| US 7,337,474 B1 | ||
| Golf glove with grip positioning strap | ||
| Kenneth Godson, 33685 Cherry Avenue, Mission, British Columbia V2V 2V7 (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/489,455. | ||
| Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 2—161.2 [473/205; 473/409] | 11 Claims |

| 1. A golf glove for improving a golfer's grip on a golf club shaft of a golf club, the golf glove comprising:
a palm;
a finger part extending from the palm, the finger part having a middle finger, a ring finger, a little finger, and a back;
a golf gripping strap extending from the finger part, the golf gripping strap being connected to the back of the finger part,
the golf gripping strap being fixedly connected to the finger part, the golf gripping strap being elastic, the golf gripping
strap having a finger-covering portion, the finger-covering portion covering at least some of the finger part, the golf gripping
strap having an outer end, the outer end extending from the finger-covering portion, the outer end having a golf gripping
strap connector portion; and
a thumb heel, the thumb heel having a heel connector portion which is releasably connectable to the golf gripping strap connector
portion;
a palm raised-portion on the palm adjacent to the thumb heel;
a palm strip on the palm adjacent to the palm raised-portion; and
an index finger, the index finger having a back and a raised-portion on the back of the index finger, the index finger raised-portion
being positioned to allow a non-glove hand to rest on the index finger raised-portion when the golfer grips the golf club
with the normal grip position,
whereby, when the golf glove is fitted over a glove hand and the golfer grips the golf club with a normal grip position, the
golf club shaft rests on the palm raised-portion and the palm strip, the golf gripping strap is connected by the golf gripping
strap connector portion to the heel connector portion of the thumb heel and the finger-covering portion thereby extends over
the golf club so that the finger part is directed towards the thumb heel.
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