Improvements in Gloves and the like Used in Sport.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, JOSEPH JOHN HARRIS, Professor of Music, & EDWIN TOFT, Pianoforte Manu-
facturer, both of 75, Gloucester Road, Brighton, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in gloves, and the like used in sport,
the object being to minimise & reduce concussion.
For the purposes of illustration, I will now describe my invention, as applied
to gloves used when wicket keeping in the game of cricket. I provide a series
of air channels, chambers, or passages, which are so placed as to reduce or
minimise concussion caused by a cricket ball coming into contact with the gloves.
I find it convenient to form these air channels, chambers, or passages of rubber or
other suitable material, either in the form of corrugations or tubes or other suitably
shaped chamber. The substance which forms the air channels, chambers or
passages is attached to the required part of the glove in any convenient manner,
and is provided with a suitable covering.
In wicket keeping, the suitable parts of the gloves I find to be the palm, and
the inner surface of the thumb and fingers in order to enable the cricket ball to
be gripped without undue concussion taking place. The ends of the glove fingers
may when desired be provided with caps or tops of suitable material for the pur-
pose of reducing or minimising concussion which might take place if the cricket
ball struck the ends of the fingers.
Although I have described my invention applied to gloves for wicket keeping
for playing the game of cricket, it will be readily seen, that there are other uses
to which this may be applied, as the essential feature of my invention consists
in the employment of the air channels, chambers or passages for the purpose of
forming a cushion, and so reducing or minimising concussion upon being struck
by an object.
Improvements in Gloves and the like Used in Sport.
We, JOSEPH JOHN HARRIS, Professor of Music, and EDWIN TOFT, Pianoforte
Manufacturer, both of 75, Gloucester Road, Brighton, 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 consists of improvements in gloves and the like used in sport,

page_text: the object being to minimise and reduce concussion. For purposes of illustration,
we will now describe our invention as applied to gloves used when wicket keeping
in the game of cricket. We provide a series of air channels chambers or passages
which are so placed as to reduce or minimise concussion caused by a cricket ball
coming into contact with the glove. We find it convenient to form these air
channels, chambers or passages of rubber or other suitable material, either in the
form of corrugations or tubes or other suitably shaped chamber. The substance
which forms the air chambers, channels or passages is attached to the required
part of the glove in any convenient manner and is provided with a suitable cover-
ing. In wicket keeping the suitable part of the glove, we find to be the palm of
the hand, & the inner surface of the thumb and fingers in order to enable the
ball to be gripped without undue concussion taking place. The ends of the
glove fingers may when desired be provided with caps or tips of suitable material
for the purpose of reducing or minimising concussion which might take place by
the cricket ball striking the ends of the fingers. Although we have described our
invention applied to gloves for wicket keeping when playing the game of cricket,
it will be readily seen that there are other uses to which it may be applied as the
essential feature of our invention consists in the employment of air channels,
chambers or passages for the purpose of forming a cushion for reducing or mini-
mising concussion upon being struck by an object.
For purposes of illustration we will now refer to the annexed drawings in
which:-
Figure 1, is a perspective view of a glove constructed according to our inven-
tion.
Figure 2, section through line y in Figure 1.
a, are series of air channels, chambers or passages which may take the form of
corrugations or of separate tubes as shewn and are secured in any convenient
manner to the substance of the glove. The outer covering may also be of
any convenient material such as india rubber, and we find it convenient to either
sew, cement or otherwise fix the parts in position.
It will be readily understood that in forming the corrugations in the material
as shewn in Figures 1 & 2, this may be effected by stamping, pressing or other
convenient and well known process, and the configuration of these corrugations
which form the air channels, chambers or passages may be varied without departing
from the spirit of my invention. c is an elastic band for fitting purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In gloves and the like for use when playing cricket and other purposes in
combination air channels, chambers or passages carried at a suitable part of said
gloves, for the purpose of preventing concussion. An outer covering upon said
air channels, chambers or passages. An elastic piece of suitable shape for the
purpose of adapting the glove to fit the hand, substantially as described and illus-
trated herein and for the purpose set forth.
2. In means for preventing concussion, the interposition of air channels,
chambers or passages between a covering or surfaces receiving the concussion, and
the surface of a glove, or other analagous article, substantially as described and
illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 20th day of October 1899.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.