Protective pad for use during athletic activities

Abstract

A protective pad to be employed by a person engaged in athletic activity utilizes to protect the user's hands formed from a very thin rectangular piece of rubber having a thickness of approximately 0.032 inch. On the top side of the protective pad are located treads upraised from the top surface of the pad. The treads are evenly spaced and approximately ½ inch apart and have triangular cross sections. The bottom side of the protective, which is the side placed against the grip portion of the piece of athletic equipment, is generally flat and has a tacky surface. The user wraps the protective pad around the grip portion of the piece of athletic equipment with the bottom tacky side of the pad adjacent to the grip.

1 . A protective pad for protecting an athlete's hand from the grip portion of a piece of athletic equipment comprising:
 a rectangular flat flexible sheet of rubberized material having a thickness in the range of 0.028 inch to 0.036 inch, said sheet of material having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface being tacky,   said top surface having treads upraised from its surface, said treads having a triangular cross section, said treads between spaced apart at equal intervals;   whereby a user wraps the pad around the grip portion of the piece of athletic equipment with the said bottom surface adjacent to the grip portion.   
     
     
         2 . A protective pad for protecting an athlete's hand from the grip portion of a piece of athletic equipment comprising:
 a flat flexible sheet of material, said sheet of material having a top surface and a bottom surface,   said bottom surface being tacky,   said top surface having treads upraised from its surface, said treads between spaced apart at equal intervals;   whereby a user wraps the pad around the grip portion of the piece of athletic equipment with the said bottom surface adjacent to the grip portion.