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  Golf gloveUSPTO Application #: 20060015983Title: Golf glove Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structurally improved golf glove capable of accelerating a club head as much as possible when swings are made, and maintaining good directivity, by maintaining correct swing form and/or correcting incorrect swing form when practicing or playing golf, and allowing the club head to impact a golf ball exactly perpendicularly, thereby being innovative in increasing the flying distance of the ball. The golf glove used when practicing or playing golf includes a glove body for maintaining and/or correcting golf swing postures, into which a golfer's fingers are inserted, enclosing the golfer's hand, a tightening means formed inside the glove body, providing elasticity, with which the glove body is brought into close contact with the golfer's hand, and a loop means taking the shape of a looped strip, at least one end of which is detachable from the glove body, and the other end of which is fastened to the back of the hand of the glove body by at least one fastening means, wherein the loop means is looped around the rear end of the grip of the golf club. According to the present invention, the club head can be maximally accelerated in downswings, and correct and square impacts are made between the ball and the club head. Thus, good directivity can be maintained, thereby being innovative in increasing the flying distance of the golf ball. (end of abstract) Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP - Melville, NY, US Inventors: Kyung-Jun Kim, Ki-Nam Hwang, Jin-Hak Sa USPTO Applicaton #: 20060015983 - Class: 002161200 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Gloves, Sports Glove, For Golf The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060015983. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to a golf glove with which a golfer's swings are corrected and, more particularly, to a structurally improved golf glove capable of accelerating a club head as much as possible when swings are made, and maintaining good directivity, by maintaining correct swing form and/or correcting incorrect swing form when practicing or playing golf, and allowing the club head to impact a golf ball exactly perpendicularly, thereby being innovative in increasing the flying distance of the golf ball. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] As well known to those skilled in the art, there is a variety of methods and forms for hitting a golf ball, holding a golf club, and making a swing. It is therefore a temporal and economic burden for golf beginners to learn the various methods and forms in a short period of time. [0005] Especially for beginners, since even the forms for holding a golf club are so various, it is not easy to learn the correct forms at an early stage while they begin to practice golf. Further, once even a skilled golfer has learned incorrect postures and has become accustomed to them, it is not easy to correct the incorrect postures. [0006] As everyone is different in shape and posture, directions or postures for holding the grip of a golf club are various. A person may become proficient within a short period of time by easily finding and learning correct postures best suitable for his or her body shape, but another person may need to practice for a longer period of time to learn them. Even for a skilled golfer, bad or incorrect postures will result in inefficiency or slow progress; since he or she is also unable to maintain consistent posture but changes it from time to time, the golfer would not play golf successfully. [0007] When playing golf, the form of a golfer's swing is very important. The swing greatly influences the golf ball driving precision and the golf ball flying distance when driving a golf ball. Especially, the flying distance of a golf ball is determined depending upon the degree of backswing and the swing speed of the club head. That is, when the degree of backswing is large and the swing speed of the club head is fast at the instant when the golf ball is hit, the ball will fly further if the ball is correctly struck with the sweet spot of the club head. [0008] To drive the golf ball farther and exactly to the target place as desired by the golfer, a backswing, as the first step to hit the golf ball, is of the most significance. To a right-handed golfer, an ideal backswing form is not to bend the back of the golfer's left hand toward the back or the palm of the hand but to be in a straight line with the left arm. At the same time, the golf club must be parallel with a target line. [0009] When cocking the golfer's wrist to increase the flying distance, the wrist should be normally bent such that the back of the left hand is in a straight line with the left arm. However, if the wrist is bent toward the back or the palm of the hand, the cocking effect is degraded, and also no correct impact is made, which is a cause of missed shots. [0010] At the final step of the backswing, the golf club should be in a straight line with the target line, but most beginners and even skilled golfers bend their left arms from the elbows at the peak point of the backswing, whereby the golf club excessively passes over the parallel line, thereby frequently causing over-swings. This excessive over-swing causes incorrect impact, thereby resulting in missed shot and reduction in the flying distance of a golf ball. [0011] Generally, a conventional golf glove 100 comprises a glove body 110 into which a golfer's fingers are inserted and which encloses the golfer's hand, with a tightening means 120 provided on the back of the hand of the glove body 110, as illustrated in FIG. 10A. The tightening means 120 is made of an elastic material, having a structure that holds the glove body 110 tightly on the golfer's hand when the golfer wears it. [0012] As illustrated in FIG. 10B, another conventional golf glove 100 is formed with a cut part 130 on one side of the glove body 110. On the inner part of a cover 132 provided on one side of the cut part 130 and the back of the hand of the glove 100 are attached the opposing pieces of a fastening means 140 which are the hook piece and pile piece of a Velcro fastener. With the opposing pieces of the Velcro fastener 140, the golf glove 100 can be held tightly on the golfer's hand when the cover 132 is pulled by the golfer so as to tighten the wrist of the glove 100. [0013] In order for a golfer to play golf with correct posture and efficiently while wearing this conventional golf glove 100, the grip of the golf club is to be correctly held by the golfer's left hand inserted into the golf glove 100. Since the golfer feels close contact between the left hand and the golf club, the golfer makes correct backswings and downswings, thereby making no erroneous swings but directing the hit ball as desired. However, the conventional golf glove 100 has no function such that the golfer may easily feel the close contact with the grip of the golf club, and it is not so useful in making stable swings. Because of this, irregular and unstable swings have customarily been repeated, whereby the golfer is unable to control the flying distance of a golf ball as he or she wishes. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0014] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a structurally improved golf glove capable of accelerating a club head as much as possible when swings are made, and maintaining good directivity, by maintaining correct swing form and/or correcting incorrect swing form when practicing or playing golf, and allowing the club head to impact exactly perpendicularly with a golf ball, thereby being innovative in increasing the flying distance of the golf ball. [0015] In order to accomplish the above object and other objects, the present invention provides a golf glove to be worn by a golfer while practicing or playing golf, comprising: a glove body for maintaining and correcting golf swing posture, into which a golfer's fingers are inserted and which encloses a golfer's hand; a tightening means provided inside the glove body, providing elasticity, with which the glove body is brought into close contact with the golfer's hand; and a loop means having a looped strip shape, wherein the loop means has at least one end which is detachable from the glove body, the other end being fastened to the back of the hand of the glove body by at least one fastening means, and it is used by being looped around the rear end of the grip of the golf club. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0017] FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the outer appearance of a golf glove according to the present invention; [0018] FIGS. 2A and 2B are views illustrating a golfer's hand inserted into the golf glove according to the present invention; [0019] FIG. 3A is a perspective view illustrating the outer appearance of the golf glove according to a modified embodiment of the present invention; [0020] FIG. 3B is a perspective view illustrating the internal structure of the golf glove shown in FIG. 3A; [0021] FIG. 3C is a view illustrating the use of the golf glove shown in FIG. 3A; Continue reading... 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