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US5911309:
Apparatus for protecting a worker's hand
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Penney, Barry; Nanton, Canada
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-06-15
/ 1997-07-23
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| Application Number: |
US1997000898912
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
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IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/015B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/016;
002/159;
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002/016;
002/159;
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| Field of Search: |
002/016,20,21,159,160,161.6
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-07-23 |
US1997000898912 |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus for protecting a worker's hand and wrist, particularly from the power saws is used in a meat cutting or lumber cutting environment. The apparatus provides a generally planar armor plate covering the back of the wrist, hand and fingers. An insulating layer covers the lower surface of the armor plate. The armor plate is segmented into hingably related wrist, hand and finger plates. The finger plate may be compound, with separately hinged index finger and outer finger plates. A glove, worn by the user, is connected to the armor plate by a plurality of adjustable straps.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Thompson, David S. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Neas, Michael A.;
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None
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| Claim |
What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for protecting a worker's hand and wrist, comprising:
- (A) an armor plate, comprising:
- (a) a wrist plate, comprising:
- (i) a plate body, the plate body defining inner and outer fastener attachment slots;
- (ii) an inner flange and an outer flange, the inner and outer flanges carried by the plate body;
- (b) a hand plate, comprising:
- (i) an inner plate segment, hingably attached to the wrist plate, carrying an inner and an outer flange, wherein the inner and outer flanges of the inner plate segment are staggered for non-interfering movement with respect to the inner and outer flanges of the wrist plate;
- (ii) a middle plate segment having a plate body defining inner and outer fastener attachment slots and having inner and outer flanges, the middle plate segment hingably attached to the inner plate segment;
- (iii) an outer plate segment, hingably attached to the middle plate segment, carrying an inner and an outer flange;
- (c) a compound finger plate, comprising:
- (i) an index finger plate, hingably attached to the hand plate; and
- (ii) an outer finger plate, hingably attached to the hand plate;
- (B) an insulating layer, carried by a lower surface of the armor plate;
- (C) a glove, adjacent to the insulating layer;
- (D) fastening means, carried by the inner and outer fastener attachment slots of the wrist plate, for maintaining the wrist plate about the worker's wrist; and
- (E) fastening means, carried by the inner and outer fastener attachment slots of the middle plate segment, for maintaining the hand plate about the worker's hand.
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