Glove
AssigneeWorkaround GmbH
InventorsMichael Kettner, Matthias Kirchner
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Abstract
A glove, in particular a work glove, having a palm section covering the palm of the hand, a back section covering the back of the hand and a trigger device. The trigger device is provided at the point on the glove which, when the glove is being worn, rests against the radial side of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the index finger of a user's hand. The glove has a band-like base body, which includes the palm section and the back section, wherein the trigger device is, at least for the most part, provided on a tongue of the base body, which protrudes on the finger side beyond at least one of the finger-side edge of the palm section and an imaginary extension of the finger-side edge of the palm section.
Claims18
A glove, comprising:
- a base body, in a form of a band, with two opposing longitudinal edges, a palm section configured for covering a palm of a hand, a back section configured for covering a back of the hand, and a thumb hole between the palm section and the back section, the two longitudinal edges of the base body being a finger-side edge which faces a user's fingers and a wrist-side edge which faces the user's wrist when the glove is being worn, each of the palm section and the back section having a portion of the finger-side edge and a portion of the wrist-side edge;
- a tongue forming a protrusion of the finger-side edge protruding upward beyond at least one of the finger-side edge of the palm section or an imaginary extension of the finger-side edge of the palm section;
- a trigger device provided on the tongue, wherein the trigger device is positioned on the tongue such that, when the glove is being worn, the trigger device is configured to rest against a radial side of a metacarpophalangeal joint of an index finger of a user's hand,
- wherein the tongue has a distal edge, a first side edge extending from the palm section, and a second side edge separate from the first side edge and extending from the back section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.