US 12,290,742 B2
Sports glove
Kosuke Miyakoshi, Osaka (JP); Hiroshi Nagao, Osaka (JP); and Norikazu Ninomiya, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,108.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-159725 (JP), filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108088 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 71/14 (2006.01); A41D 19/015 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/143 (2013.01) [A41D 19/01582 (2013.01); A41D 2400/80 (2013.01); A41D 2600/10 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sports glove comprising:
an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion capable of respectively receiving an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger of a hand of a wearer;
a back portion connected to the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion and configured to cover a back of the wearer's hand; and
a first resistance portion having flexibility comprising at least one of a little finger resistance portion or a ring finger resistance portion,
wherein the first resistance portion is disposed on the back portion and on at least one of the ring finger portion or the little finger portion such that when the wearer bends the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger respectively received by the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion, a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger or the ring finger is greater than a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the middle finger or the index finger, and
wherein the number of joint portions over which at least one of the little finger resistance portion or the ring finger resistance portion straddle is larger than the number of joint portions over which a middle finger resistance portion and an index finger resistance portion straddle.