US 12,696,942 B2 · Single hand wearable glove

Abstract

A single hand wear and take off (SHWT) glove may protect the hand and fingers from directly contacting undesirable objects such as those that are heated, dirty, or corrosive while preserving the nimbleness of the finger movements to effectively accomplish the task. The SHWT glove provides for different combinations of fingers, optionally including a thumb as one of the fingers, usable by people with different finger and hand size, donned and doffed with a single hand (for single-handed operation), with improved mechanics and leverage. Human hands vary in size from small to large with the SHWT glove suitable for small, medium and large hands. The SHWT glove may be constructed of different materials and vary the material thickness at different parts of the finger glove. The material chosen and the applied thickness may change the SHWT glove's elasticity, stiffness, bend ability or stretch-ability.

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Dependent claims

A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:

a center conjunction area;
and
exactly three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), the shape of the transverse cross section being a closed shape with convex segments and having less than three simple “S” segments, the transverse cross section of each finger sleeve having a ratio of width (OW) to height (OH), at the sleeve height (SH), the ratio selected from the group consisting of
greater than 2.1:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 20%, and
greater than 2:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 50%.

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A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:

a center conjunction area;
and
exactly three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), with the shape of the transverse cross section being a closed shape and having at least one concave segment and at least one convex segment, the transverse cross section of each finger sleeve having a ratio of width (OW) to height (OH), at the sleeve height (SH), the ratio selected from the group consisting of
greater than 1.8:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 20%,
greater than 1.7:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 30%, and
greater than 1.5:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 50%.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Single hand wearable glove

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Single hand wearable glove

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Abstract

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