alternately, a majority of the width and a majority of the length can be attached to the dorsal side. In another alternate embodiment each interchangeable protection section includes a base wherein the base is removably attached to the dorsal side. [0014] A wearer of this sports glove can selectively remove each interchangeable protection section and arrange the protection sections upon the dorsal side as desired. As such, each interchangeable protection section includes a removable securement attaching that interchangeable protection section to the dorsal side. This removable securement can be independent of any attachment of adjacent interchangeable protection sections to the dorsal side. Alternately described, the first and second interchangeable protection sections include first and second positions on the dorsal side wherein the first and second interchangeable protection sections can be positioned in either first or second positions on the dorsal side. [0015] It is therefore a general object of the current invention to provide a protective sports glove. [0016] It is another object of the current invention to provide a sports glove having partially attached protection sections. [0017] Another object of the present invention is to provide a sports glove having interchangeable protection sections. [0018] Still another object of the present invention is to provide a sports glove having padding that is rearrangeable on the sports glove. [0019] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a sports glove having padding sections where less than a majority of the length and less than a majority of the width of the padding sections are attached to the glove. [0020] And yet another object of the present invention is to provide a sports glove having padding sections that deflect independently of adjacent padding sections. [0021] Other and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading of the following description and a review of the attached figures. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS Continue reading about Gloves with partially attached padding... Full patent description for Gloves with partially attached padding Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Gloves with partially attached padding patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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