Protective sports glove with floating cuff portion
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1. A protective sports glove, comprising:
- a cuff portion for overlying at least a portion of a wearer'"'"'s forearm;
a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon, said hand portion having a first side and a second side, said first side defined between one edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion and said second side defined by an opposing edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion;
a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers therein;
a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; and
a subcuff portion generally circumferentially disposed around a wearer'"'"'s wrist and disposed within said cuff portion in spaced relation from said cuff portion about the circumference of said subcuff portion, said subcuff portion flexibly coupled to the glove by material extending between said subcuff portion and the glove for independent movement of said subcuff portion relative to said cuff portion, wherein the subcuff remains generally circumferentially disposed around at least one of a wearer'"'"'s wrist and forearm as the wearer flexes their wrist during play,wherein the subcuff includes a front edge generally facing toward the hand portion and a rear edge spaced away from the front edge, the rear edge generally facing away from the hand portion,wherein the front edge is free from attachment so as to define a gap adjacent and forward of the front edge,wherein when the subcuff independently moves relative to the cuff portion, the gap adjacent and forward of the front edge at least one of widens and narrows.
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Abstract
A protective sports glove includes a free-floating subcuff for increased protection of a wearer'"'"'s forearm and wrist. The glove also includes die cuts in the back portion that are configured to provide increased and more realistic flexibility. The glove also has increased ventilation for a wearer'"'"'s hand in the form of mesh areas located within the palm portion and within die cuts formed in the back portion of the glove The protective sports glove further includes a multiple piece cuff for increased flexibility and a ventilated liner that provides a secure fit during play.
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1. A protective sports glove, comprising:
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a cuff portion for overlying at least a portion of a wearer'"'"'s forearm; a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon, said hand portion having a first side and a second side, said first side defined between one edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion and said second side defined by an opposing edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion; a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers therein; a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; and a subcuff portion generally circumferentially disposed around a wearer'"'"'s wrist and disposed within said cuff portion in spaced relation from said cuff portion about the circumference of said subcuff portion, said subcuff portion flexibly coupled to the glove by material extending between said subcuff portion and the glove for independent movement of said subcuff portion relative to said cuff portion, wherein the subcuff remains generally circumferentially disposed around at least one of a wearer'"'"'s wrist and forearm as the wearer flexes their wrist during play, wherein the subcuff includes a front edge generally facing toward the hand portion and a rear edge spaced away from the front edge, the rear edge generally facing away from the hand portion, wherein the front edge is free from attachment so as to define a gap adjacent and forward of the front edge, wherein when the subcuff independently moves relative to the cuff portion, the gap adjacent and forward of the front edge at least one of widens and narrows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A protective sports glove, comprising:
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a cuff portion for engaging at least a portion of a wearer'"'"'s forearm; a hand portion flexibly coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon, said hand portion having a first side and a second side, said first side defined between one side of said palm portion and said opposing back portion and said second side defined by another side of said palm portion and said opposing back portion; a first seam defined between said cuff portion and said hand portion; a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers therein, said plurality of finger portions and said hand portion defining a junction therebetween; and a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; wherein said back portion has a lengthwise moon shaped cut extending from said first side at one end portion of said cut to said second side at another end portion of said cut such that a middle portion of said lengthwise moon shaped cut between said end portions is located closer to said first seam than said end portions and forms a lowermost portion of the moon-shaped cut, wherein the opposing back portion includes a knuckle seam adjacent the plurality of finger portions and adjacent knuckles of a wearer of the glove to facilitate movement of at least one of the fingers and the knuckles, wherein the lowermost portion is spaced away from the first seam, and is located between the first seam and the knuckle seam. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A protective sports glove, comprising:
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a cuff portion for overlying a portion of a wearer'"'"'s forearm; a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon; a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers therein; a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; and a subcuff portion that is coupled to the cuff portion such that said subcuff portion is received within and moves independently from said cuff portion when said subcuff portion is generally snug about a wearer'"'"'s wrist and includes padding to provide protection to the wearer'"'"'s wrist from blows during playing, wherein the subcuff portion includes a front edge that is free from attachment to the hand portion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A protective sports glove, comprising:
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a hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions joined therewith; a cuff portion joined with said hand portion, said cuff portion overlying at least a portion of a wearer'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm; a plurality of finger portions extending from said hand portions for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers; a thumb portion joined with said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s thumb; said cuff portion having a first section having a forward end joined with said hand portion and a rear end; and a subcuff portion supported radially inwardly from said cuff portion, said subcuff portion joined with the glove and adapted to float for independent movement of the subcuff portion relative to said cuff portion, wherein the subcuff portion is configured to move toward and away from the hand portion in response to the flexure of the player'"'"'s wrist in play, wherein the subcuff portion includes a front edge and a rear edge spaced rearwardly from the front edge, wherein the front edge is free from attachment to at least one of said hand portion and the cuff portion, along at least a portion of said front edge, so as to form a gap between the front edge and at least one of the hand portion and the cuff portion, wherein the gap widens and narrows as the player'"'"'s wrist flexes in play. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A protective sports glove, comprising:
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a cuff portion for overlying a portion of a wearer'"'"'s forearm; a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon; a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer'"'"'s fingers therein; a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; and a subcuff portion that is coupled to the cuff portion such that said subcuff portion is received within and moves independently from said cuff portion when said subcuff portion is generally snug about a wearer'"'"'s wrist, the subcuff portion including padding to provide protection to the wearer'"'"'s wrist from blows during playing, wherein the subcuff portion includes a front edge that is free from attachment to the cuff portion. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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