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 Title: |
US3938207:
Swimmer's glove having joints bendable only in closing direction of the hand
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Drescher, Gary Clyde; Stroudsburg, PA 18360
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1976-02-17
/ 1973-10-25
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| Application Number: |
US1973000409367
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 31/04;
Core:
A63B 31/00;
IPC-7:
A63B 31/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B31/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
441/057;
Original:
009/308;
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| Field of Search: |
009/301,302,303,307,308,309
024/116 A
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| Priority Number: |
| 1973-10-25 |
US1973000409367 |
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| Abstract: |
A swimmer's glove having a hand portion with hollow tubular fingers extending therefrom in a normal position for swimming and webs between the fingers. The joints joining the fingers to the hand portion and the joints in the fingers are constructed so that they will bend only in the closing direction of the hand. The hand and fingers of the swimmer are thereby reinforced against bending in the opening direction of the hand when force is exerted on the glove from the side toward the closing direction of the hand as the swimmer moves the glove through water while swimming, and the glove can be bent when the hand of the swimmer is closed.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Halvosa, George E. A.; Sotelo, Jesus D.
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A swimmer's glove comprising a hand portion having a palm portion of flexible-non-stretchable material and a back portion, a plurality of partially hollow generally tubular fingers extending from said hand portion in a normal position, joints joining said fingers to said hand portion, one of said fingers being a thumb, at least one joint along each of said fingers other than said thumb outwardly of said hand portion, at least one joint enlargement along each of said fingers other than said thumb outwardly of said and along said thumb outwardly of said joint between said thumb and said hand portion, and flexible webs between adjacent fingers, each joint having a lower portion on the palm side of the glove which is connected with the portions of the glove on either side thereof and having an upper portion projecting at least to the backside of the glove and including means for permitting bending of the joint in the closing direction of the hand and whereby the hand and fingers of the swimmer are reinforced against bending in the opening direction of the hand when force is exerted on the glove from the side toward the closing direction of the hand as the swimmer moves the glove through the water while swimming, and the glove can be bent easily around the lower portions of the joints when the hand of the swimmer is closed.
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