ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,769, issued on May 20, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC. (St-Laurent, Canada).
"Hockey goaltender glove" was invented by Francis Ouellet (Montreal, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hockey goaltender glove includes a front side defining a puck-receiving cavity, a rear side, a palm section extending from a glove opening and a finger section extending from the palm section. A hand-receiving space is defined between the front side and the rear side and communicating with the glove opening. A palm protective member, between the front side and the hand-receiving space, includes a wrist edge proximate the opening, a metacarpophalangea...