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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7904967 | Uni boxing glove A uni boxing glove for use in boxing practice and matches is provided. The uni glove covers the left and right hands, fingers, thumb, and a portion of both wrists of a user. The glove comprises a punching portion, protrusion formed in the punching portion, and hand ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7373615 | Method for optimization of logic circuits for routability Routability (or wiring congestion) in a VLSI chip is becoming increasingly important as chip complexity increases. Congestion has a significant impact on performance, yield, and chip area. The present invention targets the optimization of congestion early in technol... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7284546 | Archer's glove for use with a bow string release A glove for use in archery with a bow string release mechanism includes a finger section and a base section. The finger section includes a series of finger and thumb sheaths. The base section has an upper edge connected to the finger section and a lower edge definin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7134146 | Boxing glove A glove for pugilistic sports is disclosed and includes a wrist compartment (B), a hand compartment (A) and a closing system, in form of a velcro strap (1). The closing system is arranged from the inner side of the thumb joint (2) and the radiocarpal j... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7043763 | Pneumatic device for boxing gloves to reduce head trauma A pneumatic device that is inserted in a boxing glove, which device is effective to reduce trauma to the body of a person receiving the blow, especially a blow to the head. The device is attached inside the boxing glove adjacent the impact area and function to decre... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6925851 | Method and system for detecting and displaying the impact of a blow A system for detecting and displaying force data relating to impacts received on an item of athletic equipment includes two or more items of athletic equipment each having a force sensor, logic and a wireless transmitter therein, a receiver adapted to receiver signa... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6704936 | Boxing gloves incorporating multi-layer, anti-absorbent materials A Boxing glove having an inner mitt into which a boxer's hand is placed. The inner mitt utilizes a two layer palm lining which forms the front of the mitt and opposes a waterproof Taffeta pad lining which forms the back of the mitt. The inner mitt is attached to a p... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6691315 | Protective glove for boxers Protective gloves for boxers are desirable for protecting the hands of boxers. Considerable stress is placed on the joints of the hand during the impact of a punch. The protective glove for boxers is secured to the hand using elastic bands around the digi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6202213 | Boxing glove with inflatable wrist cuff A boxing glove includes a glove body defining a hand-receiving part for receiving a hand enclosed therein and a wrist-receiving part in communication with the hand-receiving part. The wrist-receiving part has a mouth opposite the hand-receiving part. The ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6178553 | Boxing glove A boxing glove for preventing injuries to an opponent's eyes and thumb. The boxing glove includes a glove member having a main body, a thumb-receiving portion integrally extending along the length of a side of the main body, a wrist portion, a bottom end,... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6014770 | Boxing training gloves A boxing training glove which incorporates characteristics of a heavy bag whereby when a boxer in training wears this glove and punches a hard surface, this acts to build up his muscular strength. The glove is constituted by a heavily-padded leather mitte... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6013044 | Hand and wrist stabilization device A hand and wrist stabilization device for disposition on the hand and wrist of a user internally of a boxing glove to reduce relative movement of internal hand elements, specifically, the metacarpophalangeal joints, during impact resulting from boxing act... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5572738 | Hand protector An apparatus for protecting the hand from injuries resulting from contact with an object. An outer member and an inner member cooperate to protect the anatomical configurations of the hand by acting as a joint stabilizer to reduce excessive and deleteriou... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5502841 | Boxing glove A boxing glove including an impact reducing mechanism which can assist in minimising of some injury during boxing. The boxer's fist is movable within the covering defining the fist space and movable between the rear and front positions when the front of t... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5295269 | Portable hand wrap An all purpose hand protection glove is formed of padded casing for fitting across the back of the hand, fingers and wrist of the user. A thin resilient hand pad is contained in the casing on the back of the hand and finger and wrist portion of the glove ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5209691 | Children's toy and garment A combination children's garment and children's toy includes both a padded portion providing protection from the impact ordinarily encountered during a boxing match, and a decoy face on the front of the garment intended to attract the punches thrown by th... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5155866 | Inflatable game gloves A game glove including a front and a back forming a major region for the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for the thumb of the wearer thereby defining a hand space therebetween; an opening at the lower edge of the glove for the passage of the hand... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5155864 | Inflatable bladders for game gloves A game glove including a front and a back forming a major region for the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for the thumb of the wearer thereby defining a hand space therebetween; an opening at the lower edge of the glove for the passage of the hand... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5155865 | Inflatable bladders for game gloves A game glove including a front and a back forming a major region for the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for the thumb of the wearer thereby defining a hand space therebetween; an opening at the lower edge of the glove for the passage of the hand... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5146624 | Hand protector for pugilistic sports A hand protection for combative types of sport has a flexible sheath of leather or imitation leather and an inset, elastic foam padding. In order to achieve optimum cushioning and shock absorption, the padding is made of a mould (1) formed in a single pie... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5083314 | Sports glove A sports glove for use in contact sports comprising a unitary molded body which is constructed with a wrist section, a hand section, and finger and thumb sections. An elastic strap with VELCRO fasteners is secured to the wrist section of the glove and is ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5058209 | Glove for protecting the ulnar collateral ligament A glove having the thumb pocket connected to the finger portion so as to restrict movement of the thumb portion away from the rest of the glove thereby preventing damage to certain ligaments of the user's thumb should the thumb be bent abnormally.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5012529 | Baseball glove and interior core covering thereof The invention relates to a baseball glove and an interior core covering thereof. Each fingerstall of each back member of the interior core covering and exterior covering constituting the baseball glove is formed by one back piece and two side pieces arran... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4991231 | Karate target pad A karate target pad for being worn on the hand and wrist is disclosed. The target pad (10) includes a resilient pad member (12) which defines a first portion (14) having a curvilinear outline preferably shaped to resemble the head of a human being, and a ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4984300 | Protective glove A protective glove of flexible, resilient foam material has a rear portion partially encircling the wrist and held thereto by a releasable circumferential elastic strap and a front portion, including a knuckle covering thickened portion and a downwardly e... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4667343 | Boxing glove cover A cover for a boxing glove for holding the thumb enclosure of the boxing glove against the glove. The cover also provides a smooth back for a glove which has been worn and abraded so that the glove can continue to be used without producing abrasions from ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4635300 | Karate glove A unitary flexible protective glove molded of a resilient material and adapted to be easily worn on the hand for use in the art of karate and the like is disclosed. The glove, when worn, covers a portion of the lower forearm, the wrist, and the hand. The ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4603439 | Boxing glove A boxing glove having an inner glove into which a boxer's hand is insertable, an outer shell conforming generally to the inner glove and defining therebetween a space, and padding secured between the inner glove and outer shell, the boxing glove further i... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4580296 | Combat sports equipment A suit for use in combat type sports easily secured and removable for wearing by a user's body to protect same from damage by blows which may be struck by parts of another suit. The suit includes apparatus which completely encloses a user's body and has a... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4547919 | Inflatable article with reforming and reinforcing structure An inflatable article, having a pair of gas impervious sheets which are heat welded together at their edges to form an envelope and are provided with parallelly spaced apart longitudinal first seams to define a plurality of air compartments between the pa... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4484361 | Knee and elbow pad and method of making An elbow or knee pad and a method of making the same are disclosed. The pad includes an elasticized sleeve to surround the joint to be protected and a pad assembly fastened to the sleeve. The pad assembly includes a fabric covering over a polyurethane foa... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4457023 | Boxing glove with thumb tie down A boxing glove with thumb tie down has been provided which incorporates a connecting bridge which holds the thumb in essentially a closed or nested position at all times. The connecting bridge extends from the upper edge of the thumb sheath to the thumb g... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4432545 | Non-lethal cock fighting system A pair of sparring gloves or muffs are attached to each leg of a pair of fighting cocks over the natural spur area. The muffs incorporate a member slideably movable along the axis of the natural spur in response to blows struck substantially along this ax... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4425668 | Thumbless boxing gloves This invention is called "Thumbless boxing gloves". This boxing glove is so made as to hide properly the thumb in order that it cannot be stretched out during the action of fighting, and injure the opponent incidentally. Padded with sponge rubber inside, this ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4424595 | Boxing glove A thumbless boxing glove is disclosed with a mitt section defined by a soft padded back portion and a palm portion. The back portion and palm portion define an inner cavity for receiving the entire hand of a boxer. A flexible strap is secured within the i... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4361912 | Karate protective equipment Karate protective equipment including a glove, a boot and a shinguard, is formed of an outer soft foam material and selectively positioned harder, inner foam layers for added protection.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4295228 | Boxing gloves without a seam on the frontal strike portion thereof A boxing glove is disclosed herein which is made of a unitary piece of leather on the frontal portion of the same so as to eliminate the seam which normally transcends the inner bottom of the thumb portion and the striking surface of the glove. The glove ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4290147 | Handprotector for athletes Handprotector for athletes, including a one-piece protective cushion of soft polyurethane integral foam having a tubular forearm region surround the forearm and the wrist, the tubular forearm region having a narrow slit formed therein over the entire leng... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4287610 | Protective device with shape developing and securing member A means for forming a protective or like device, wherein a development member is provided which forms the contoured surface of the device and the means by which the protective or like device is retained on the particular body member. The novel constructio... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4095294 | Soft punch A system for preventing boxers from becoming discouraged by the force of blows received before they develop boxing technique to minimize the impact of blows, includes inflatable head gear with openings matched in proportion to the size of inflatable glove... | 06/20/1978 |
