Zipper attached sports glove with fly cover protection

Abstract

A method of protecting a participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator from skin contact with an exposed connector by isolating the connector of a sports glove, such as hockey, lacrosse, cricket, baseball and other sports gloves, which includes a front palm portion having a serpentine array of finger stalls for insertion of fingers therein, and a back portion which is attachable to said front palm portion by a connector, such as a zipper. The method includes the step of removably covering the zipper connector with a fly cover having an attachment end and a free end, wherein further lifting of the free end of the fly cover exposes the zipper for participant user engagement therewith.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method of protecting the exposed face, neck or hand skin of a contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator when exposed to a violent contact by exposed zippers on a glove of the contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator during a contact sports game, said glove having a separate joinable front palm portion having finger stalls for insertion of fingers therein and a separate back joinable glove portion joinable attachable to said front palm portion by a zipper; the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a protective glove with at least one fly cover covering said zipper;   extending said at least one fly cover in a continuous peripheral non-linear serpentine line of varying radii over said zipper around each finger stall and thumb stall and side of hand leading toward the cuff on the glove portion and each finger stall and thumb stall and side of hand leading to the cuff on said front palm portion;   providing a physical barrier overlaying the outer surface of the zipper with said fly cover and preventing violent physical contact of said zipper to the exposed face, neck or hand skin of the contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator.   
     
     
         2 . The method as in  claim 1  farther comprising the step of providing a plurality of fly covers over said zipper and overlapping each other from front to back and from back to front between said separate joinable front palm portion and said separate joinable back glove portion of the glove. 
     
     
         3 . A method of protecting the exposed face, neck and hand skin of a contact sports game contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator when exposed to a violent contact by exposed zippers on a glove of the contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator, during a contact sports game, the glove having a separate joinable front palm portion and a separate back joinable glove portion joinably attachable to said front palm portion by a zipper; wherein when said respective front palm portion and said separate back joinable glove portion are joined, said respective front palm portion and separate back joinable glove portion form respective finger stalls for insertion of fingers therein;
 the method comprising the steps of:   providing a protective glove with at least one fly cover covering said zipper;   extending said at least one fly cover in a continuous peripheral non-linear serpentine line of varying radii over said zipper around each finger stall and side of hand leading toward the cuff on the glove portion and each finger stall and side of hand leading to the cuff on said front palm portion;   providing a physical barrier overlaying the outer surface of the zipper with said fly cover and preventing violent physical contact of said zipper to the exposed face, neck or hand skin of the contact sports game contact sports game participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator.   
     
     
         4 . The method as in  claim 3  wherein said respective finger stalls comprise upper finger stalls for the upper fingers of the hand of the participant user. 
     
     
         5 . The method as in  claim 4  wherein said respective finger stalls further comprise a thumb stall for the thumb of the hand of the participant user. 
     
     
         6 . The method as in  claim 3  wherein the contact sports game is selected from the group of hockey, lacrosse, cricket, baseball and the like. 
     
     
         7 . The method as in  claim 3  wherein a material portion to which said zipper is attached comprises a strip of flexible and/or expandable elastic type stretchable material, to permit said front palm portion to have greater forward travel during closing or clenching of the hand of the participant user inside of said glove. 
     
     
         8 . The method as in  claim 3  further comprising the step of providing a plurality of fly covers over said zipper and overlapping each other from front to back and from back to front between said separate joinable front palm portion and said separate joinable back glove portion of the glove. 
     
     
         9 . The method of non permanently joining the front and back of a sports glove for a game selected from the group of hockey, lacrosse, cricket, baseball and the like, comprising the steps of:
 utilizing a connector attached to the front and back portions. whereby the connector is engaged to form at least the upper finger stalls and the palm of the sports glove,   covering said connector. with at least one of a panel or a fly cover thereby protecting the participant user, participant player, players, referee, official, coach or spectator from skin contact with an exposed connector.   
     
     
         10 . The method as in  claim 9  further comprising a thumb stall for the thumb of the hand of the participant user. 
     
     
         11 . The method of non permanently joining the front and back of a sports glove for a game selected from the group of hockey, lacrosse, cricket, baseball and the like, as in  claim 9 , wherein said connector is a zipper. 
     
     
         12 . The method as in  claim 11  wherein a material portion to which said zipper is attached comprises a strip of flexible and/or expandable elastic type stretchable material, to permit said front palm portion to have greater forward travel during closing or clenching of the hand of the participant user inside of said glove.