Left-Handed Golf Glove Having Grip Fixing Band
A left-handed golf glove has a grip fixing band, in which the grip fixing band is detachably attached to the golf glove, thereby enabling firmer gripping of the grip of a golf club using the grip fixing band, and thus allowing the swing of the golf club to be stably carried out. The left-handed golf glove has a hand back fabric, a hand palm fabric, and a thumb fabric, in which one end of a grip fixing band is attached to the hand back fabric; and the other end of the grip fixing band is long enough to be wound toward a knife hand portion of the golf glove, cover the part of the hand palm fabric that contacts a grip of a golf club, and be gripped with the right hand.
The present invention relates, in general, to a left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band, and more particularly, to a left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band, in which the grip fixing band is detachably attached to the golf glove, thereby enabling firmer gripping of the grip of a golf club using the grip fixing band, thus helping the swing of the golf club to be stably carried out.
BACKGROUND ARTAs for the method of gripping the grip of a golf club, first, a golfer grips the distal portion of the grip 1 of the golf club in the state of wearing a golf glove on the left hand 2, and then places the thumb 3 of the left hand 2 on the grip 1. Next, the golfer smoothly grips a proximal portion of the grip with the thumb 6 and index finger 7 of the right hand 5 while enclosing the thumb 3 of the left hand 2 in the palm of the right hand 5.
In this way, the golfer grips the grip 1 so as to swing. At this time, it is most important to move the two hands together. If the hands become spaced apart from each other by centrifugal force occurring during the swing, or slip from the grip 1, the impact point is changed, and thus the golf ball cannot be sent to the intended place. In order to solve this problem, a golf beginner must use a modified gripping method. As illustrated in
Further, in order to increase the flight distance of the golf ball, it is important to firmly grip the grip with two hands. Especially, when the golf club is gripped and swung, 80% or more of the force is transmitted from the left hand. Above all, it is important to firmly grip the grip 1 of the golf club with the palm of the left hand. However, as in
In order to solve this problem, various methods for increasing the gripping force of the left hand gripping the grip are proposed. Among them, one is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-230129. As illustrated in
However, even when using this golf glove, the coupling band 12, added to increase the frictional force with the grip 15, has too small an area where it contacts the grip 15. Hence, the effect of substantially increasing the frictional force is insignificant. As illustrated in
In addition, in order to increase the gripping force of the left hand as described above, it is necessary to increase the frictional force against the palm of the left hand, which is the portion in contact with the grip. The golf glove illustrated in
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems occurring in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band, in which a separate left-handed golf glove is attached to the golf glove, thereby causing the grip fixing band to contact the entire palm of the left hand to thereby increase the frictional force with a grip, and causing the left and right hands to grip the grip fixing band together to thereby be secured together.
Technical SolutionIn order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band, a hand back fabric, a hand palm fabric, and a thumb fabric, in which one end of a grip fixing band is attached to the hand back fabric, and the other end of the grip fixing band extends to have a length enough to be wound toward a knife hand portion of the golf glove, cover the part of the hand palm fabric that contacts the grip of a golf club, and be gripped with the right hand.
Here, one end of grip fixing band may be removably attached to the hand back fabric. Further, the other end of the grip fixing band may be formed with a wide gripping portion so as to correspond to the left lower portion of the hand palm fabric which undergoes the strongest friction with the grip of the golf club. In addition, the grip fixing band may be made of natural leather, which has good frictional force.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTAccording to the left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band of the present invention, when a golf club is gripped, the left and right hands are more firmly secured together, and a grip can be efficiently prevented from slipping when performing a golf swing. This is greatly helpful to improve the precision of the swing and increase the flight distance of a golf ball. In addition, the golf glove is prevented from wearing out due to friction with the golf club, so that the golf glove can be used for a longer time.
The above objects and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent after reading the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
Reference will now be made in greater detail to a preferred embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
The golf glove configured in this way is attached to by a grip fixing band 25, which is the most characteristic technical configuration of the present invention. Particularly, the present invention is directed to increase the gripping force of the left hand, which plays the most important role in gripping the grip of the golf club, and thus the grip fixing band 25 is attached to the left-handed golf glove.
The grip fixing band 25 is made in the form of a belt having a predetermined length, one end 25a of which is attached to the hand back fabric 21. The grip fixing band 25 may be integrally attached to the hand back fabric 21. However, the grip fixing band 25 is preferably attached to the hand back fabric 21 only if necessary, in such a manner that a piece of velcro 26 is separately attached around a tightening flap 27 used to pull on or off the glove, and then the end 25a of the grip fixing band 25 is removably attached to the piece of velcro 26.
Meanwhile, the other end 25c of the grip fixing band 25 extends to be long enough to be wound toward a knife hand portion 21a of the left-handed golf glove, cover the part of the hand palm fabric 23 that contacts the grip 40 of the golf club, and then be gripped with the right hand 30. In this manner, the grip fixing band 25 having such a length serves to secure the two hands together therethrough because the other end thereof 25c, wound toward the knife hand portion 21a of the left-hand golf glove, is gripped with the right hand.
Especially, the grip fixing band 25 is preferably provided with a wide gripping portion 25b so as to correspond to the left lower portion A of the hand palm fabric 23, which undergoes the strongest force of friction with the grip. According to the above-described gripping method, the left lower portion A of the hand palm fabric 23 of the left-handed golf glove 20 wears out quickly because the friction with the grip of the golf club when performing a golf swing is strongest there. For this reason, the left-handed golf glove 20 must frequently be replaced. Further, the frictional force with the grip is reduced, and thus the precision of the golf swing and the flight distance of the golf ball are reduced.
In the present invention, in order to solve this problem, the width of the gripping portion 25b of the grip fixing band 25 which contacts the left lower portion A of the hand palm fabric 23 is widened to increase the area undergoing friction with the grip. Thereby, direct contact of the hand palm fabric 23 with the grip is completely removed, thus effectively preventing the golf glove from wearing out.
The golf glove is generally made of inexpensive artificial leather in consideration of cost. However, because natural leather has better frictional force than artificial leather, the grip fixing band of the present invention is preferably made of natural leather. Accordingly, the grip fixing band made of natural leather directly contacts the grip of the golf club, thus having the same effect as when using an expensive golf glove made of natural leather.
First, as in
Then, as in
In particular, according to the above-described gripping method, because two hands are secured together, the little finger 32 of the right hand is not required to be intertwined with the index finger 29 of the left hand, and thus all of the fingers can be used to grip the golf club, as can be seen from the comparison of
Finally,
When a golfer exceeds the level of a golf beginner to be familiar to the golf swing, two hands are secured together to a certain extent, thus the first beneficial effect of the grip fixing band 25 is reduced. Therefore, it is not necessary to grip the grip fixing band 25, which is wound and gripped with the left hand for the purpose of integrating two hands, with the right hand. In this case, as in
In this manner, when the other end 25c of the grip fixing band 25 is wound one turn according to the type of golf glove, is pulled, and is removably attached to the hand back fabric 21, all of the various gripping methods described with reference to
In the drawings and specification, typical preferred embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and are not for the purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITYAs described above, according to the left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band of the present invention, when a golf club is gripped, the left and right hands are more firmly secured together, and a grip can be efficiently prevented from slipping when performing a golf swing. This is greatly helpful to improve the precision of the swing and increase the flight distance of a golf ball. In addition, the golf glove is prevented from wearing out due to friction with the golf club, so that the golf glove can be used for a longer time.
Claims
1. A left-handed golf glove having a grip fixing band, a hand back fabric, a hand palm fabric, and a thumb fabric, wherein one end of the grip fixing band is attached to the hand back fabric; and the other end of the grip fixing band;
- is long enough to be wound toward a knife hand portion of the golf glove;
- cover a part of the hand palm fabric that contacts a grip of a golf club; and
- is adapted to be gripped with a right hand.
2. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein the one end of the grip fixing band is removably attached to the hand back fabric.
3. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein the other end of the grip fixing band is removably attached to the hand back fabric and is adapted to be wound one turn around the glove by being pulled therearound.
4. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein the grip fixing band is formed with a wide gripping portion so as to correspond to a left lower portion of the hand palm fabric that is subject to the greatest friction with the grip of the golf club.
5. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 4, wherein the grip fixing band is made of natural leather adapted to impart a frictional force.
6. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 2, wherein the grip fixing band is formed with a wide gripping portion so as to correspond to a left lower portion of the hand palm fabric that is subject to the greatest friction with the grip of the golf club.
7. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 3, wherein the grip fixing band is formed with a wide gripping portion so as to correspond to a left lower portion of the hand palm fabric that is subject to the greatest friction with the grip of the golf club.
8. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 6, wherein the grip fixing band is made of natural leather adapted to impart a frictional force.
9. The left-handed golf glove as set forth in claim 7, wherein the grip fixing band is made of natural leather adapted to impart a frictional force.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 22, 2006
Publication Date: Sep 10, 2009
Inventor: Young Bae Joung (Gyeonggi-do)
Application Number: 11/908,579
International Classification: A41D 19/00 (20060101);