Disposable device or accessory to facilitate and improve the grip of an equipment or a ball while playing sports or while working

Abstract

The accessory to facilitate the grip of a tool, sport equipment or ball, comprising a sheet of shaped synthetic material, with a first surface, onto which a pressure sensitive adhesive is applied, suitable to adhere to the skin, and a second surface, opposite to the first surface. The device comprises a central portion shaped and sized approximately like a hand palm, and a plurality of appendices that extend from a perimeter edge of the central portion and are configured to adhere, by means of said adhesive, to the back of a hand;

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         14 . A device to facilitate gripping of an object, said device comprising:
 at least one shaped sheet with a first surface, a second surface, and an adhesive applied to said first surface in a configuration capable of adhering to skin of a user, said second surface being opposite to said first surface, said shaped sheet forming a central portion shaped and sized approximately like a hand palm, and a plurality of appendices that extend from a perimeter edge of said central portion and have a configuration capable of adhering, by means of said adhesive, to a back of a hand or around at least one finger and back on a palm of the hand; and   a removable protective film to protect said adhesive;   wherein said protective film is subdivided into a plurality of segments or portions in a number greater than two that are removable from said first surface of said shaped sheet independently of one another.   
     
     
         15 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said protective film is subdivided into a plurality of segments or portions in said central portion and into a plurality of segments or portions in said appendices extending from said perimeter edge of said central portion. 
     
     
         16 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said central portion has a dimension and is provided with appendices such as to cover completely the hand palm, so that, once it has been applied to the hand, said perimeter edge is outside a surface of the hand palm. 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said second surface has a predetermined coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         18 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said second surface has a surface treatment configured to increase a coefficient of friction thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said plurality of appendices comprises one or more between-the-fingers appendices, configured to be arranged in respective spaces between adjacent fingers when said device is applied to the hand, said between-the-fingers appendices have a dimension sufficient to adhere to the back of the hand. 
     
     
         20 . The device according to  claim 19 , wherein said between-the-fingers appendices are four between-the-fingers appendices, configured to be arranged respectively:
 between a little finger and a ring finger; between the ring finger and a middle finger; between the middle finger and a first finger; between the first finger and a thumb.   
     
     
         21 . The device according to  claim 14  further comprising at least one first side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand, said first side appendix extending between a thumb and a wrist. 
     
     
         22 . The device according to  claim 21  further comprising at least one further side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand extending between a little finger and a wrist. 
     
     
         23 . The device according to  claim 14  further comprising at least one side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand and to surround a wrist at least partially. 
     
     
         24 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein at least some of said appendices are long enough to overlap each other on the back of the hand. 
     
     
         25 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein said adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive. 
     
     
         26 . A device to facilitate gripping of an object, said device comprising:
 at least one shaped sheet with a first surface, a second surface, and an adhesive applied to said first surface in a configuration capable of adhering to skin of a user, said second surface being opposite to said first surface, said shaped sheet forming a central portion shaped and sized approximately like a hand palm, and a plurality of appendices that extend from a perimeter edge of said central portion and have a configuration capable of adhering, by means of said adhesive, to a back of a hand or around at least one finger and back on a palm of the hand; and   a removable protective film to protect said adhesive;   wherein said plurality of appendices comprises at least one between-the-fingers appendices configured to be arranged in a respective space between adjacent fingers when said device is applied to the hand, said between-the-fingers appendices having a dimension sufficient to adhere to the back of the hand.   
     
     
         27 . The device according to  claim 26 , wherein said protective film is subdivided into a plurality of segments or portions in a number greater than two that are removable from said first surface of said shaped sheet independently of one another, and wherein said central portion has a dimension and is provided with appendices such as to cover completely the hand palm, so that, once it has been applied to the hand, said perimeter edge is outside a surface of the hand palm. 
     
     
         28 . The device according to  claim 26 , wherein said between-the-fingers appendices are four between-the-fingers appendices, configured to be arranged respectively: between a little finger and a ring finger; between the ring finger and a middle finger; between the middle finger and a first finger; between the first finger and a thumb. 
     
     
         29 . The device according to  claim 26  further comprising at least one first side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand, said first side appendix extending between a thumb and a wrist. 
     
     
         30 . The device according to  claim 29  further comprising at least one further side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand extending between a little finger and a wrist. 
     
     
         31 . The device according to  claim 26  further comprising at least one side appendix configured and arranged so as to adhere to the back of the hand and to surround a wrist at least partially.