IP Library Granted Patent US 8,955,167
Granted Patent B2
US 8,955,167 · App. 13/585,016 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Golf glove

Inventor: Catherine Batista (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
A41D19/01558A63B71/141A63B71/146
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Patent No.
US 8,955,167
App. No.
13/585,016
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf glove having improved fit and gripping features is disclosed herein. The golf glove of the present invention includes gripping features permanently disposed on one or more of the fingers, preferably the front surfaces of the ring and little fingers, and also includes an expandable slit that extends from an opening and that helps the golf glove expand to receive a golfer's hand and then retract so that the glove fits comfortably on the golfer's hand.

Claims (34)

1. A golf glove comprising:

a back section comprising a first material, a second material, and a third material; and

a front section comprising a fourth material and a fifth material;

wherein the front section connects with the back section to form a hand body section, a thumb section, an index finger section, a middle finger section, a ring finger section, a little finger section, and an opening,

wherein a majority of the back section of the hand body section and the back sections of the index finger section, the middle finger section, and the ring finger section are composed of the first material,

wherein the back section of the little finger section is composed of the second material,

wherein the third material is disposed between the first material and the second material,

wherein the front section of the hand body section and the front sections of the thumb section, the index finger section, and the middle finger section are composed of the fourth material,

wherein the front sections of the ring finger section and the little finger section are composed of the fifth material,

wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth materials is different from each of the other materials, and

wherein a plurality of raised gripping features is disposed on an external surface of the fifth material.

2. The golf glove of claim 1 , wherein each of the first material, second material, and third material is an elastic material, wherein the fourth material is a leather material, and wherein the fifth material is a suede material.

3. The golf glove of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of gripping features is composed of a silicon material.

4. The golf glove of claim 1 , further comprising a slit and an expansion portion, wherein the slit is disposed in the back section, wherein the slit extends from the opening towards the thumb section, wherein the expansion portion covers the slit, and wherein the expansion portion is composed of an elastic material.

5. The golf glove of claim 1 , further comprising a pull tab.

6. A golf glove comprising:

a back section comprising a first elastic material, a second elastic material, and a third elastic material;

a front section comprising a leather material and a suede material; and

a pull tab,

wherein the front section connects with the back section to form a hand body section, a thumb section, an index finger section, a middle finger section, a ring finger section, a little finger section, and an opening,

wherein the back sections of the hand body section, the index finger section, the middle finger section, and the ring finger section are composed of the first elastic material,

wherein the back section of the little finger section is composed of the second elastic material,

wherein the third elastic material is disposed between the first material and the second material,

wherein the front sections of the hand body section, the thumb section, the index finger section, and the middle finger section are composed of the leather material,

wherein the front sections of the ring finger section and the little finger section are composed of the suede material,

wherein a plurality of raised gripping features composed of a silicon material is disposed on an external surface of the suede material,

wherein the first elastic material has a greater elasticity than the third elastic material and a lower elasticity than the second elastic material, and

wherein the pull tab is disposed on the leather material proximate the opening.

7. The golf glove of claim 6 , wherein the pull tab is composed of a suede material.

8. The golf glove of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of raised gripping features is not disposed on the entire front section of the ring finger section and the little finger section.

9. The golf glove of claim 1 , further comprising a sweat band, wherein the sweat band is disposed proximate the opening.

10. The golf glove of claim 9 , wherein the sweat band is affixed to inner surfaces of the front section and the back section.

11. The golf glove of claim 5 , wherein the pull tab is disposed proximate the opening.

12. The golf glove of claim 5 , wherein the pull tab is disposed on an outer surface of the front section.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 063665/0176 Recorded Jun 1, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY (F/K/A TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP.); TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
Reel/Frame 075834/0150 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063692/0009 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (FORMERLY CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063665/0176 →
RELEASE (REEL 048172 / FRAME 0001) Recorded Mar 17, 2023
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (F/K/A CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 063622/0187 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048110/0352 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 4, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048172/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 045350/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2012
From: BATISTA, CATHERINE
To: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
Reel/Frame 028781/0713 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 29406499 · Nov 15, 2011
Continuation In Part 29427535 · Jul 19, 2012
Related Publication 20130117904A1 · May 16, 2013