Grip improving device, system and method

Abstract

A grip to be worn on the hands to improve the grip on held equipment, while maintaining sensibility and protecting the skin during activities. The grip includes a shaped sheet and an adhesive layer adhereable to skin. The shaped sheet includes a central portion, between-the-fingers and between-finger-and-wrist appendices extending from a perimeter edge of the central portion. The perimeter edge extends and covers beyond a palm of the hand when applied thereto, with the between-the-fingers appendices adhering around at least one finger and back on the palm of the hand or on the back of the hand and the between-finger-and-wrist adhering to the back of the hand. A removable protective film covers the adhesive layer, and includes a plurality of removable sectors. The sectors can include a central portion subdivided into three or more segments, and the between-the-fingers and between-finger-and-wrist appendices that can be subdivided into two or more segments.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
         1 . A grip system to facilitate gripping of an object, the grip system comprising:
 a shaped sheet including a first surface and an adhesive layer configured adhere to skin of a hand of a user, the shaped sheet including a central portion and one or more between-the-fingers appendices, one or more between-finger-and-wrist appendices and one or more wrist appendices that extend from a perimeter edge of the central portion, the perimeter edge of the central portion being configured to extend and cover beyond a palm of the hand when applied thereto, wherein one or more of the between-the-fingers appendices being configured to adhere to a back of the hand or around at least one finger and back on the palm of the hand, and one or more of the between-finger-and-wrist appendices being configured to adhere to the back of the hand; and   a removable protective film covering the adhesive layer and having a same configuration as the shaped sheet, the protective film including a plurality of separate and independently removable sectors, wherein the sectors including a film central portion configured to cover the central portion of the shaped sheet, the film central portion being subdivided into three or more film central portion segments, and wherein the sectors of the protective film covering the between-the-fingers and the between-finger-and-wrist appendices are subdivided into two or more segments.   
     
     
         2 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the segments of the protective film are each configured to be removed in a specific order to apply an exposed area of the adhesive layer, respectively, to the skin of the user in a specific sequential order for proper placement of the shaped sheet on the hand. 
     
     
         3 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the central portion has a dimension and provided with the between-the-fingers and the between-finger-and-wrist appendices is configured to cover completely the palm of the hand, so that the perimeter edge is outside a surface of the palm of the hand. 
     
     
         4 . The grip system according to  claim 3 , wherein the perimeter edge of the central portion configured to be adhered to the back of the hand. 
     
     
         5 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first surface has a predetermined coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         6 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first surface has a surface treatment configured to increase a coefficient of friction thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the between-the-fingers appendices are configured to be arranged in respective spaces between adjacent fingers when the shaped sheet is applied to the hand, and wherein the one or more between-the-fingers and the between-finger-and-wrist appendices each have a dimension sufficient to adhere to the back of the hand. 
     
     
         8 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more between-the-fingers appendices are a first between-the-finger appendix configured to be arranged between a middle finger and a ring finger of the hand, a second between-the-finger appendix configured to be arranged between the middle finger and an index finger of the hand, a third between-the-finger appendix configured to be arranged between the ring finger and a little finger of the hand, and a fourth between-the-finger appendix configured to be arranged between the index finger and a thumb of the hand. 
     
     
         9 . The grip system according to  claim 8  further comprising at least one first between-finger-and-wrist appendix configured and arranged to adhere to the back of the hand, the first between-finger-and-wrist appendix extending between the thumb and a wrist of the hand. 
     
     
         10 . The grip system according to  claim 9  further comprising at least one second between-finger-and-wrist appendix configured and arranged to adhere to the back of the hand extending between the little finger and the wrist. 
     
     
         11 . The grip system according to  claim 10 , wherein the first between-finger-and-wrist appendix configured to overlap the fourth between-the-finger appendix on the back of the hand. 
     
     
         12 . The grip system according to  claim 11 , wherein the second between-finger-and-wrist appendix is configured to overlap the first between-finger-and-wrist appendix, and the fourth between-the-finger appendix on the back of the hand. 
     
     
         13 . The grip system according to  claim 12 , wherein the second between-finger-and-wrist appendix is configured to extend beyond the back of the hand between the thumb and the wrist, and overlap a section of the central portion on a palm side of the hand. 
     
     
         14 . The grip system according to  claim 13  further comprising a wrist appendix configured and arranged to adhere to the palm side of the hand associated with the wrist. 
     
     
         15 . The grip system according to  claim 14 , wherein a free end of the second between-finger-and-wrist appendix is configured to overlap the section of the central portion and a section of the wrist appendix. 
     
     
         16 . The grip system according to  claim 13 , wherein the one or more between-the-fingers appendices, the first between-finger-and-wrist appendix and the second between-finger-and-wrist appendix each include a first width and a second width greater than the first width. 
     
     
         17 . The grip system according to  claim 1 , wherein the shaped sheet includes perforations defined therethrough. 
     
     
         18 . The grip system according to  claim 17 , wherein the perforations are defined through at least one of the one or more between-the-fingers appendices and through the central portion. 
     
     
         19 . The grip system according to  claim 17 , wherein the perforations are radially distributed through the central portion. 
     
     
         20 . A method of using a grip system, the method comprising the steps of:
 a) removing a first sector of a protective film covering an adhesive layer of a first between-the-finger appendix of a shaped sheet and adhering to a hand of a user, and then removing a second sector of the protective film covering the first between-the-finger appendix and adhering to the hand;   b) removing a third sector of the protective film covering a second between-the-finger appendix of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand, and then removing a fourth sector of the protective film covering the second between-the-finger appendix and adhering to the hand;   c) removing a fifth sector of the protective film covering a first part of a central portion of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand;   d) removing a sixth sector of the protective film covering a third between-the-finger appendix of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand, and then removing a seventh sector of the protective film covering the third between-the-finger appendix and adhering to the hand;   e) removing an eighth sector of the protective film covering a second part of the central portion of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand, and then removing a ninth sector of the protective film covering a third part of the central portion of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand;   f) removing a tenth sector of the protective film covering a fourth between-the-finger appendix of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand, and then removing an eleventh sector of the protective film covering the fourth between-the-finger appendix and adhering to the hand;   g) removing a twelfth sector of the protective film covering a first between-finger-and-wrist appendix of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand, and then removing a thirteenth sector of the protective film covering the first between-finger-and-wrist appendix and adhering to the hand; and   h) removing a fourteenth sector of the protective film covering a second between-finger-and-wrist appendix of the shaped sheet and adhering to the hand.