Protective glove for archery shooting

Abstract

There is provided a protective glove to cover at least a portion of a hand of an archer during the shooting of arrows from a bow, which glove is designed to resist a broken arrow from puncturing through the glove and entering the flesh of the user. In particular, there may be a palm section, made of a first arrow puncturable material that covers the palm of the users hand. There may also be a protective section, located on the glove covering the back of the hand of the user, made of a second material that has a high weight-to-strength value, coupled to the palm section and positioned so that a broken arrow being shot from a bow will have a higher likely hood of hitting the protective section than hitting areas not having the protective section.

1 . A protective glove to cover at least a portion of a hand of an archer during shooting of arrows from a bow, comprising:
 a) a palm section adapted to cover a portion of the archer's hand and a flexible back section adapted to cover a portion of the back of the archer's hand; and   b) a protective section located on the back section, said protective section being made of a second material that is different from the palm section and the back section, said protective section designed to prevent an arrow from puncturing the glove, said protective section covering a first knuckle of a thumb of the glove, a first knuckle of an index finger of the glove, and at least the first and second metacarpals of the glove.   
     
     
         2 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section comprises a para-aramid synthetic fiber. 
     
     
         3 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section comprises a poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide material. 
     
     
         4 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section has a weight-to-strength ratio at least five times that of steel. 
     
     
         5 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the second material is a material selected from the group consisting of steel, ceramic, and impact resistant plastics. 
     
     
         6 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises leather, cotton, nylon, polymers, or silk. 
     
     
         7 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section comprising of a first layer of para-aramid synthetic fiber and a second layer made of an energy absorbing material. 
     
     
         8 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section comprising of a first layer of para-aramid synthetic fiber, a second layer made of an energy absorbing material, a third layer made of the same para-aramid synthetic fiber, and a fourth layer made of the same energy absorbing material layer. 
     
     
         9 . The protective glove of  claim 1 , wherein the protective section is coupled to the flexible back section. 
     
     
         10 . A protective glove to cover at least a portion of a hand of an archer, comprising:
 a flexible first material covering a palm section of the glove, a wrist section of the glove, and at least the knuckle of the thumb of the glove, and the knuckles of the fingers of the glove;   a protective section comprising a second material, said protective section covering the first metacarpal of the glove and the second metacarpal of the glove, said protective section extending continuously from the first metacarpal of the glove to the second metacarpal of the glove covering the perlicue of the glove;   wherein the second material comprises a puncture-resistant material.   
     
     
         11 . The protective glove of  claim 10 , wherein the first material comprises leather, cotton, nylon, polymers, or silk. 
     
     
         12 . The protective glove of  claim 10 , wherein the second material comprises Kevlar. 
     
     
         13 . The protective glove of  claim 10 , wherein at least one of the fingers of the glove are truncated. 
     
     
         14 . A protective glove to cover at least a portion of a hand of an archer during shooting of arrows from a bow, comprising:
 a) a palm section made of a first material adapted to cover at least the palm of the hand of the user;   b) a back section made of the first material adapted to cover at least a portion of the back of the hand of the user,   c) a flexible protective section disposed on the back section of the glove, made of a second material that is more puncture resistant than the first material, wherein the flexible protective section extends laterally from a first metacarpal to at least the second metacarpal of the glove covering the purlicue of the glove.   
     
     
         15 . The protective glove of  claim 14 , wherein the protective section is adapted to extend longitudinally from the knuckles of the first through the fourth metacarpals to the wrist of the glove. 
     
     
         16 . A protective glove, comprising:
 a flexible palm section;   a thumb section extending to at least the first knuckle of the thumb of the glove;   a plurality of finger sections, the finger sections extending to at least the first knuckles of each of the plurality of finger sections of the glove;   a protective covering disposed about a back of the glove, said protective covering extending (i) in a first direction from the wrist of the glove to at least the first knuckle of the thumb and at least the first knuckles of each of the plurality of truncated finger sections of the glove, (ii) in a second direction from the first metacarpal of the glove to at least the second metacarpal of the glove.   
     
     
         17 . The protective glove of  claim 16 , wherein the protective covering covers the perlicue portion of the glove. 
     
     
         18 . The protective glove of  claim 17 , wherein the protective covering comprises a puncture-resistant material. 
     
     
         19 . The protective glove of  claim 17 , wherein the puncture-resistant material comprises a plurality of high strength fibers. 
     
     
         20 . The protective glove of  claim 17 , further comprising a flexible back section.