Grip enhancing hand and wrist covering

Abstract

A grip enhancing hand and wrist covering for improving a user's ability to grip a ball, comprising a glove component and a wrist component, each having a plurality suction cups disposed thereon. The glove component is defined by a conventional glove body having a plurality of suction cups spanning the surface of each finger and the thumb on the palmar side. A hook and loop fastener is disposed at the base of the glove component so as to allow the glove component to removably attach to a wrist component of the grip enhancing hand and wrist covering. The corresponding wrist component is defined as an elongated hollow cylinder having a proximal end and a distal end. Disposed across the anterior side of the wrist component are suction cups. A hook and loop fastener component is disposed on the inside of the hollow cylinder at the proximal end

1 . A grip enhancing hand and wrist covering comprising:
 a discrete glove component adapted to be placed over a user's hand having a glove body defined by a palm portion, four finger portions, a thumb portion and a glove base defined as an opening configured to receive a user's hand, wherein at least one of said finger portions include a plurality of suction cups disposed thereon about the palmar side of the glove component;   a discrete wrist portion adapted to be placed over a user's wrist defined as an elongated hollow cylinder having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein a plurality of suction cups are disposed on the anterior side of the elongated hollow cylinder; and   a fastening system having a first fastening surface disposed on the glove base and a second fastening surface disposed at the proximal end of said wrist portion, wherein said first fastening surface and said second fastening surface are adapted to removably attachment when manually engaged together.   
     
     
         2 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 1 , wherein said thumb portion additionally includes a plurality of suction cups disposed thereon about the palmar side of the glove component. 
     
     
         3 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 1 , wherein each of said finger portions include a plurality of suction cups disposed thereon about the palmar side of the glove component. 
     
     
         4 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 1 , wherein said fastening system is defined as a hook and loop fastener system. 
     
     
         5 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 4 , wherein said first fastening surface is defined by the hooks of a hook and loop fastener system. 
     
     
         6 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 4 , wherein said second fastening surface is defined by the loops of a hook and loop fastener system. 
     
     
         7 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 1 , wherein the first fastening surface forms a contiguous surface which completely encircles the glove base. 
     
     
         8 . A grip enhancing hand and wrist covering comprising:
 a discrete hand covering means having four finger portions and a thumb portion, wherein at least one of said finger portions include a plurality of grip enhancing means;   a discrete wrist covering means having a plurality of grip enhancing means; and   a fastening means for removably attaching said hand covering means with said wrist covering means.   
     
     
         9 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 8 , wherein said thumb portion of said a hand covering means additionally includes a plurality of grip enhancing means. 
     
     
         10 . The grip enhancing hand and wrist covering of  claim 8 , wherein each of said finger portions of said a hand covering means include a plurality of grip enhancing means.