Patent ID: 6178553
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A boxing glove comprising:a glove member including a main body having sides, a thumb-receiving portion integrally extending along a length of one of said sides of said main body, said main body having a wrist portion, a bottom end, an opening in said bottom end, said opening being adapted to allow a user's hand to be inserted into said main body and said thumb-receiving portion, said main body also having a slit extending through said bottom end and through said wrist portion;a first strap member securely disposed within said main body and being adapted to extend across a users' fingers inserted inside said glove member;a string member laced along either side of and across said slit for closing said slit;a fastening means securely attached to said wrist portion and being adapted to secure said glove member about a user's wrist;a plurality of padded members securely attached to said main body for protecting the user's hand during the use thereof;wherein said thumb-receiving portion is securely attached to an exterior of one of said sides of said main body;wherein said first strap member has ends securely attached to an interior of said sides of said main body, said first strap member being essentially disposed perpendicular to said thumb-receiving portion and extending across a width of said main body;wherein said strap member is disposed near a top of said main body;wherein said fastening means includes straps having ends securely attached to an exterior of said wrist portion, and further includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners securely attached to an exterior of said wrist portion and free ends of said straps for securing said wrist portion about the user's wrist; andwherein said padded members includes a first padded member securely attached to an interior of a palm side of said main body, a second padded member securely attached to an interior of a heel portion of said main body; a third padded member securely attached to an interior of said main body at a base of said thumb-receiving portion; a fourth padded member securely attached to an exterior of said heel portion of said main body; a fifth padded member securely attached to an exterior of said main body along a finger-tip portion thereof; and a sixth padded member securely attached to an exterior of said base of said thumb-receiving portion.