Ambidextrous sports glove and kit

Abstract

An ambidextrous glove has partial finger sheaths and left- and right-side thumb openings, and portions of the palmer side of the glove and finger sheaths comprise fastening material. A ball is partially covered by a complementary fastening material so that the fastening material on the glove and the complementary fastening material on the ball releasably adhere to one another.

We claim: 
     
         1 . An ambidextrous sports glove, comprising:
 a palmar portion,   a dorsal portion, wherein the palmar portion and the dorsal portion are contiguous with each other;   a plurality of partial finger sheaths extending from the palmar and dorsal portions; and   a right-side thumb opening and a left-side thumb opening on respective side edges of the sports glove.   
     
     
         2 . The sports glove of  claim 1  and further comprising a wrist closure. 
     
     
         3 . The sports glove of  claim 1  further comprising fastening material, wherein the fastening material at least partially covers the palmar portion of the glove and a palmar side of at least some of the partial finger sheaths of the plurality thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The sports glove of  claim 3  wherein the fastening material is hook-and-loop fastener. 
     
     
         5 . The sports glove of  claim 3  wherein the fastening material on the palmar portion of the glove is disposed in discrete regions thereon. 
     
     
         6 . The sports glove of  claim 5  in which there are four discrete regions of fastening material on the palmar portion of the glove. 
     
     
         7 . A sports kit, comprising:
 an ambidextrous sports glove, the ambidextrous sports glove having
 a palmar portion, wherein the palmar portion is at least partially covered by first fastening material; 
 a dorsal portion, wherein the palmar portion and the dorsal portion are contiguous with each other; 
 a plurality of partial finger sheaths extending from the palmar and dorsal portions, wherein a palmar side of at least some of the partial finger sheaths is at least partially covered by first fastening material; 
 a right-side thumb opening and a left-side thumb opening on respective side edges of the sports glove; and 
   a ball, wherein the ball is at least partially covered by a second fastening material, wherein the first fastening material and the second fastening material releasably adhere to one another.