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US4958384:
Safety glove
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
McCrane, David P.; St. Helena, CA 94574
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1990-09-25
/ 1988-11-22
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| Application Number: |
US1988000274987
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
Core:
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IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/015S; K41D600/104;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/161.6;
002/020;
002/910;
002/917;
Original:
002/162;
002/161.A;
002/020;
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| Field of Search: |
002/159,160,161 A,161 R,162,170,16,18,19,20,158
272/067,68,93,119
273/54 B,189 R,189 A,166
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| Priority Number: |
| 1988-11-22 |
US1988000274987 |
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| Abstract: |
A safety glove for use by people engaged in active sports or in industrial job activities to protect against hyperextension of ligaments and tendons in the wrist. The glove includes a body having palm and back portions joined to fit about the hand. An inelastic wrist strap is attached at its proximal end to the body and extends along a length sufficient to wrap about the person's wrist in the range of one and one-half to substantially three turns, depending upon the requirements of the particular sports or job activity. Finger receptacles are formed for receiving the thumb and fingers of the person's hand. In one embodiment the strap tapers from an enlarged proximal end to a smaller width at the distal end. In another embodiment the strap is of substantially uniform width along its length.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Current, Sara M.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A protective safety glove for use by people engaged in active sports or an industrial job activity to protect against hyperextension of the ligaments and tendons in the wrist, said glove comprising the combination of a glove body having a palm portion joined with a back portion to fit about the person's hand, means forming receptacles for the thumb and fingers of the hand, a substantially inextensible wrist strap for releasably holding the glove body on the person's hand and wrist, said strap having a major axis extending from a first end portion to a second end portion, attachment means for fixedly attaching said first end portion to said glove body along a seam which extends in a direction substantially transverse to said major axis for optimal resistance of tension forces along the major axis when the strap is wrapped around the wrist, said first end portion of the strap overlying substantially the back of said hand with a first width which extends from a region adjacent the wrist of the hand to a region adjacent the knuckles of the hand, with the remaining portion of the strap having a second width less than said first width, the strap having a length along its major axis sufficient to form a wrap about the wrist in the range of substantially one and one-half to three turns as required by the particular sport or job activity.
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