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 Title: |
US4698850:
Therapeutic exercise glove
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Patton, Sr., Edward E.; Jacksonville, FL 32210
Patton, Jr., Edward E.; Jacksonville, FL 32210
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1987-10-13
/ 1986-10-06
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| Application Number: |
US1986000915692
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 4/00;
Core:
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IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
A61F 5/10;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/159;
002/161.1;
482/038;
482/072;
482/106;
482/139;
623/065;
Original:
002/159;
002/161.A;
002/DIG.6;
128/077;
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| Field of Search: |
002/158,159,160,161 R,161 A,DIG. 6
128/077
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| Priority Number: |
| 1986-10-06 |
US1986000915692 |
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| Abstract: |
A glove for use by persons taking therapeutic exercises involving use of their hands, the glove including a mitten section to enclose four fingers and a palm and wrist section to be wrapped snugly around the hand and wrist and a thumb hole to permit the thumb to extend outwardly of the glove, a plurality of adjustment straps adapted to wrap around the palm and wrist section and be fastened to the back by a "Velcro" fastener, an eye attached to the palm and wrist section, and an elongated tape attached at one end to the top of the mitten section and having a free end adapted to be threaded through the eye and doubled back upon itself to be fastened by a "Velcro" fastener so as to hold the fingers in any desired position open or closed, and another tape and eye may be provided in the palm area of the glove.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Yeager, Arthur G. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Rimrodt, Louis K.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A glove for use by a handicapped person during therapeutic exercise, the glove comprising a mitten section to enclose four fingers of the wearer attached to a palm and wrist section to wrap around the palm and wrist of the wearer, said palm and wrist section having a front side, a back side, and an opening for the thumb of the wearer to extend outward; said palm and wrist section being adjustably tightenable to the hand and wrist of the wearer by a plurality of straps attached thereto adapted to wrap around and fasten to said back side by means of a fastener employing cooperating fabric loops and fabric hooks, an elongated tape having a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end attached to the middle of the top edge of said mitten section, a tape engaging eye attached to said palm and wrist section, said tape adapted to be threaded through said eye and doubled back upon itself to be fastened at any selected position by means employing fabric loops and fabric hooks.
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