U.S. patent application number 11/983634 was filed with the patent office on 2008-06-26 for golf glove with a mark positioning device.
This patent application is currently assigned to Ming-Hsing Leather Co., Ltd. Invention is credited to Chun-Fu Chang.
Application Number | 20080148464 11/983634 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39540803 |
Filed Date | 2008-06-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080148464 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chang; Chun-Fu |
June 26, 2008 |
Golf glove with a mark positioning device
Abstract
A golf glove includes a magnet positioned on the golf glove and
covered by a piece of top piece which is made by polyurethane (PU),
and a mark is magnetically attracted by the magnet and rested on
the top piece. The PU made top piece provides a slightly adhesive
top surface which provides friction force between the mark and the
top piece so as to overcome vibration when golfing and the mark
does not drop form the golf glove.
Inventors: |
Chang; Chun-Fu; (Taichung
County, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Chun-Fu Chang
P.O. Box 44-2049
Taipei
10668
omitted
|
Assignee: |
Ming-Hsing Leather Co., Ltd
|
Family ID: |
39540803 |
Appl. No.: |
11/983634 |
Filed: |
November 13, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/161.2 ;
473/406 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 57/353 20151001;
A63B 57/207 20151001; A63B 71/146 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/161.2 ;
473/406 |
International
Class: |
A41D 19/00 20060101
A41D019/00; A63B 57/00 20060101 A63B057/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Dec 22, 2006 |
TW |
095148326 |
Claims
1. A golf glove comprising: a magnet positioned on the golf glove
and covered by a piece of top piece which is made by polyurethane
(PU), and a mark magnetically attracted by the magnet and rested on
the top piece.
2. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top piece
includes a piece of non-woven fabric and a layer of polyurethane
(PU) is coated on the non-woven fabric to form the top piece.
3. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein a fabric is fixed
to the golf glove and mounted on the top piece, the fabric includes
a through hole wherein the magnet is located.
4. The golf glove as claimed in claim 3, the top piece covers the
through hole of the fabric from an underside of the fabric and the
magnet is covered by the top piece.
5. The golf glove as claimed in claim 3, wherein the top piece is
connected between the golf glove and the fabric.
6. The golf glove as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fabric is
sewed to the golf glove and positions the top piece.
7. The golf glove as claimed in claim 3, wherein a flange extends
from a top of the fabric and located along a periphery of the
through hole.
8. The golf glove as claimed in claim 7, wherein the flange extends
3/4 of the periphery of the through hole and an opening is defined
between two ends of the flange.
9. The golf glove as claimed in claim 7, wherein a height of the
flange is equal to or higher than a height of the mark in the
through hole.
10. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnet is a
circular disk and the mark is a circular disk with a handle portion
extending radially therefrom.
11. The golf glove as claimed in claim 10, wherein the handle
portion is composed of two triangular pieces.
12. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top piece
includes a porous top surface.
13. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top piece
includes a top surface which includes patterns thereon.
14. A golf glove comprising: a magnet positioned on the golf glove
and covered by a piece of top piece which is made by polyurethane
(PU), and a mark magnetically attracted by the magnet and rested on
the top piece, the mark including a bottom layer which is made by
polyurethane (PU) and the bottom layer being in contact with a top
surface of the top piece.
15. The golf glove as claimed in claim 14, wherein the top piece
includes a piece of non-woven fabric and a layer of polyurethane
(PU) is coated on the non-woven fabric to form the top piece.
16. The golf glove as claimed in claim 14, wherein a fabric is
fixed to the golf glove and mounted on the top piece, the fabric
includes a through hole wherein the magnet is located.
17. The golf glove as claimed in claim 16, the top piece covers the
through hole of the fabric from an underside of the fabric and the
magnet is covered by the top piece.
18. The golf glove as claimed in claim 16, wherein the top piece is
connected between the golf glove and the fabric.
19. The golf glove as claimed in claim 16, wherein the fabric is
sewed to the golf glove and positions the top piece.
20. The golf glove as claimed in claim 16, wherein a flange extends
from a top of the fabric and located along a periphery of the
through hole.
21. The golf glove as claimed in claim 20, wherein the flange
extends 3/4 of the periphery of the through hole and an opening is
defined between two ends of the flange.
22. The golf glove as claimed in claim 14, wherein the magnet is a
circular disk and the mark is a circular disk with a handle portion
extending radially therefrom.
23. The golf glove as claimed in claim 22, wherein the handle
portion is composed of two triangular pieces.
24. The golf glove as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top surface
of the top piece and the bottom layer are porous surfaces.
25. The golf glove as claimed in claim 14, wherein the top surface
of the top piece and the bottom layer include patterns thereon.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a mark positioning device
on a golf glove and the positioning device includes a magnet for
magnetically attracting the mark and a top cover for increasing
friction force between the mark and the top cover.
[0003] (2) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] A mark is used to mark the position of the golf ball when
the golf ball is picked up to be cleaned or to avoid obstructing
the path that the next player may send his or her golf ball. The
mark is small and light so that it usually drops during putting
back to the pocket. Some people invent a mark positioning device on
the hat or the golf glove by using a magnet. However, the
positioning device on the golf glove cannot hold the mark well
because when the user hits the golf ball, the impact to the mark is
significant so that the mark is easily disengaged from the
magnet.
[0005] As shown in FIG. 1, a magnet 10 is located in a hat or a
golf glove 11 by a piece of fabric 12 mounting on the magnet 10.
The piece of fabric 12 is fixed on the glove 11. The mark 13 is
magnetically attracted by the magnet 10. As shown in FIG. 2, it is
noted that the magnetic force Fx is perpendicular to the mark 13
and the friction force Fy between the mark 13 and the piece of
fabric 12 is parallel to the bottom of the mark 13. As shown in
FIG. 3, when the force applies to the mark 13 is larger than the
maximum static friction force 0.35 kg between the mark 13 and the
piece of fabric 12, the mark 13 is disengaged from the piece of
fabric 12. Unfortunately, almost every swing of golfing generates a
force that is larger than 0.35 kg so that the mark 13 drops from
the golf glove 11 all the time.
[0006] The present invention intends to provide a mark positioning
device on the hat or golf glove wherein the golf glove includes a
magnet which is positioned by a top cover made by PU which provides
a larger friction force when the mark is in contact with the top
cover. The friction force provided by the top cover keeps the mark
at position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The present invention relates to a golf glove and includes a
magnet positioned on the golf glove and covered by a piece of top
piece which is made by polyurethane (PU). A mark is magnetically
attracted by the magnet and rested on the top piece. The PU made
top piece provides friction force between the mark and the top
piece to overcome vibration when golfing so that the mark does not
drop form the golf glove.
[0008] The present invention will become more obvious from the
following description when taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration
only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view to show a conventional mark
positioning device;
[0010] FIG. 2 illustrates related forces for positioning the
mark;
[0011] FIG. 3 shows the relationship of friction force and force
applied to the mark;
[0012] FIG. 4 is an exploded view to show the mark positioning
device and the golf glove of the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 5 shows a mark is to be attracted by the magnet of the
mark positioning device of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 6 is a perspective view to show the mark is positioning
by the mark positioning device of the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view to show the mark
positioning device of the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 8 shows the relationship of the friction force and the
force applied to the mark positioning by the mark positioning
device of the present invention, and
[0017] FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view to show another embodiment
of the mark positioning device of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0018] Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, the mark positioning device on a
golf glove 20 of the present invention comprises a magnet 21 which
is a circular disk and positioned on the golf glove 20, a piece of
top piece 22 made by polyurethane (PU) is mounted on the magnet 21.
The top piece 22 includes a piece of non-woven fabric and a layer
of polyurethane (PU) is coated on the non-woven fabric to form the
top piece 22. A fabric 23 is fixed to the golf glove 20 and mounted
on the top piece 22. The fabric 23 is sewed to the golf glove 20
and positions the top piece 22 such that the top piece 22 is
connected between the golf glove 20 and the fabric 23. The fabric
23 includes a through hole 231 wherein the magnet 21 is located and
the top piece 22 covers the through hole 231 of the fabric 23 from
an underside of the fabric 23 and the magnet 21 is covered by the
top piece 22. A flange 232 extends from a top of the fabric 23 and
located along a periphery of the through hole 231. The flange 232
extends 3/4 of the periphery of the through hole 231 and an opening
233 is defined between two ends of the flange 232.
[0019] A mark 24 is a circular disk and magnetically attracted by
the magnet 21 and rested on the top piece 22. A height of the
flange 232 is equal to or higher than a height of the mark 24 in
the through hole 231. The mark 24 includes a handle portion 241
which extends radially therefrom and can be accessed via the
opening 233. The handle portion 241 is composed of two triangular
pieces.
[0020] The top piece 22 includes a porous top surface and the PU
provides a slightly adhesive top surface so that the friction force
between the top piece 22 and the mark 24 is large enough to
overcome the force applied to the mark 24 during golfing. As shown
in FIG. 8, the maximum static friction force of the mark
positioning device of the present invention is 2 kg which is much
higher than the conventional mark positioning device. The top
surface of the top piece 20 may further includes patterns thereon
which provides even larger friction force.
[0021] After the mark 24 is magnetically attracted by the magnet
21, the flange 232 restricts the mark 24 from moving along the
horizontal direction and the user can easily hold the handle
portion 241 of the mark 24 and pulls the mark 24 via the opening
233. The PU made top piece 22 provides the friction force that
efficiently prevents the mark 24 from dropping during golfing.
[0022] As shown in FIG. 9 which shows a second embodiment of the
mark positioning device and the parts and arrangement of the second
embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, the only difference
is that the mark 24 includes a bottom layer 242 which is made by
polyurethane (PU) and the bottom layer 242 is in contact with the
top surface of the top piece 22.
[0023] Both of the bottom layer 242 of the mark 24 and the top
piece 22 includes a porous and/or patterned contact surfaces so
that the friction force between the bottom layer 242 of the mark 24
and the top piece 22 is large enough to overcome any force applied
laterally to the mark 24 that is less than the maximum static
friction force of 2 kg.
[0024] While we have shown and described the embodiment in
accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those
skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without
departing from the scope of the present invention.
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