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US4653490:
Thumb restraint
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Eisenberg, Joel H.; Stratford, CT 06497
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1987-03-31
/ 1985-08-07
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| Application Number: |
US1985000763346
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
A61F 5/058;
A63B 71/14;
A61F 5/01;
Core:
A61F 5/04;
A63B 71/08;
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IPC-7:
A61F 13/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/015S2; A61F5/058H4B; A63B71/14; A63B71/14G2; K61F5/01D10T;
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| U.S. Class: |
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128/880;
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128/133;
128/087.A;
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| Field of Search: |
128/133,165,87 A
002/016,18-19,161 A,161 R,159
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| Abstract: |
A glove having a retainer disposed adjacent to the outside of a thumb portion so as to restrict movement of the thumb portion away from the rest of the glove thereby preventing damage to certain ligaments of the user's thumb should the thumb be bent abnormally.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Rosenbaum, C. Fred; Shedd, C. W.
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 604,506, filed Apr. 27, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,565,195, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 219,481 filed Dec. 23, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,445,507.
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What is claimed is:
1. A glove for preventing injury to the thumb's ulnar collateral ligament comprising:
- a hand covering comprising a cloth, said cloth being wrapped around the hand when said glove is in place,
- said hand covering having a thumb portion said thumb portion having a retainer means disposed at least in part on the radial side of said thumb portion,
- said retainer means being inflexible in the radial direction, and when the wearer's thumb is in place in said thumb portion of said glove, said retainer means is disposed to extend over the thumb's metacarpal phalangeal joint and is of sufficient length to also extend over substantial portions of the adjacent bones which form the joint so as to generally immobilize the bones with respect to the joint in the radial direction whereby radial movement of the thumb which might injure the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb is prevented.
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