Nighttime hand signal system and methods of use thereof
OwnerDavid M. Cavenderinventor
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Abstract
A nighttime hand signal system, having primarily a glove or fingerless glove having a backside, one or more infrared (IR) reflective material patterns affixed to the backside of the glove, an infrared (IR) light source, a night vision optical viewer, and thus functions to have the glove used by forward personnel in a police or military unit to provide a variety of hand signal communications to rear personnel using night vision optical viewer, as well as identify friend verse enemy personnel.
Claims18
A nighttime hand signal communication system for a user's hand, said system comprising:
- a glove having a backside and adapted to be worn on the user's hand to communicate the hand signal communication, said backside having one or more infrared reflective material patterns affixed to said backside of said glove;
- an infrared light source positioned behind said glove;
- and
- a night vision optical viewer to view said infrared light source reflected off said infrared reflective material patterns affixed to said backside of said glove.
A method of nonverbal hand signal communication at night, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a glove having a backside, finger sections, a thumb section and adapted to be worn on a user's hand, said backside having one or more infrared reflective material patterns affixed to said backside of said glove, an infrared light source positioned behind said glove, a night vision optical viewer to view said infrared light source reflected off said infrared reflective material patterns affixed to said backside of said glove;
- outfitting at least one forward personnel with said signaling glove;
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- outfitting at least one rear personnel with night vision optical viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.