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US 10,701,993 B2Granted
Industrial impact safety glove
AssigneeRingers Technologies LLC
InventorHardy Lim
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Abstract
A safety glove for protecting the hand of a worker is provided, configured to protect the hand of the worker while still providing flexibility and dexterity to the user. The glove features a first protective structure or structures secured to a first base layer to protect the distal phalange bone of the worker, and a second protective structure or structures secured to a second base layer to protect the intermediate phalange and proximal phalange bones of the worker. The separation between the base layers provides for enhanced flexibility of the distal phalange, and allows for flexibility when performing tasks that require agility and dexterity.
Claims22
A glove comprising:
- at least one fabric forming a shell in the shape of a hand, the shell having a body portion and five pockets configured to receive a thumb and four phalanges of a user, and wherein the shell has a palm side and a dorsal side opposite the palm side;
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- a plurality of protective structures on the dorsal side of the at least one fabric, the plurality of dorsal structures including:
- on the thumb pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the thumb pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a first phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the first phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a second phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the second phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a third phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the third phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a fourth phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the fourth phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- a lateral protective structure, the lateral protective structure configured to protect a knuckle area of a user, wherein the lateral protective structure is secured to a lateral base layer and extends laterally on the body portion of the shell adjacent to the first, second, third, and fourth phalangeal pockets of the glove, separated from the first, second, third, and fourth phalangeal pockets of the glove by a portion of the at least one fabric, and
- a set of body protective structures, the set of body protective structures configured to protect metacarpal bones of a user, wherein the set of body protective structures are secured to a set of base layers on the body portion of the glove.
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A glove, comprising:
- at least one fabric forming a shell in the shape of a hand, the shell having a body portion and a plurality of phalangeal pockets extending from the body portion and configured to receive at least one phalange of a user, wherein the shell has a palm side and a dorsal side opposite the palm side;
- a first protective structure secured to a first base layer on the dorsal side of a phalangeal pocket, the first protective structure configured to cover a distal phalange of the user;
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- a second protective structure secured to a second base layer on the dorsal side of the phalangeal pocket, the second protective structure configured to cover at least a portion of an intermediate phalange or at least a portion of a proximal phalange of a user;
- wherein the first base layer and the second base layer on the dorsal side of the phalangeal pocket are separated by a portion of the at least one fabric.
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A glove comprising:
- at least one fabric forming a shell in the shape of a hand, the shell having a body portion and five pockets configured to receive a thumb and four phalanges of a user, and wherein the shell has a palm side and a dorsal side opposite the palm side;
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- a plurality of protective structures on the dorsal side of the at least one fabric, the plurality of dorsal structures including:
- on the thumb pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the thumb pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a first phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the first phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a second phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the second phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a third phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the third phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- on a fourth phalangeal pocket, at least one protective structure secured to a first base layer, and at least one additional protective structure secured to a second base layer, the first and second base layers on the fourth phalangeal pocket being separated by a portion of the at least one fabric,
- a lateral protective structure, the lateral protective structure configured to protect a knuckle area of the user, wherein the lateral protective structure is secured to a common base layer on the body portion of the glove, the common base layer extending in the direction of the four phalange pockets to connect the second base layer of each of the first, second, third, and fourth phalangeal pockets, and
- a set of body protective structures, the set of body protective structures configured to protect metacarpal bones of a user, wherein the set of body protective structures is secured to a body base layer on the body portion of the glove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.