Protective safety glove
OwnerGeorge E. Lyras, John N. Grillis +1inventors
InventorsGeorge E. Lyras, John N. Grillis, Philip T. Dawson
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Abstract
A safety apparatus to facilitate safe operation of an industrial machine. The safety apparatus includes a glove body, a coupling element, and a latch assembly. The glove body includes a hand portion and a contiguous wrist portion configured to entirely cover a hand, thumb, fingers, and wrist of a user. The coupling element is mechanically fixed to a dorsal side of the wrist portion near the bottom edge and includes a loop member engaged with an attachment ring. The latch assembly is releasably coupled to the attachment ring and securely attached to a kill cord configured to releasably engage a control switch of an industrial machine.
Claims19
A safety apparatus to facilitate safe operation of an industrial machine, comprising:
- a glove body comprising a hand portion, a wrist portion, a dorsal side, and a bottom edge, wherein the hand portion is configured to entirely cover a hand, a thumb, and fingers of a user and the wrist portion is configured to entirely cover a wrist of the user, wherein the hand portion is contiguous with the wrist portion;
- a coupling element mechanically fixed to the dorsal side of the wrist portion near the bottom edge, the coupling element comprising a loop member and an attachment ring engaged with the loop member;
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- a latch assembly releasably coupled to the attachment ring, wherein at least a portion of the latch assembly is configured to couple to a kill cord, wherein the kill cord is configured to releasably engage a control switch of an industrial machine, wherein disengagement of the kill cord from the control switch automatically deactivates the industrial machine, wherein the kill cord comprises a ball and chain configuration, and wherein the ball and chain configuration comprises a chain portion extending between a first end and a second end and the ball coupled to the first end.
A safety system to facilitate safe operation of a high-pressure hose of an industrial machine, comprising:
- a kill cord configured to releasably engage a control switch of the industrial machine having the high-pressure hose, wherein the control switch is coupled to the high-pressure hose, wherein disengagement of the kill cord from the control switch automatically deactivates the industrial machine;
- a first glove body having a first coupling element configured to securely releasably retain the kill cord;
- a second glove body having a second coupling element configured to securely releasably retain the kill cord, wherein each of the first glove body and the second glove body comprises a hand portion, a wrist portion, a dorsal side, and a bottom edge, wherein the hand portion is configured to entirely cover a hand, a thumb, and fingers of a user and the wrist portion is configured to entirely cover a wrist of the user, wherein the hand portion is contiguous with the wrist portion, and wherein each of the first coupling element and the second coupling element comprises a loop member and an attachment ring engaged with the loop member, wherein the loop member is mechanically pivotably fixed to the dorsal side of the wrist portion near the bottom edge;
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- a latch assembly releasably coupled to the attachment ring, wherein at least a portion of the latch assembly is configured to couple to the kill cord, wherein the latch assembly is configured to releasably attach to exactly one of the first coupling element and the second coupling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.