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Title: |
US5675839:
Push hand covering with removal assist
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Gordon, Paula; The Woodlands, TX
Moss, Gary; Oak Park, IL

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Assignee: |
Wells Lamont Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
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Published / Filed: |
1997-10-14
/ 1996-02-01

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Application Number: |
US1996000595058

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
A41D 19/015;
IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;

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ECLA Code: |
A41D19/00J; A41D19/015C; K41B400/70;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/159;
002/163;
Original:
002/159;
002/163;

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Field of Search: |
002/020,161.6,163,160,159,161.1,161.7
223/111

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Priority Number: |
| 1996-02-01 |
US1996000595058 |

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Abstract: |
A hand covering for protecting a wheelchair user's hand while engaging a wheel of the chair to rotate or stop the rotation of the wheel. The hand covering is provided with tabs, on the back of the finger portions, under which fingers of the user's other hand may be placed to exert a force to remove the hand covering from the user's hand.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Keck, Mahin & Cate ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Vanatta, Amy B.;

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Family: |
None

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First Claim:
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What is claimed:
1. A hand covering, comprising:
- a hand encircling portion;
- finger encircling portions, each one of said finger encircling portions having a longitudinal axis; and
- at least one finger-receiving loop having a portion secured in fixed relation to the back of only one of the finger encircling portions, said at least one finger-receiving loop defining an opening having a center axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said only one of the finger encircling portions, whereby with the hand covering worn on a first hand, a finger of the opposite hand may be inserted in the loop and a force applied by the opposite hand to remove the hand covering from the first hand.

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