US 12,396,501 B2Granted

Glove

AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

InventorsChristopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma, Matthew Vargo, Grant T. Squiers

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Abstract

A glove including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and the bottom surface is configured to interface with an object being gripped by a user. The glove also includes an index finger portion configured to receive an index finger of the user. The index finger portion includes a knuckle configured to pivot about an axis. The glove further includes a gripping portion coupled to the index finger portion between the top and bottom surfaces. The gripping portion includes a first notch adjacent the top surface and a second notch adjacent the bottom surface. The first notch defines a first angle, and the second notch defines a second angle, wherein the first angle increases and the second angle decreases as the knuckle pivots about the axis.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A work glove comprising:

a top surface;
a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
a middle finger portion configured to receive a middle finger of a user;
a ring finger portion configured to receive a ring finger of a user;
a little finger portion configured to receive a little finger of a user;
an index finger portion having a first material and configured to receive an index finger of the user, the index finger portion comprising a side positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface, the index finger portion comprising:
a first knuckle portion;
a second knuckle portion located at a base of the index finger portion, wherein the first knuckle portion is located between the second knuckle portion and a tip of the index finger portion and configured to bend about an axis;
and
a thumb portion configured to receive a thumb of the user, the thumb portion comprising a side between the top surface and the bottom surface and facing the side of the index finger portion;
a side gripping portion extending along the side of the index finger portion to the first knuckle portion, the side gripping portion comprising:
a second material having a coefficient of friction greater than a coefficient of friction of the first material and a rigidity greater than a rigidity of the first material;
a first notch defined in the side gripping portion facing the top surface and comprising an apex located on the side of the index finger at the first knuckle portion, wherein the first notch is aligned with the axis of the first knuckle portion;
and
a second notch defined in the side gripping portion facing the bottom surface and comprising an apex located on the side of the index finger at the first knuckle portion, wherein the second notch is aligned with the axis of the first knuckle portion;
a bottom gripping portion located on the bottom surface;
and
a guard portion coupled to the top surface and located at bases of the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion and the little finger portion.

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A work glove comprising:

a top surface;
a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
a middle finger portion configured to receive a middle finger of a user;
a ring finger portion configured to receive a ring finger of a user;
a little finger portion configured to receive a little finger of a user;
an index finger portion having a first material and configured to receive an index finger of the user, the index finger portion comprising a side positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface, the index finger portion comprising:
a first knuckle portion;
a second knuckle portion located at a base of the index finger portion, wherein the first knuckle portion is located between the second knuckle portion and a tip of the index finger portion and configured to bend about an axis;
and a thumb portion configured to receive a thumb of the user, the thumb portion comprising a side between the top surface and the bottom surface and facing the side of the index finger portion;
a side gripping portion on the side of the index finger portion at the first knuckle portion, the side gripping portion comprising:
a second material different than the first material;
a first notch defined in the side gripping portion facing the top surface and comprising an apex located on the side of the index finger at the first knuckle portion;
and a second notch defined in the side gripping portion facing the bottom surface and comprising an apex located on the side of the index finger at the first knuckle portion;
and a capacitive material located at a top surface of the first knuckle portion of the index finger portion, wherein the capacitive material is configured to operate a capacitive sensing electronic device, and wherein the capacitive material is positioned to align with the first and second notches of the side gripping portion such that the capacitive material is configured to bend about the axis associated with the first knuckle portion of the index finger;
wherein the bottom surface comprises a synthetic leather material, the top surface comprises a spandex material and the side gripping portion comprises an anti-slip rubber compound.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/223,315Filed 6 Apr 2021 · continuation
Priority: 18 Feb 2015
Published: US 2021/0219641 A122 Jul 2021
Granted: 26 Aug 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

A41D 19/01564
Using a layer of grip improving material: using strips of material
A41D
Outerwear

Family

Application62/117,622Us provisional application · filed 18 Feb 2015
Application62/234,131Us provisional application · filed 29 Sep 2015
Application15/046,597Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Feb 2016
US 2021/0219641 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Jul 2021
US 10,993,489 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0235140 A1Published application
US 12,396,501 B2This patent

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