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US6709142:
Nighttime glove
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Gyori, Csaba; Stratford, PEI, Canada C1B 2G2
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2004-03-23
/ 2003-01-13
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| Application Number: |
US2003000340715
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
F21V 8/00;
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IPC-7:
F21V 21/08;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/015L; G02B6/00L4L;
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| U.S. Class: |
362/554;
362/570;
362/103;
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| Field of Search: |
362/103,554,570,253
002/160
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| Priority Number: |
| 2002-06-25 |
CA2002002391494 |
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| Abstract: |
The illuminated glove has an outside layer, an inside liner and a fibre-optic arrangement mounted there between. This fibre-optic arrangement comprises fibre-optic ribbons extending along the fingers of the glove under the outside layer. Portion of these ribbons are visible through openings in the outside layer. A light source is mounted at the base of the thumb. A power source including a battery and a pressure sensitive switch are mounted in the cuff of the glove. A plurality of optical fibres extend loosely over the back-of-the-hand portion and the hand-knuckle region of the glove between the light source and the fibre-optic ribbons. A slack or loose bend is provided in the plurality of optical fibres for reducing hand stiffness and fibre tension when the fingers of the glove are flexed. Preferably, the slack or the loose bend is an offset between and relative to the light source and the fingers.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Theriault, Mario ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Sember, Thomas M.;
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A glove having an outside layer, an opening in said outside layer, a wrist band, a finger, a back-of-the-hand portion extending from said wrist band toward said finger, and a hand-knuckle region between said back-of-the-hand portion and said finger; said glove further comprising;
- a fibre-optic arrangement mounted under said outside layer; said fibre-optic arrangement comprising;
- a fibre-optic ribbon extending along said finger and affixed to said outside layer with a portion thereof being visible through said opening;
- a light source mounted near said wrist band;
- a plurality of optical fibres loosely laid over said back-of-the-hand portion and said hand-knuckle region between said light source and said fibre-optic ribbon; and
- slack means in said plurality of optical fibres for allowing a flexion of said finger without applying tension on said light source.
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