Patent ID: 6725466
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
A reinforcing strip for a goalkeeper's glove, comprising a flexible, substantially high-tensile carrier bank; and a plurality of compression-proof link members supported on the carrier bank and arranged in a row one after another,wherein each two adjacent link members form a pivot connection with each other and have stop surfaces facing each other, extending transverse to the carrier band, and abutting each other in a stretched position of the reinforcing strip, wherein each of the link members has an upper surface remote from the carrier band, a cavity provided in a middle region of the link member and open at the upper surface, and a flat closed bottom surface glued to the carrier member with formation of a glue layer there-between, and wherein each link member has two side regions located on opposite sides of the middle region, with a height of each of the side regions gradually diminishing toward a respective outer edge of a respective link member, and with each of the side regions having a cavity open at the upper surface.