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US5444874:
Easy access hand covering
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Samelian, John K.; Mendota Heights, MN 55118
Walsh, Jennifer; Bloomington, MN 55438
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1995-08-29
/ 1994-02-23
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| Application Number: |
US1994000200494
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/00F;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/159;
002/162;
002/917;
Original:
002/159;
002/162;
002/917;
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| Field of Search: |
002/158,159,160,161.7,161.6,162,16,161.1,161.4,917,910
602/021,22,62,64
128/879
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| Priority Number: |
| 1994-02-23 |
US1994000200494 |
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| Abstract: |
A hand covering that uses three temporarily securable flaps on its back portion to provide for the extremely easy ingress and egress of a hand while allowing the invention to remain positioned securely upon the wrist throughout, the hand covering having palm, back, and finger portions in the general manner of a standard mitten or glove, the back portion having a first and second flap opposite one another to grip the user's wrist, and a third flap, which normally covers an exit hole for the hand, located opposite the more fingerward end of the second flap, and connecting to the second flap; when the user desires to extract his or her hand from the glove, he or she need only perform a metacarpel flexion motion with the hand and pull upon the finger portion, causing the second and third flaps to unfasten, and creating an automatic point of egress for the hand, the first flap, not affected by the action in the knuckle region, remaining securely fastened to the lower, wristward portion of the third flap, and therefore providing a consistent grip upon the wrist throughout the process of egress; manner of ingress being simply the reverse.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Jacobson & Johnson ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Crowder, C. D.; Vanatta, Amy B.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A hand coveting to permit a user easy hand access thereto and to permit a user to temporarily and quickly extract a hand from the hand covering while retaining the hand covering secured to a wrist of the user comprising:
- a finger portion for covering the user's fingers;
- a thumb and palm portion connected to said finger portion for covering the thumb and palm portion of a user's hand, said thumb and palm portion having a first edge and a second edge;
- a knuckle portion connected to said finger portion, said knuckle portion normally covering the knuckles of a user when the user's fingers are located in said finger portion;
- a first foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said first flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition;
- a second foldable flap adjacent said first foldable flap, said second foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said second flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition; and
- a third foldable flap hingedly connected to said second edge of said thumb and palm portion,said third foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition, said first foldable flap and said third foldable flap securable to each other when in a closed condition to retain the hand covering on a user, while the second foldable flap can be maintained in an open condition to form a hand opening to permit extension of a user's hand therethrough by the user performing a metacarpel flexion motion with the hand to withdraw the user's fingers from the finger portion of the hand covering.
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| Forward References: |
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