U.S. patent application number 13/597400 was filed with the patent office on 2014-02-13 for weight lifting gloves with barbell stop.
The applicant listed for this patent is Darryl Leonard. Invention is credited to Darryl Leonard.
Application Number | 20140041094 13/597400 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50065011 |
Filed Date | 2014-02-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140041094 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Leonard; Darryl |
February 13, 2014 |
Weight Lifting Gloves with Barbell Stop
Abstract
The weight lifting glove has a barbell stop which is either a
singular, laterally extending stop element or a series of aligned
stop elements above the crease of the user's wrist, generally
extending from the thenar to the hypothenar of the palm. The stop
is mounted on or within said anterior glove cover and is elevated
above a surface of the anterior glove cover. The stop is adopted to
restrain a barbell grasped by the gloved hand of the user. The stop
may be rigid or slightly compressible. In general, is a
semi-cylindrical shape.
Inventors: |
Leonard; Darryl;
(Wellington, FL) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Leonard; Darryl |
Wellington |
FL |
US |
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Family ID: |
50065011 |
Appl. No.: |
13/597400 |
Filed: |
August 29, 2012 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61682473 |
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
2/161.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 13/081 20130101;
A63B 71/141 20130101; A63B 2244/09 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/161.1 |
International
Class: |
A63B 71/14 20060101
A63B071/14; A41D 19/00 20060101 A41D019/00 |
Claims
1. A weight lifting glove with a barbell stop comprising: a glove
adopted to fit over a hand of a user, said hand having fingers
extending from a main hand-body and having on its anterior palmar
side a palmar fascia thenar region proximal a base of a thumb and a
palmar fascia hypothenar region laterally opposite said thenar
region, said glove having finger holes for said fingers and said
glove having anterior and dorsal cover sections adopted to
substantially cover said anterior side and a dorsal side of said
user's hand; a stop mounted on or within said anterior cover side
of said glove substantially extending laterally across said glove
from said hypothenar region to said thenar region, said stop
elevated above a surface of said anterior cover side, said stop
adopted to restrain a barbell grasped by the gloved hand of the
user.
2. A weight lifting glove as claimed in claim 1 wherein said stop
is sewn into said anterior cover.
3. A weight lifting glove as claimed in claim 2 wherein said stop
is unitary bar laterally extending across said anterior cover of
said glove.
4. A weight lifting glove as claimed in claim 2 wherein said stop
is a plurality of aligned stops laterally extending across said
anterior cover of said glove.
5. A weight lifting glove as claimed in claim 2 wherein said stop
is a pair of stops, together forming a lateral bar extending across
said anterior cover of said glove, said stops being laterally
spaced apart.
6. A weight lifting glove as claimed in claim 3 wherein said bar is
one of a rigid material or a compressible material and said bar
forms at least a semi-cylindrical stop element.
Description
[0001] This is a regular patent application claiming the benefit of
provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/682,473, filed Aug. 13,
2012 entitled "Weight Lifting Glove with Barbell Stay," the
contents of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
[0002] The present invention relates to a weight lifting glove with
a stop bar or series of raised buttons which prevents the barbell,
held by the gloved hand of a user, from slipping off the user's
palm during a weight lifting exercise.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Weight lifting gloves have long been used by gym
enthusiasts. These gloves typically include finger holes, through
which extend the phalanges of the user's fingers, an anterior cover
portion which cover the palm-side of the user's hand, and a dorsal
side glove cover section which covers the outside of a user's
hand.
[0004] Occasionally, a weight lifter while doing barbell presses,
may experience that the barbell slips from the user's gloved hand.
Although the thumb wraps around one portion of the barbell and the
index finger wraps around the laterally opposing portion of the
barbell, the bar sometimes slips off the bottom of the gloved hand
near or past the crease of the wrist.
[0005] The present invention solves this problem associated with
the prior art gloves.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a weight
lifting glove with a barbell stop.
[0007] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
weight lifting glove which has a barbell stop above the crease of
the wrist and wherein the stop extends laterally across the user's
hand.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The weight lifting glove has a barbell stop which is either
a singular, laterally extending stop element or a series of aligned
stop elements above the crease of the user's wrist, and better yet
extending from the thenar to the hypothenar of the user's palm. The
stop is mounted on or within said anterior cover side of said glove
and substantially extends laterally across the glove, elevated
above a surface of the anterior glove cover. The stop is adopted to
restrain a barbell grasped by the gloved hand of the user. The stop
may be rigid or slightly compressible. In general, is a
semi-cylindrical shape.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] Further objects and advantages of the present invention can
be found in the detailed description of the preferred embodiments
when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in
which:
[0010] FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates the anterior side of a
user's gloved hand with the barbell stop laterally extending across
a lower region of the glove;
[0011] FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a dorsal side of the
gloved hand;
[0012] FIGS. 3-4 diagrammatically illustrate a unitary bar as a
stop, each bar being either a rigid item or a substantially
compressive item;
[0013] FIG. 5 diagrammatically illustrates the lateral stop
comprising a plurality of aligned stops (ridges, buttons or raised
lands);
[0014] FIG. 6 diagrammatically illustrates a pair of stops which
together form a lateral stop element extending across the interior
cover of the glove wherein the stops are laterally spaced apart;
and
[0015] FIG. 7 diagrammatically illustrates the two element stop
system.
DETAIL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] The present invention relates to a weight lifting glove with
a barbell stop.
[0017] The new feature is a support stay element protruding above
the surface plane of the palm cover of the glove. The stay stop
element protrudes as a bump or build-up over the palm cover. In
this manner, when the user does curl exercises with a dumbbell bar
or over head lifts with the bar, the stay element acts as a stop on
the user's gloved hand. Of course, the user's fingers wrap around
the dumbbell bar. The stay stop element creates a slight rest point
for the bar thereby enhancing the user's grip on the bar and
permitting a better grip on the bar. The stay acts as a stop for
the bar. The stay stop element may be a solid metal or plastic. The
stay may be a built-up cushion of softer material that is sewn into
the palm cover of glove. Stay stop element may span the lateral
extent of the glove or may be segmented into 2 or 3 short segments.
If segmented, the segments comprising the stay stop element should
be laterally aligned to form a stop-like structure.
[0018] FIGS. 1 and 2 are discussed concurrently herein. Similar
numerals designate similar items herein. The palm-side of the hand
10 is the anterior side 9 and is sometimes called the palmar side
9. The back side of the hand 10 is called the dorsal side 7 and is
shown in FIG. 2. Thenar 25 is the palmar fascia near the base of
the thumb phalange 11. The hypothenar 23 is the outer pad of the
palmar fascia laterally opposite thenar 25 on the anterior side 9
of the user's hand. The palmar fascia is a firm layer of soft
tissue that stabilizes the palm of the hand.
[0019] Phalanges are the finger bones in the fingers. Carpals are
the wrist bones. Joints are places where bones fit together
allowing movement. The palmar fascia is a firm layer of soft tissue
that stabilizes the palm of your hand.
[0020] Hand 10 is substantially covered by weight lifting glove 12
in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows the anterior side 9 of the palm side
of hand 10. FIG. 2 shows dorsal side 7 of hand 10. Glove 12 is
shown in both FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. FIG. 2 shows a dorsal glove cover
6 which substantially covers dorsal surface 7 of hand 10. In a
similar manner, anterior side 9 of hand 10 is covered by anterior
glove section 4. Glove 12 includes a plurality of finger holes 14,
16, 18, and 20 through which fingers 13, 15, 17 and 19 extend.
Thumb 11 passes through thumb hole 8 of glove 12. Typically, these
weight lifting gloves 12 extend down to a wrist crease 21 of the
user. A stop 30 is mounted on or within anterior cover side 4 of
glove 12. In the illustrated embodiment, a unitary bar 32 is sewn
into anterior glove cover 4 as noted by seam lines 34. The stop
preferably is a semi-cylindrical element.
[0021] Stop 30 extends laterally generally from the base of thumb
11, which is called thenar 25 to generally near the laterally
opposing hypothenar 23. In other words, the lateral bar 30 rises
above the surface plane 4 of the anterior glove cover section 4.
Stop element 30 may be a built-up cloth element.
[0022] FIGS. 3, 4, 5 generally are cross sections from section line
A'-A'' in FIG. 1. In FIG. 3, stop 30 is formed by a relatively
solid unitary bar 36 within the interior cover 4 of glove 12. The
stop extends between thenar 25 and hypothenar 23.
[0023] FIG. 4 diagrammatically illustrates that stop 30 and, more
particularly stop insert 36, is a semi-compressible item. With the
semi-compressible element, the stop can conform to the curvature of
the user's hand between thenar 25 and hypothenar 23.
[0024] FIG. 5 shows that stop 30 includes a plurality of stop
elements 40a, 40b. The plurality of stop elements 40a, 40b are
laterally aligned. In FIG. 6, a pair of stops 42a, 42b are mounted
within anterior glove cover such that stop 30 is a composite
structure formed by laterally spaced raised ridges 30a and 30b. The
stop elements 42a, 42b are sewn into the anterior glove cover by
seam 34, 34a, 34b.
[0025] FIG. 7 shows the laterally spaced apart stops 30a, 30b,
which are disposed substantially at the same lateral location
across the hand. The stop elements (FIG. 7), may be a plurality
(two or more) of ridges, compressible elements, raised lands,
raised button-like mounds, raised rivets, incompressible stop
elements or other structures raised above the anterior glove
surface 4.
[0026] The claims appended hereto are meant to cover modifications
and changes within the scope and spirit of the present
invention.
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