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US6035444:
Freight handler's glove
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
McGrew, Mitchell Keith; Detroit, MI 48234
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-03-14
/ 1998-08-07
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| Application Number: |
US1998000130592
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
A41D 19/015;
A41F 1/06;
Core:
A41F 1/00;
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IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/00F2; A41F1/06; A41D19/015G;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/161.6;
002/016;
002/161.8;
Original:
002/161.6;
002/016;
002/161.8;
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| Field of Search: |
002/016,20,21,158,159,160,161.1,161.2,161.3,161.4,161.5,161.6,161.8,163,167,907,917
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-08-07 |
US1998000130592 |
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| Abstract: |
A glove which addresses the grip ability and injury protection of freight handlers in the course of they daily work needs of lifting and moving articles, composed of a glove body having the following features: a plurality of generally distributed ventilation holes; soft elastomeric grip strips at the palm; and a tough, flexible and semi-rigid contact beading at the palm. The ventilation holes ensure that a hard working person's hand does not overly perspire within the glove body. The grip strips, preferably a neoprene, provide excellent grippage with articles. And, the contact beading, preferably an epoxy, provides excellent cut and abrasion protection, wherein a "crisscross" pattern thereof is preferred. At the palm side of the receptacle tips, a grip pad, preferably a neoprene, is provided. The base of the receptacle tips may be slit, whereby each receptacle tip is bendable back over the respective finger tips and thumb tip of the wearer to thereby selectively expose the respective finger tips and thumb tip. In this regard, a releasable fastener, such as for example a flexible hook and loop fastener, holds the receptacle tip in the bent over state. Optionally, the finger/thumb receptacles may be truncated.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Keefe, Peter D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Calvert, John J.; Welch, Gary L.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A glove suited for use by freight handlers to grasp articles, said glove comprising:
- a glove body comprising a middle section, four finger receptacles connected with said middle section, a thumb receptacle connected with said middle section, a palm side and an opposite back side;
- contact beading connected with said middle section at said palm side thereof for providing a cut and abrasion resistant contact with grasped articles, said contact beading being distributed over substantially all of said middle section as a plurality of mutually separated rows, wherein each row is aligned with a respective finger receptacle so as to form a spacing between adjacent rows at said middle section; and
- a plurality of grip strips connected with said middle section at said palm side, a grip strip being respectively located at each spacing between adjacent rows, wherein the grip strips provide a coefficient of friction with respect to grasped articles that exceeds that of said glove body.
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