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 Title: |
US4774727:
Fruit picking glove
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Jackson, Grant W.; Prescott, WA 99348
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1988-10-04
/ 1987-07-16
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| Application Number: |
US1987000074021
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
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IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/161.8;
002/159;
002/168;
Original:
002/161.R;
002/161.A;
002/168;
002/159;
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| Field of Search: |
002/161 R,161 A,159,163,167,168,169
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| Priority Number: |
| 1987-07-16 |
US1987000074021 |
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| Abstract: |
A fruit picking glove comprised of soft material, such as jersey, and having four finger stalls and a thumb stall. The inside end portions of the three inner finger stalls include external foam rubber pads in the region of the distal phalanges of a hand inserted into the glove while the thumb stall includes a pad of foam rubber covering the distal and proximal phalanges. The finger stall of the little finger in its preferred form does not include a pad of foam rubber on the inner or palm portion of the finger stall, but can be included when desired. Such a glove configuration permits fruit, particularly apples, to be hand picked from a tree without any bruising of the fruit while still enabling the picker to feel and quickly remove the fruit during the harvesting thereof.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Brady, O'Boyle & Gates ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Rimrodt, Louis K.; Olds, J. L.
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A work glove for the harvesting of fruit, particularly apples, comprising:
- a glove body of a relatively soft fabric including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls; and
- pads of relatively soft compressible material located on the inside forward end portions of the thumb stall and a selected number of finger stalls for compensating for the thumb and finger pressure exerted on the fruit which causes bruising of the fruit during a hand picking harvesting operation,
- wherein said plurality of finger stalls includes finger stalls for the second, third and fourth digits of the hand and corresponding to the forefinger, middle finger and next to last finger, respectively,
- wherein said pads for said selected number of said finger stalls only comprises pads for the finger stalls for the second, third and fourth digits of a wearer's hand, and
- wherein said plurality of finger stalls additionally includes a finger stall for the fifth digit or little finger of the hand, said finger stall for the fifth digit being devoid of a said pad.
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