U.S. patent application number 13/479196 was filed with the patent office on 2012-11-29 for fumble resistance.
Invention is credited to Ubai Ka'ab Abu-Bakr.
Application Number | 20120297517 13/479196 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47218181 |
Filed Date | 2012-11-29 |
United States Patent
Application |
20120297517 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Abu-Bakr; Ubai Ka'ab |
November 29, 2012 |
Fumble Resistance
Abstract
What's new about this innovation is that it evolves the game of
American Football by combining a sports apparel compression shirt
that many football players wear today especially in the cold, with
the sticky rubber found on the palm side of a receivers football
gloves in a unique way that gives a ball carrier more of a
realistic chance of a fumble caused by himself rather than the
shirt he wore. Therefore fixing the problem of increased fumbles
due to wearing a long sleeve moisture-wicking compression
shirt.
Inventors: |
Abu-Bakr; Ubai Ka'ab;
(Fountain, CO) |
Family ID: |
47218181 |
Appl. No.: |
13/479196 |
Filed: |
May 23, 2012 |
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61489061 |
May 23, 2011 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
2/69 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 27/10 20130101;
A41D 13/0015 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/69 |
International
Class: |
A41D 1/00 20060101
A41D001/00 |
Claims
1. A long-sleeved sport apparel shirt that has sticky rubber on the
forearms, which makes it more difficult to fumble a football while
worn. A sport apparel compression shirt comprising of a neck hole,
a torso, and left and right long arm sleeves. The left and right
arm sleeves have a sticky rubber material that is found on the palm
side of football receiver glove. The sticky rubber covers the
entire forearm from 2 inches above the elbow to the wrist. The
sticky rubber must maintain grip on the football through any
climate just like football gloves do.
Description
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent
application Ser. No. 61/489,061 Filed on May 23, 2011
[0002] This innovation refers to sport apparel
BACKGROUND PRIOR ART
[0003] https://www.entrygear.com/product.asp?id=UA-1216003
TABLE-US-00001 Publication Number Kind code Publ. Date Applicant
Us. 2010/0000005 A1 Jan. 7, 2010 Dossman
[0004] Many football player across the country can be seen wearing
Under Armour. Though Under Armour is a prevalent, its long-sleeved
shirts can pose a problem for football players who carry the ball.
Wearing the shirt increases the likelihood of fumbling due to the
ball coming in contact with the sleeves, because the material of
the shirt is not conducive to securing the ball. I have come up
with an idea which changes that. This invention is comprised the
long-sleeved compression shirt and the sticky rubber on the palm
side of a receiver's football gloves. The shirt is a
moisture-wicking material that is sold by many sports apparel
companies including Nike, Adidas, and Starter. The martial is made
of a combination of polyester, nylon and elastane
[0005] The way that this invention differs from Dossman is that
Dossman's grip material only covers a small section of the forearm
where the football would be touching. "Each sleeve includes a
tactified section that extends from the upper bicep to the
forearm"--Dossman
[0006] My invention's sticky rubber covers from the elbow to the
wrist, capturing a wider section of the area where the football
would touch the forearm, therefore making my invention
significantly different from the prior art, giving one a better
grip on the football and a lesser chance of a fumble.
[0007] This invention also does not have any different internal
material to stop the sleeves from riding up. This invention also
differs by the way that one can choose to have a pull on sleeve
rather than the entire compression shirt.
Description:
[0008] Fumble resistance is simple and it is much like the Under
Armour sleeve shirts worn by many professional football players or
the many long pull on sleeves that many basketball players wear,
except that it will have the same kind of sticky rubber material
found on the palm side of the football gloves shown in the picture
on page 2 above. This material is used on the palm side of football
gloves that helps receivers grip and catch the ball by increasing
the friction with the gloves and the ball. This same material would
be put on, for example, a long sleeve Under Armour shirt or a pull
on sleeve from 2 inches above the elbow to the wrist reducing the
chances of fumbling. This same idea would also be on, for example,
a pull on sleeve (which I have included in my drawings) which is
also called Under Armour's Invincible Forearm Shivers. The sticky
rubber must be sticking out from the surface of the compression
shirt on the forearm at least 1/16.sup.th of an inch for the best
results in order for the football not to touch the slippery
compression material on the forearm where the ball will be, unless
the forearms of the compression shirts is completely covered in the
sticky rubber or at least the majority is covered in the sticky
rubber as shown in FIG. 2 drawing.
Disadvantages of Current Under Amour Long-Sleeve Gear:
[0009] While playing football in high school, I purchased Under
Armour's long-sleeved heat gear compression shirt, and I soon
noticed that when wearing it I fumbled the football more often
because the football would slide along the sleeves. I had to pull
up the sleeves to my elbow in order to keep a good grip on the
football.
Advantages:
[0010] Wearing such a shirt would give the wearer all of the
advantages of Under Armour, which protects a player for the
elements, without the disadvantage of increased chances of
fumbling.
DRAWINGS
[0011] FIGS. F1 through F4 are examples of different kinds of
designs of the fumble resistance to give an idea of how it looks
and works.
[0012] F1 is a branching example
[0013] F2 is a fully covered example
[0014] F3 is a horizontal line example
[0015] F4 is a dotted example
[0016] F5 is a pull on sleeve vertical line example
[0017] F6 is a swirling and dotted example
[0018] F7 is a customizable example with the NFL logo on it
[0019] And F8 is a zig zag example
OPERATION
[0020] The manner of using the Fumble Resistance works much like
football gloves that almost every wide receiver wears in the NFL in
order to help catch and keep control of the football. If any
football player who carries the football, either a running back or
a wide receiver, wears the fumble resistance compression shirts,
and carries the football the way they are coached to carry it, one
will then be using the fumble resistance properly.
Conclusion, Ramification, and Scope.
[0021] With this kind of innovation on the football field, a fan
can be more at ease that their favorite team will not fumble the
football due to a player wearing Under Armour's long sleeve heat
and cold gear. And therefore, the outcome of football games would
not be determined so much on fumbles.
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