Patent ID: 9421449
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A41D,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A glove for gripping a sports device handle, said glove comprising: a palm portion, a thumb portion, and four finger portions; a pad located over an area of said palm portion configured to cover the second through fifth metacarpal-phalangeal (MCP) joints of a hand; said pad comprising four tiers, including a first tier corresponding with a first of said four finger portions, a second tier corresponding with a second of said four finger portions, a third tier corresponding with a third of said four finger portions, and a fourth tier corresponding with a fourth of said four finger portions, wherein said fourth tier is thicker than said third tier, said third tier is thicker than said second tier, and said second tier is thicker than said first tier; said pad including a taper from an area in proximity with a bottom edge of said palm portion to an area in proximity with a top edge of said palm portion; whereby said four tiers and said taper generate a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of said tapered pad, wherein said maximum thickness is located in proximity to said area comprising a location where said fourth finger portion joins said palm portion at said bottom edge, and said minimum thickness is located in proximity to said area comprising a location where said first finger portion joins said palm portion at said top edge; and said minimum thickness being at least one millimeter less than said maximum thickness.