Patent ID: 8359667
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A41D,A41F

Abstract:
1. An athletic glove capable of receiving a human hand, the athletic glove comprising: a back portion; a palm-side portion connected to the back portion to form four finger sheaths, a thumb sheath, and a glove opening capable of receiving a human hand, the glove opening located opposite the four finger sheaths and corresponding approximately to the wrist of a user when the glove is worn by the user with fingers of the user extending within the four finger sheaths and the thumb of the user extending within the thumb sheath; a keyhole cutout along the glove opening, the location of the keyhole corresponding to the back of the user's hand; and a tension-adjusting wrist strap with a top edge facing the finger sheaths and a bottom edge at the glove opening capable of receiving a human hand, attached to the glove on a first side of the keyhole adjacent to the glove opening, extending across the keyhole to a second side of the keyhole, and detachably affixable to the second side of the keyhole adjacent to the glove opening, the wrist strap comprising: a base portion attached to the glove on the first side adjacent to the keyhole, the base portion extending away from the keyhole along the glove opening to a location along the glove opening that corresponds to the palm side of the user's wrist, the width of the base portion decreasing as the distance between the top edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the base portion and the glove opening reduces, the bottom edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the base portion remaining oriented substantially linear and perpendicular to the four finger sheaths as the base portion extends away from the keyhole and the top edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the base portion being at a decreasing distance from the bottom edge along the length of the base portion as it extends away from the keyhole to form an angled base portion; a tab portion extending from the base portion across the keyhole and detachably affixable to the glove on the second side along the glove opening such that when the tab portion of the wrist strap is detachably affixed, the tab portion lays across the keyhole, the width of the tab portion gradually decreasing with the bottom edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the tab portion remaining oriented substantially linear and perpendicular to the four finger sheaths as the tab portion extends away from the keyhole to form an angled tab portion and with the top edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the tab portion being at a decreasing distance from the bottom edge of the wrist strap corresponding to the tab portion as it extends away from the keyhole; such that an apex aligned with the keyhole is formed at the top edge of the wrist strap where the base portion of the wrist strap ends and the tab portion of the wrist strap begins, with the bottom edge of the wrist strap remaining oriented substantially perpendicular to the four finger sheaths; and such that the wrist strap may be used to adjust the tension across the palm-side portion of the glove by adjusting where the tab portion is detachably affixed.