A glove for enhancing a wearer's grip and control of a golf club or sports device. The glove may include a palmar portion and a dorsal portion having multiple digital segments that entirely enclose a wearer's thumb, ring finger and pinkie finger. The glove further includes a forefinger digital segment that exposes at least the middle and distal phalanges including the fingertips. The forefinger digital segment covers at least a portion of the wearer's proximal phalanx. The glove also has a strap means to secure the glove onto the wearer's hand.
1. A glove comprising: a glove body comprising a palmar portion material, a dorsal portion material and a distal lateral edge, wherein the palmar portion material and the dorsal portion material meet at the distal lateral edge; and
a plurality of digital segments projecting from the distal lateral edge of the body, the plurality of digital segments including a first digital segment designed to cover a middle finger; and
wherein said plurality of digital segments further comprises a second digital segment, a third digital segment, a fourth digital segment and a fifth digital segment;
wherein said second digital segment is adapted to cover and enclose an entire ring finger, and wherein said third digital segment is adapted to cover and enclose an entire pinkie finger, and wherein said fourth digital segment is adapted to cover and enclose an entire thumb when the glove is worn; and
wherein said fifth digital segment is adapted to cover up to but not more than a proximal phalanx of the forefinger of the user's finger when the glove is worn, and wherein said fifth digital segment has a distal terminal edge;
wherein said fifth digital segment is adapted to expose an entire middle phalanx and an entire distal phalanx of the user's forefinger when the glove is worn; and,
wherein said glove body dorsal portion further comprises a strap means that is adapted for fastening the glove body securely about a wrist of the user's hand when the glove is worn;
the strap means comprises of two pads of cohesive-adhesive material along the glove body dorsal portion; and,
wherein said glove body dorsal portion further comprises of a slit that is adapted to allow the user to engage and disengage the glove;
wherein the strap means is positioned along the glove body dorsal portion such that the user can manually extend the strap means across the slit; and
wherein said glove body further comprises an elastomeric band affixed around a wrist portion of said glove body; and,
wherein said glove body palmar portion material adapted to cover a palm of the hand including all five metacarpophalangeal joints of the user's hand when the glove is worn.
2. The glove of 1 , wherein said strap means further comprises of a flap and capture mechanism that is adapted for fastening the glove body securely about the wrist of the user's hand when the glove is worn.
3. The glove of 1 , wherein said strap means along the glove body dorsal portion comprises a hook and loop fastening interface for releasably securing and releasing a strap by the user;
wherein said strap is affixed on the glove body dorsal portion, the glove body palmar portion is thereby free of a strap and hook and loop fastening interface.
4. The glove of 1 , wherein said strap means comprises of a strap and hook and loop fastening interface for releasably securing and releasing the strap by the user; and wherein said strap is affixed to the dorsal portion of the glove body.
5. The glove of claim 1 , wherein said glove further comprises a grip enhancing means along the glove palmar portion; wherein said grip enhancing means is adapted to provide a higher coefficient of friction than a surrounding palmar portion, thereby increasing the user's grip capabilities when the glove is worn.
6. The glove of claim 1 , wherein said forefinger segment distal terminal edge is stitched to reinforce said distal terminal edge.
7. The glove of claim 1 , wherein said distal terminal edge is stitched to prevent said distal terminal edge from tearing; and
wherein said glove body first digital segment is adapted to cover and enclose the entire middle finger of the user's hand when the glove is worn.