US 12,303,769 B2
Hockey goaltender glove
Francis Ouellet, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to SPORT MASKA INC., St-Laurent (CA)
Appl. No. 18/561,380
Filed by SPORT MASKA INC., Montreal (CA)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/051167
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/004513, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,471, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226703 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 71/14 (2006.01); A63B 102/24 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 71/143 (2013.01) [A63B 2102/24 (2015.10)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hockey goaltender glove, comprising:
a front side at least partially defining a puck-receiving cavity, a rear side opposite the front side, the front side and the rear side extending from a glove opening for receiving a hand of a wearer to a glove end opposite the glove opening, a palm section extending from the glove opening and a finger section extending from the palm section to the glove end, and a hand-receiving space being defined between the front side and the rear side and communicating with the glove opening; and
a palm protective member located between the front side and the hand-receiving space, the palm protective member having
a wrist edge proximate the opening,
a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) edge opposite the wrist edge, the MCP edge located between the glove opening and the glove end and configured to be above MCP joints of the hand of the wearer, and
a curved portion ending at the MCP edge, the curved portion curving toward the puck-receiving cavity and thereby adapted to curve away from a palm of the hand of the wearer;
wherein the MCP edge defines a single hinge line about which the finger section bends in relationship to the palm section, when the hockey goaltender glove is moved from an open configuration to a closed configuration to close the puck-receiving cavity.