Golf glove

A pair of golf gloves each having loop and pile fastener strips attached to the outer ends of the last three fingers (middle, ring and small finger) and a cooperating loop and pile fastener strip attached to the palm of the golf glove running diagonal across the palm of the hand commencing adjacent to the thumb and running diagonal to the outer midpoint of the heel of the palm so that, when the golfer assumes the grip, the cooperating fastener strips engage each other and firmly lock each contact point in each hand of the golfer's grip to the corresponding contact point of the opposite hand. Each glove further includes loop and pile fastener strips on the back side of both the thumb and the first/second finger junction. When the golf grip is properly taken around the club handle, the fastener strips on the ends of the fingers of the power hand and little finger of one glove engage the fastener strip on the back of the first/second finger junction on the other glove and, similarly, the fastener strip on the palm of one glove engages the fastener strip on the back of the thumb on the other glove thereby detachably locking the gloves together.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
I. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates generally to sports and work gloves and, more 
particularly, where an interlocking grip, or interlocking union of the 
glove and sports implement (golf club, racket, ski pole, etc.) or work 
implement (hammer, rake, etc.) promote more efficient skill of the user in 
use of the implement and especially to a pair of interlocking golf gloves. 
II. Description of the Prior Art 
In the game of golf, it is essential for proper play that the golf club be 
firmly gripped throughout the entire golf swing. There is, however, a 
tendency for many golfers to slightly release or "let go" of the golf club 
during the back swing so that the golf club slides and/or rotates 
slightly. When this occurs, the golf club assumes an improper orientation 
during the downswing which usually results in a poor golf shot. 
In order to enhance the golfer's grip on the club, many golfers use one or 
two golf gloves. Even though golf gloves do enhance the golfer's grip on 
the club, many golfers still tend to release the golf club during the 
backswing of the golf stroke. 
There have, however, been a number of previously known golf gloves which 
use loop and pile fasteners having cooperating fastener strips which 
engage each other when a golf club is properly gripped. These previously 
known golf gloves, however, have not included any means for locking the 
golfer's right and left hands together onto the club and thus have not 
proven totally effective in use. 
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 
The present invention provides a pair of interlocking golf gloves which 
overcomes all of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the previously known 
devices. 
In brief, each golf glove of the present invention comprises a main portion 
having a thumb and four glove fingers extending outwardly from the main 
portion. The left and right hand gloves are mirror images of each other 
and the gloves are positioned over the golfer's hands in the conventional 
fashion. 
The golf glove of the present invention further comprises a loop and pile 
fastener having at least two cooperating fastener strips, i.e. one loop 
fastener strip and one pile fastener strip. Such loop and pile fasteners 
are available under the trademark "Velcro". 
One strip of a loop and pile fastener is secured to the outer end of the 
middle finger and a similar fastener strip is secured to the outer end of 
the ring finger of the golf glove. A cooperating fastener strip is secured 
to the palm of the glove adjacent the inner end of the thumb. Thus, when 
the golf club is gripped in the correct fashion, the fastener strips on 
the ring and middle fingers engage the cooperating fastener strip on the 
glove palm thereby securely locking the glove, and thus the golfer's hand, 
around the golf club grip. 
Each golf glove includes fastener strips on the back side of both the thumb 
and the index finger. When the golf club is properly gripped, the fastener 
strips on the ends of the middle and ring finger of one glove engage the 
fastener strips on the back of the index finger on the other glove and, 
similarly, the fastener strip on the palm of one glove engages the 
fastener strip on the back of the thumb on the other glove, thereby 
locking the gloves together aroung the golf club. Furthermore, the 
fastener strips on both gloves cooperate with each other for both right 
and left handed golfers. 
In a modified form of the invention, one fastener strip is attached 
directly to the grip on the golf club while the cooperating fastener strip 
is secured to the palm and fingers of the golf glove. Thus, when the golf 
club is gripped, the cooperating fastener strips lock the golf glove and 
the golf club together in the desired fashion.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 
With reference now to FIGS. 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of the pair of 
golf gloves 10 (only one illustrated) in the present invention is 
thereshown. The golf glove 10 includes a palm side 12, illustrated in FIG. 
1, and a back side 14, illustrated in FIG. 2. In addition, the left and 
right hand gloves 10 and 10' are mirror images of each so that only the 
left glove will be described in detail, it being understood that a like 
description shall also apply to the right glove. 
The golf glove 10 comprises a main glove portion 16 into which the golfer's 
hand is inserted. A glove thumb 18, index glove finger 20, middle glove 
finger 22, ring glove finger 24 and little glove finger 26 extend 
outwardly from the main portion 16 and are adapted to receive the thumb, 
index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger, respectively, 
of a golfer's hand in the conventional fashion. 
As best shown in FIG. 1, a fastener strip 28 of a loop and pile fastener is 
secured to the palm side 12 of the main glove portion 16 adjacent the 
inner end of the glove thumb 18. Three fastener strips 30, 32 and 26a are 
attached to both the middle, ring and little glove fingers 22, 24 and 26, 
respectively, adjacent their outer ends and preferably extend around the 
ends of the middle glove finger 22, ring glove finger 24 and little finger 
26 as best shown in FIG. 2. 
With reference now particularly to FIG. 2, a fastener strip 34 is secured 
along the middle of the back side of the glove thumb 18. Similarly, a 
fastener strip 36 is secured along the back side of the first/second 
finger junction 20 and 30. The fastener strip 36 preferably also extends 
along the back side of the middle glove finger 22 so that the fastener 
strip 36 is generally V-shaped. 
The fastener strips 30, 32, 26a and 34 are all of the same type, i.e. pile. 
Similarly, the fastener strips 28 and 36 are both of the other type, i.e. 
loop. 
With reference now to FIG. 3, in practice one glove 10 is positioned over 
the golfer's left hand while another glove 10' is positioned over the 
golfer's right hand. As previously described, the left and right hand 
gloves 10 and 10' are mirror images of each other. 
Assuming that the golfer is a right hand golfer, the golfer's left hand is 
positioned around the golf club 40 so that the fastener strips 30, 32 and 
26a engage the fastener strip 28 (which is of the opposite type) on the 
golfer's left glove 10 as illustrated by arrow 50. In doing so, the 
fastener strips 30, 32 and 26a detachably lock against the fastener strip 
28 thereby firmly securing the golfer's selected grip as well as his or 
her hand around the golf club 40 in the desired fashion. 
Thereafter, the golfer's right hand is positioned around the golf club as 
shown in FIG. 4. In doing so, and assuming that the golfer has selected a 
proper grip of the golf club, the fastener strips 26a on the golfer's 
right glove 10' engage the fastener strip 36 (which is of the opposite 
type) on the golfer's left glove 10. Simultaneously, the fastener strip 28 
on the golfer's right glove engages the fastener strip 34 on the golfer's 
left glove thereby firmly, but detachably, interlocking the golfer's right 
and left hands together and around the golf club in the selected fashion. 
For left handed golfers, the above process is simply reversed. 
In practice, it has been found that the golf gloves of the present 
invention simply, easily and also effectively lock the golfer's hands, 
both together and around the golf club and completely eliminate any 
release of the golf club during the golf swing. 
With reference now to FIGS. 5 and 6, a modified form of the present 
invention is thereshown in which the golf club 40 includes a golf club 
grip 42 having a loop fastener strip 44 attached around the entire part of 
its outer periphery. A cooperating fastener (pile) 46 is attached to the 
palm 48 of a golf glove 50 so that, when the golf club 40 is gripped by 
the golfer, the palm fastener (pile) 44 and 46 mesh thereby securely, but 
detachably, locking the golf glove 50 to the golf club grip 42. 
Preferably, the fastener strip 46 also extends along the palm side of the 
middle, ring and little fingers 52 and thumb 54 thus enhancing the locking 
action between the golf glove and the golf grip 42. 
The glove in the modified form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 
6 can also be used for sports and work functions other than golf. 
From the foregoing, it can be seen that the present invention provides a 
golf glove which simply but effectively locks the golf glove around the 
golf club and also locks the golfer's right hand glove to the left hand 
glove. In doing so, the present invention completely eliminates any 
release of the golf club during the golf swing. 
Having described my invention, however, many modifications thereto will 
become apparent to those skilled in the art to which it pertains without 
deviation from the spirit of the invention as defined by the scope of the 
appended claims.