ImprovemENTS IN DURING MAD
Year: 1899

page_text: ImprovemENTS IN DURING MAD
I, HENRY LUFF, of 21, Cranbourn Street, London, W.C., Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to improvements in boxing gloves and the object
of my invention is to provide boxing gloves with simple and inexpensive means
for preventing the padding with which such gloves are provided from being
moved or shifted out of position.
Boxing gloves as hitherto made have the defect that when being worn it is
possible to gradually work or move the padding out of position in such a manner
that after a time there is practically no padding or very little padding over the
knuckles of the hands and blows delivered when the gloves are in such a condi-
tion are almost as hard as if no gloves are worn or used and it is this defect
which I desire to obviate by my invention.
In carrying my invention into practice provide the inside of the glove which
is in contact with the knuckle with a piece of felt or other suitable material
which material I form with a suitable number of apertures so that the padding
of the glove will to some extent enter said apertures and will thereby be now
held more or less securely in position by reason of the fact that any attempt to
move the padding will only the more press it into the apertures & thus prevent
its moving.
The ends of said piece of felt or other material are preferably slightly turned
up so as to prevent the padding from working in under said piece of material.
Improvements in Boxing Gloves.
I, HENRY LUFF, of 21, Cranbourn Street, London, W.C., Cricket and Lawn
Tennis Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
() manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
This invention has reference to improvements in boxing gloves and the object
of my invention is to provide boxing gloves with simple and inexpensive means

page_text: for preventing the padding with which such gloves are provided from being
moved or shifted out of position.
Boxing gloves as hitherto made have the defect that when being worn it is
possible to gradually work or move the padding out of position in such a manner
that after a time there is practically no padding or very little padding over the
knuckles of the hands and blows delivered when the gloves are in such a condi-
tion are almost as hard as if no gloves are worn or used and it is this defect
which I desire to obviate by my invention.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide the inside of the glove which
is in contact with the knuckles with a piece of felt or other suitable material
which material I form with a suitable number of apertures so that the padding
of the glove will to some extent enter said apertures and will thereby be held
more or less securely in position and said felt is also provided with a ridge of
felt secured between the wrist and the knuckles and said felt is also provided
with a ridge of felt secured between the knuckles and the first joints of the
fingers and the padding is first placed in three sections one between the two
ridges of felt and one at each side of side ridges and a layer of padding is after-
wards placed on the top over said ridges. Any attempt to move the padding
will only the more press it into the apertures and between the said ridges.
The ends of the said piece of felt or other material are preferably slightly turned
up so as to prevent the padding from working in under said piece of material.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through
the middle finger-stall of a boxing glove to which my invention is applied.
Figure 2 is a like section upon the line A, A, of Figure 1.
To the inner or back covering ", preferably made of chamois leather, of the
glove proper b is sewn or otherwise affixed a bent or double strip of felt provided
with ridges of felt, the said strip of felt e containing holes d into which the
horse-hair, or other material used as stuffing c is pressed when the glove is in
use. The ridges prevent the hoxer from pushing or working the stuffing
away from his knuckles. is the glove with accompanying stalls or divisions f
is the leather or outer covering of the glove. h the band or tape to keep the
glove in position, and i the loop or guide for it, and j holes to ventilate the
palm of the wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The employment of felt in boxing gloves in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as described and illustrated.