| US 7,591,023 B2 | ||
| Hockey glove | ||
| Jean-François Béland, Montreal (Canada); Mathieu Contant, Verdun (Canada); and Jean-François Laperrière, Prévost (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Bauer Hockey, Inc., Greenland, N.H. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/494,546. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0034469 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 2—161.1 | 23 Claims |
| 1. A hockey glove for receiving a hand of a player, the hand having a palm, a dorsal side, four fingers, each finger having
palm and dorsal surfaces, lateral and medial surfaces, a proximate articulation, proximate, middle and distal phalanges with
middle and distal articulations therebetween, and one thumb with palm and dorsal surfaces, said hockey glove comprising a
hand receiving portion comprising:
(a) a palm sheet for facing the palm of the hand and the palm surface of the fingers and thumb, said palm sheet having a palm
periphery;
(b) a dorsal sheet for covering the dorsal surface of the fingers, said dorsal sheet having a dorsal periphery;
(c) a side finger web for facing the lateral and medial surfaces of each finger, said side finger web having an upper web
periphery and a lower web periphery, said upper web periphery being connected to said dorsal periphery and said lower web
periphery being connected to said palm periphery for defining first, second, third and fourth finger gussets for respectively
enclosing the four fingers; and
(d) a finger pad for covering at least partially the dorsal surface of one finger, said finger pad having a padding element
enclosed in a pocket, said pocket comprising lateral and medial flaps extending downwardly along a portion of a length of
said finger pad for connecting said pocket to one of said first, second, third and fourth finger gussets such that there is
a void area between said pocket and said finger gusset.
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