Patent ID: 6666795
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A gymnastics grip comprising in combination:a palm portion defining a longitudinal axis and comprising a palm face, a wrist end portion, means for securing the wrist end portion to a wrist of a gymnast, a finger end portion, and means for securing the finger end portion to at least one finger of the gymnast; a substantially cylindrical dowel member defining a dowel axis; means for attaching said dowel member to said palm face adjacent said finger end portion with said dowel axis in substantially transverse relation to said longitudinal axis, said dowel attaching means comprising a flap member secured adjacent to said palm face by one or more first rows of stitching passing through said flap member and said palm face in substantially parallel relation to said dowel axis, â€ƒwherein a first flap portion of said flap member extends in a first direction from said one or more first rows of stitching to substantially surround said dowel member in first encircling relation, said first flap portion being secured adjacent a free end thereof to said palm face by one or more second rows of stitching passing through said free end and said palm face in substantially parallel relation to said one or more first rows of stitching, wherein said one or more first rows of stitching are adjacent to said dowel member without said first flap portion intervening therebetween; and a second flap portion of said flap member extends in a second direction, opposed to said first direction, from said one or more first rows of stitching to substantially surround said dowel member in second encircling relation, such that said first flap portion substantially surrounds both said dowel member and said second flap portion in said first encircling relation.