Sports glove

Abstract

A sports glove includes a palm portion having a palm side and a backside, a thumb stall extending from the palm portion, and finger stalls extending from the palm portion. The finger stalls include an inner surface and an outer surface. A first portion of the inner surface of at least one of the finger stalls includes a finger tip gripping region. The fingertip gripping region has greater grip ability than a second portion of the inner surface of the at least one finger stall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sports glove comprising:
 a palm portion having a palm side and a backside;   a thumb stall extending from the palm portion; and   finger stalls extending from the palm portion, the finger stalls including an inner surface and an outer surface, a first portion of the inner surface of at least one of the finger stalls including a finger tip gripping region, the fingertip gripping region having greater grip ability than a second portion of the inner surface of the at least one finger stall.   
     
     
         2 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein at least two of the finger stalls each include one of the finger tip gripping regions. 
     
     
         3 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein each of the finger stalls include one of the finger tip gripping regions. 
     
     
         4 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein at least one portion of an inner surface of the thumb stall includes a thumb tip gripping region, and wherein the thumb tip gripping region has greater grip ability than a second portion of the inner surface of the thumb stall. 
     
     
         5 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein the finger tip gripping region includes a finger tip resting pad. 
     
     
         6 . The sports glove of  claim 5 , wherein the finger tip resting pad defines an arcuate concave surface facing away from the palm side of the glove towards the back side of the stall. 
     
     
         7 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein the finger tip gripping region includes a plurality of resilient projections extending away from the inner surface of the finger stall. 
     
     
         8 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the finger stalls comprises a wall having opposite greater thickness regions on opposite sides of a lesser thickness regions to form a finger facing trough extending along a major axis of the finger stall. 
     
     
         9 . The sports glove of  claim 8 , wherein the wall is resiliently deformable to a flat state. 
     
     
         10 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the finger stalls includes a palm facing portion, and wherein the palm facing portion of at least one of the finger stalls defines a first cross-sectional width that is greater than the cross-sectional width of a mid-point of the at least one finger stall between a palm side and a back of the at least one finger stall. 
     
     
         11 . The sports glove of  claim 10 , wherein the palm facing portion of the at least one finger stall is generally flat. 
     
     
         12 . The sports glove of  claim 11 , wherein the palm facing portion defines the palm side gripping surface area of the sports glove. 
     
     
         13 . The sports glove of  claim 1 , wherein the palm side includes at least one of a transparent portion and a translucent portion, and wherein the backside is opaque. 
     
     
         14 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the palm facing portion of the finger stall of the glove comprises:
 a fabric layer; and   a resilient rubber-like polymer on an exterior of the fabric layer.   
     
     
         15 . A sports glove comprising:
 a palm portion having a palm side and a backside;   finger stalls extending from the palm portion, the finger stalls comprising a finger stall having a palm side face, the palm side face of at least two of the finger stalls having a width greater than any remaining portions of the finger stall, the palm side face defining a portion of the palm side gripping surface area of the glove; and   a thumb stall extending from the palm portion.   
     
     
         16 . The glove of  claim 15  further comprising a resting pad facing away from the palm side face within at least one of the finger stalls. 
     
     
         17 . The glove of  claim 16 , wherein the resting pad has an arcuate shape of a fingertip and is located at a fingertip portion of the finger stall. 
     
     
         18 . The glove of  claim 16 , wherein the resting pad longitudinally extends along a length of the finger stall so as to receive a plurality of finger phalanges. 
     
     
         19 . The sports glove of  claim 15 , wherein the palm side includes at least one of a transparent portion and a translucent portion, and wherein the backside is opaque. 
     
     
         20 . The sports glove of  claim 16 , wherein the resting pad has greater grip ability other portions of an inner surface of the finger stall. 
     
     
         21 . The glove of  claim 15 , wherein the palm side of the glove comprises:
 a fabric layer; and   a resilient rubber-like polymer on an exterior of the fabric layer.