Patent ID: 9393480
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A closed-back athletic glove capable of receiving a human hand, the athletic glove comprising: an exterior glove shell having a palm-side portion, a primary back portion, and a wrist back portion that form index, middle, ring, and pinky finger sheaths, a thumb sheath, and an opening capable of receiving a human hand, the opening located opposite the four finger sheaths and adjacent to the wrist back portion; a glove webbing connected to and extending between the thumb sheath and the index finger sheath; a wrist strap connected to an interior surface of the exterior glove shell at a first attachment point, the wrist strap running from the first attachment point along a portion of the interior surface of the wrist back portion to a second attachment point, wherein the wrist strap includes a free end, the second attachment point being positioned between the free end and the first attachment point; and an adjustment pad slidably connected to the wrist strap and disconnected from the interior surface of the exterior glove shell, the wrist strap extending through the adjustment pad, such that, when the free end is pulled, the wrist strap exerts a force on the adjustment pad that tightens the adjustment pad by the wrist strap sliding through the adjustment pad and cinching the second attachment point towards the first attachment point.