Abstract: A gunn cut glove construction in which a pre-curvature at selected locations, preferably around the joints, in the fingers is achieved by sewing wedges of material into cut portions of the gunn section so that the shortened fingers and larger back sections easily meet at and can be joined without the need to gather or moccasin material resulting in the shape of the finger being such that it curves forward towards the palm section. Increased volume at the fingertips of a gunn cut construction glove is achieved by darting the palm side pieces of fingers proximate the fingertips. In addition, to reduce the inflexibility of gloves when curled into a fist, an elliptical piece is removed from the palm portion of the glove and the sides of the elliptical piece are sewn together along a seam.

Abstract: A glove with a front portion and a back portion coupled to the front portion. The back portion includes an exoskeleton layer. The exoskeleton layer is formed of elastic material and the glove may be configured to allow the user's hand to be visible through the exoskeleton layer. Alternatively, the back portion can include the exoskeleton and another layer of material disposed between the exoskeleton layer and the front portion. The additional layer of material can be formed substantially elastic material or of a combination of substantially elastic material and substantially inelastic material.

Abstract: A golf glove including a tab which spans a slit on a back portion of the glove has a removable ball marker connected to the tab. A top surface of a ball marker is substantially flush with a ridge on the tab. A rubber insert having a hole therein receives a back surface of the ball marker within a recessed portion defined within the ridge. A socket is located within the hole of the rubber insert to receive a prong which is connected to the back surface of the ball marker.

Abstract: A glove with a front portion and a back portion coupled to the front portion. The back portion includes an exoskeleton layer. The exoskeleton layer is formed of elastic material and the glove may be configured to allow the user's hand to be visible through the exoskeleton layer. Alternatively, the back portion can include the exoskeleton and another layer of material disposed between the exoskeleton layer and the front portion. The additional layer of material can be formed substantially elastic material or of a combination of substantially elastic material and substantially inelastic material.

Abstract: A golf training aid uses a golf glove having a structure to remind the wearer to hold the target wrist unflexed through the contact part of the swing. The structure provides a tactile reminder if the wrist is flexed. The structure may be a strip installed in a pocket or other holder in or on the glove. The pocket and strip may be adjusted to place an end of the strip near a pivot axis of the user's target wrist.

Abstract: A golf ball marker for use with a golf glove including a tab which spans a slit on a back portion of the glove. A top surface of a ball marker is substantially flush with a ridge on the tab. A rubber insert having a hole therein receives a back surface of the ball marker within a recessed portion defined within the ridge. A socket is located within the hole of the rubber insert to receive a prong which is connected to the back surface of the ball marker. The ball marker is formed with a recess in the bottom surface to receive a base of a stud member so that the stud extends away from the bottom surface of the ball marker and the interfacing surface of the base is substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the ball marker.

Abstract: A combination golf glove and golf ball marker for detachably securing a ball marker of ferromagnetic material to a magnet seated within a holder. The marker holder having an improvement in the manner it is fasted to the glove. An extension wing completely encircles a retaining wall housing the magnet and marker. The wing is sewn between an outer and inner surface of material.

Abstract: A glove with a front portion and a back portion coupled to the front portion. The back portion includes an exoskeleton layer. The exoskeleton layer is formed of elastic material and the glove may be configured to allow the user's hand to be visible through the exoskeleton layer. Alternatively, the back portion can include the exoskeleton and another layer of material disposed between the exoskeleton layer and the front portion. The additional layer of material can be formed substantially elastic material or of a combination of substantially elastic material and substantially inelastic material.

Abstract: In a golf glove, a slit 5 that is laterally expanded when a hand is inserted is formed in a lower end portion of a back region 3 of the glove body 2, and engaging portions for closing the slit 5 after the hand is inserted are attached to the back region 3. An imaginary line 6 connecting the top portion 5A and the bottom portion 5B of the slit 5 does not coincide with the longitudinal axis 7 of the back region 3 of the glove body 2, but is inclined to cause the top portion 5A of the slit to be close to a little-finger portion 8 of the back region 3, and the bottom portion 5B of the slit to be close to an index-finger portion 9 of the back region 3, thereby forming the slit 5 so as to inclinedly elongate.

Abstract: A method of fitting a golf glove which includes the steps of: measuring a golfer's hand and retrieving measurement data; constructing a glove according to the measurement data, the glove including a glove portion having finger and thumb portions, dorsal and palm portions and a wrist portion. The dorsal and palm portions being designed to meet along a conjoining lateral edge to define a pocket for receiving the eminence of a golfer's hand. The glove also includes a pad made from a elastomeric, non-flowing gel-like polymer. The method also includes the step of positioning and dimensioning the pad adjacent the palm portion of the glove according to the measurement data such that the pad closely abuts a golf club grip which is held by the golfer during play. The pad is preferably positioned and dimensioned to protect the various aspects of the golfer's hand from shock and the translation of detrimental shock-related forces due to ball-to-club impact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel golf glove and is characterized in that on the inside surface of the thumb of the glove, i.e. the surface that bears against the club shaft when playing, there is a pressure sensor that interacts with an acoustic signal transmitter or is part of an acoustic signal transmitter that delivers an acoustic signal when a predetermined trigger force acting on the sensor is exceeded.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glove having a restraining loop attached to the outer peripheral edge of the index finger. The golfer grips a golf club with the little finger of the opposite hand inserted into the restraining loop. When wearing the glove, the golfer is prevented from shifting his hands while gripping the golf club and the proper alignment of the golfer's knuckles is maintained throughout the entire swing. The glove may also be used for baseball and other uses.

Abstract: A golf glove, preferably of leather construction material, and including a closed loop of a horizontally oriented strip of elastic at a midpoint of its length as measured from the opening into the glove and its fingertips, which length determines its size, i.e. small, medium or large, during the hiking of the glove onto the user's hand as occurs after its removal prior to putting and prior to tee off, the stretch occasioned by the hiking is localized in the elastic strip and obviates the leather stretching out of shape or size.

Abstract: A golf glove which includes a glove portion having finger and thumb portions and dorsal and palm portions. The dorsal and palm portions meet along at least one conjoining lateral edge and define a pocket for receiving the eminence of a golfer's hand. The glove portion also includes a pad made from an elastomeric, non-flowing gel. The pad is selectively positioned and dimensioned adjacent the palm portion of the glove according to the golfer's hand dimensions and/or the golfer's hand position relative to a golf club shaft which is held by the golfer during play. The pad is selectively positioned and dimensioned to protect the various aspects of the golfer's hand from shock and the translation of detrimental shock-related forces due to ball-to-club impact.

Abstract: A golf glove, having tee pockets on its fastening band. The tee pockets may be formed between the internal and external sheets of the double ply fastening flap or between the surface of the glove body and the flap interlocking patch. The tee insert holes and the tee pockets are formed on the flat interlocking patch of the fastening band. The tee pockets are formed between the flap interlocking patch and the surface of the glove body such that the tee pockets extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the glove body. An elastic band is attached on the interior surface of the external sheet of the fastening flap in a direction along the tee insert holes so as to elastically hold the golf tees set in the tee pockets.

Abstract: An athletic glove having consistent gripping ability in various moisture conditions includes front and back joined together to fit the human hand. The front part is made of a thin, soft and supple fabric such as polyurethane-impregnated artificial leather or synthetic fabric. The front is printed with a pattern of silicone sealant. The pattern is preferably achieved by silk printing on contact areas in the front with a two-part silicone sealant in repeated patterns of fine lines of a narrow width. The printing is done such that the sealant penetrates into and bonds firmly with the fiber thereof when cured. A majority of the front surface is made of the fabric and does not bear the silicone. This allows the fabric to absorb and remove the moisture on the silicone surface by capillary action. The removal of the water from the silicone surface eliminates the effect of the thin film of water, which causes loss of grip.

Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.

Abstract: A device that counts and displays golf strokes per hole and per game and includes a golf glove and a counter attached to the golf glove, either by hook and loop fasteners, snaps, a magnet, or a pouch. The counter includes a hole strokes digital counter and display for counting and displaying the golf strokes per hole, a total strokes digital counter and display for counting and displaying the golf strokes per game, a stroke advance button that advances the hole stroke counter and display and the total strokes digital counter and display, a clear button that clears the hole strokes digital counter and display, either an on/off button or a two second timer that allows the total strokes digital counter and display to be cleared when the clear button is depressed for two seconds, and a power source that is either a battery interface or a solar cell.

Abstract: In a golf glove, a slit 5 that is laterally expanded when a hand is inserted is formed in a lower end portion of a back region 3 of the glove body 2, and engaging portions for closing the slit 5 after the hand is inserted are attached to the back region 3. An imaginary line 6 connecting the top portion 5A and the bottom portion 5B of the slit 5 does not coincide with the longitudinal axis 7 of the back region 3 of the glove body 2, but is inclined to cause the top portion 5A of the slit to be close to a little-finger portion 8 of the back region 3, and the bottom portion 5B of the slit to be close to an index-finger portion 9 of the back region 3, thereby forming the slit 5 so as to inclinedly elongate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a golf glove having a guide line drawn diagonally at an angle of 20-30 degrees from a horizontal line across the upper surface of the golf glove, the guide line passing through the crook between the roots of the middle finger and the ring finger. The guide line on the golf glove is used in combination with the indicium on the grip handle of the golf club for proper grip and positioning prior to swing.

Abstract: A golf glove for promotion and securing the proper grip of a golf glove consisting of a five fingered glove and an elastic strip, one end of the strap arranged to be removably attached to the knuckle portion of the back of the glove and the other end arranged to be removably attached to the base of the thumb portion of the palm side of the glove, the strap, in use, to be stretched over the little, middle, and ring fingers of the glove and diagonally across the palm.

Abstract: The invention provides exemplary athletic, driving and work gloves and methods for their use. In an exemplary embodiment, a flexible athletic glove is provided having a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side. A plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side are operably attached to said glove body. The glove further comprises at least one resilient pad comprising silicon foam operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body.

Abstract: A pair of golf gloves each having loop and pile interfaces at specific locations that fasten together as a golfer grasps a golf club, and they aid the golfer to properly grasp, hold and maintain a preferred neutral hold on a golf club during back swing and forward swing to achieve a good golf shot.

Abstract: An improved wrist band for carrying golf tees, ball position markers and other small accessories such as a divot tool. The wrist band includes a carrier band having a fastener for securing the carrier band around the user's wrist, a golf tee holder attached to the carrier band defining a plurality of tee pockets for receiving a plurality of golf tees, and a retaining member attached to the carrier band for receiving and holding a plurality a golf ball markers. The golf ball markers themselves have a shaft end that is used for retaining the marker in position on the ground, and the retaining member is formed to frictionally hold the golf ball markers by their shaft ends. In one embodiment the retaining member is formed to define an array of openings or holes that are sized to receive and frictionally retain the ball marker shaft ends.