Sports glove having improved wrist strap
The present invention provides a protective sports glove worn. The glove may be used by athletes during training or in a combative event requiring striking to protect against injury and increase performance, including, but not limited to, total force transference, grip strength, striking force and speed, muscular endurance, time to contraction, etc. These gloves have an adjustable dual strapping wrist tie system to secure the gloves to the contour of the hands and ensure they remain tight and fixed. The dual strapping system seeks to provide increased wrist and hand rigidity that mirrors a tightness of hand wrap bandages for maximal bone and tendon support of the hands and wrists. This system increases the transfer of force to the point of impact.
1. A protective sports glove comprising:
a body having:
a finger portion for fingers having a dorsal side and a volar side;
a wrist portion for a wrist having a dorsal side and a volar side;
wherein the finger portion has a first section for enclosing second, third, fourth and fifth fingers together and a second section for enclosing a thumb; where the second section is adjacent to the second finger of the first section;
wherein the dorsal side of the finger portion has a layer of padding extending over the first and second sections of the finger portion;
wherein the volar side of the wrist portion has a gap for adjustably securing the glove to accommodate the wrist, and wherein the gap has a thumb-side edge and an opposing-side edge, wherein the opposing-side edge is adjacent to the fifth finger of the first section of the finger portion, and wherein the gap extends distally in a horizontal direction from a middle region of the volar side of the wrist portion to the opposing-side edge on the volar side of the wrist portion, and the gap terminates in a vertical direction prior to the finger portion;
wherein the wrist portion has a primary support strap and a secondary support strap;
wherein the primary support strap is attached to the thumb-side edge of the gap and is adapted for fastening to the dorsal side of the wrist portion and the primary support strap is constructed and arranged to pass across the gap and through a slot on the volar side adjacent the opposing-side edge of the gap to the dorsal side of the wrist portion for fastening the primary support strap to a complimentary fastening on the dorsal side of the wrist portion;
wherein the primary support strap is constructed and arranged to be pulled through the slot to narrow the gap and to tightly conform the wrist portion to the wrist;
wherein the secondary support strap is attached to the opposing-side edge of the gap; and the secondary support strap is constructed and arranged to pass across the gap in a direction opposite that of the primary support strap;
and wherein the secondary support strap has a fastening means that attaches to a fastened primary support strap, and the secondary support strap is constructed and arranged to fasten to complimentary fastening means on top of the fastened primary support strap on the dorsal side of the wrist portion.
2. The protective sports glove of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the primary support strap and the secondary support strap includes a non-stretch material.
3. The protective sports glove of claim 2 , wherein the secondary support strap includes a non-stretch material.
4. The protective sports glove of claim 3 , wherein the primary support strap includes an elastic portion.