Glove with enhanced gripping surface

Abstract

A glove with an enhanced gripping textured surface is disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the glove contains a palm region adapted to cover the palm of a person's hand, a thumb region extending outwardly from the palm region, an index finger region disposed adjacent the thumb region, a middle finger region adjacent the index finger region, a ring finger region adjacent the middle finger region, and a little finger region adjacent the ring finger region with each region containing a textured surface. In preferred embodiments, the textured surface is formed by a plurality of lateral and longitudinal ridges protruding above the surface of the glove, said lateral and longitudinal ridges intersecting to form a grid of raised three dimensional structures such as grid of raised squares.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove with a glove surface, the glove comprising:
 a. a first palm region adapted to cover a palm of a person's hand and containing a textured surface on a first side of the glove;   b. a first thumb region extending outwardly from the palm region and containing a textured surface on the first side of the glove;   c. a first index finger region disposed adjacent the thumb region and containing a textured surface on the first side of the glove;   d. a first middle finger region adjacent the index finger region and containing a textured surface on the first side of the glove;   e. a first ring finger region adjacent the middle finger region and containing a textured surface on the first side of the glove;   f. a first little finger region adjacent the ring finger region and containing a textured surface on the first side of the glove; and   
       wherein the textured surface comprises a plurality of lateral ridges and a plurality of longitudinal ridges protruding above the glove surface. 
     
     
         2 . The glove according to  claim 2 , wherein the glove is an ambidextrous glove adapted to be wearable on either of a left hand or a right hand wherein the glove further comprises:
 a. a second palm region adapted to cover a palm of a person's hand and containing a textured surface on a second side of the glove;   b. a second thumb region extending outwardly from the palm region and containing a textured surface on the second side of the glove;   c. a second index finger region disposed adjacent the thumb region and containing a textured surface on the second side of the glove;   d. a second middle finger region adjacent the index finger region and containing a textured surface on the second side of the glove;   e. a second ring finger region adjacent the middle finger region and containing a textured surface on the second side of the glove;   f. a second little finger region adjacent the ring finger region and containing a textured surface on the second side of the glove;   
       wherein the textured surface comprises a plurality of lateral ridges and a plurality of longitudinal ridges protruding above the glove surface. 
     
     
         3 . The glove according to  claim 2 , wherein the textured surface further comprises a plurality of recessed cavities located between said plurality of lateral and longitudinal ridges, said recessed cavities comprising:
 a. lateral sides formed in-part by the lateral and longitudinal ridges protruding above the glove surface;   b. an open top side; and   c. a bottom side proximate to the glove surface.   
     
     
         4 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the plurality recessed cavities are located within a raised three-dimensional structure, said raised three-dimensional structure consisting essentially of a square grid formed by said lateral ridges and said longitudinal ridges protruding above the glove surface. 
     
     
         5 . The glove according to  claim 4 , wherein the lateral ridges and the longitudinal ridges intersect at 90 degree angles at crowns protruding above the glove surface. 
     
     
         6 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the open top sides of the plurality of recessed cavities are circular in shape. 
     
     
         7 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the recessed cavities have a cavity depth below the distal top of the square crowns between 0.25 mm and 0.75 mm. 
     
     
         8 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the recessed cavities have a cavity diameter between 1 to 3 mm. 
     
     
         9 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the textured surface is a continuous textured surface on the first side of the glove and a continuous textured surface on the second side of the glove and wherein the continuous textured surface contains between 10 to 22 recessed cavities within 1 square centimeter of textured surface area. 
     
     
         10 . The glove according to  claim 9 , wherein the textured surface contains 16 recessed cavities within 1 square centimeter of textures surface area. 
     
     
         11 . The glove according to  claim 3 , wherein the index finger region, middle finger region, ring finger region, little finger region and thumb region are substantially aligned with each other along a lateral axis. 
     
     
         12 . An ambidextrous glove with a first side containing a first continuous textured surface and a second side containing a second continuous textured surface, the glove comprising:
 a. palm region adapted to cover a palm of a person's hand, said palm region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and second side of the glove;   b. a thumb region adapted to cover a thumb of a person's hand, said thumb region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and the second side of the glove;   c. an index finger region adapted to cover an index finger of a person's hand, said index finger region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and the second side of the glove;   d. a middle finger region adapted to cover a middle finger of a person's hand, said middle finger region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and the second side of the glove;   e. a ring finger region adapted to cover a ring finger of a person's hand, said ring finger region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and the second side of the glove;   f. a little finger region adapted to cover a little finger of a person's hand, said little finger region containing a continuous textured surface on the first side and the second side of the glove;   g. a necklace extending from the outside edge of the thumb region through the outside edge of the little finger region wherein the necklace region contains a smooth un-textured necklace surface; and   wherein a continuous textured surface is formed by a plurality of lateral ridges and longitudinal ridges protruding above the glove surface of the first and second sides of the glove.   
     
     
         13 . The glove according to  claim 12 , wherein the glove comprises a first continuous textured surface that covers greater than 90% of surface area of the palm region and finger regions on the first side of the glove; and
 a second continuous textured surface that covers greater than 90% of surface area of the palm region and finger regions on the second side of the glove;   said first continuous textured surface of the first side of the glove being separated from said second continuous textured surface of the second side of the glove by the necklace.   
     
     
         14 . The glove according to  claim 13 , wherein the textured surface contains a plurality of recessed cavities located between the lateral ridges and longitudinal ridges. 
     
     
         15 . The glove according to  claim 12 , wherein the necklace has a substantially uniform width between the upper thumb and upper little finger regions. 
     
     
         16 . The glove according to  claim 13 , wherein the necklace has a width between 1.5 mm to 22 mm between the upper thumb and upper little finger regions. 
     
     
         17 . The glove according to  claim 12 , wherein the crouch arc radius between the thumb and index finger is extended slightly into the palm region. 
     
     
         18 . The glove according to  claim 17 , wherein the crouch arc radius between the thumb and index finger is extended between 8 mm to 22 mm. 
     
     
         19 . The glove according to  12 , wherein the thumb angle of depression with respect to the index finger is greater than 16 degrees. 
     
     
         20 . The glove according to  19 , wherein the thumb angle of depression with respect to the index finger is between 16 degrees to 24 degrees.