Hand utility interface
OwnerMichael Charlton Powell, Leslie James Stokesinventors
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The present invention provides, inter alia, a hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface having a finger tip-receiving recess formed therein in the upper surface thereof at a location that is proximate a front edge/distal end of the hand utility interface substantially forward of at least one of the finger members or channels whereby the user may insert a finger tip into the recess to press the hand utility interface down firmly against a target surface at the front/distal end of the hand utility interface. This arrangement enhances control when the device is used to sand or otherwise treat surfaces of target objects in corners/regions that are otherwise enclosed and awkward to access. In other aspects the interface body is provided with a skirt to protect the user from fluids; or with a front that is angled tapering towards a forward-most point whereby the media may ride up the walls of the tapering front. In a yet further aspect the interface has a reservoir for a treatment fluid, the reservoir being separable from the hand utility interface and formed as a vessel with a compressible concertina-form perimeter wall.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface having a finger tip-receiving recess formed therein in the upper surface thereof at a location that is proximate a front edge/distal end of the hand utility interface substantially forward of at least one of the finger members or channels whereby the user may insert a finger tip into the recess to press the hand utility interface down firmly against a target surface at the front/distal end of the hand utility interface.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface further having a reservoir for a treatment fluid, the reservoir being separable from the hand utility interface and formed as a vessel with a compressible concertina-form perimeter wall, wherein the vessel is open-topped and capped by a demountable lid that has apertures to dispense the treatment fluid contents of the vessel.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface further having a reservoir for a treatment fluid, the reservoir being separable from the hand utility interface body and formed as a vessel with a compressible concertina-form perimeter wall, the vessel having a top with apertures to dispense the treatment fluid contents of the vessel, wherein the top is further provided with a docking receptacle into which the hand utility interface body may dock and be held against lateral displacement.
A reservoir for a hand utility interface, the reservoir being mountable to a hand utility interface and formed as a vessel with a compressible concertina-form perimeter wall, wherein the vessel is open-topped and capped by a demountable lid that has apertures dispense the treatment fluid contents of the vessel, the demountable lid being provided with a docking receptacle into which a hand utility interface body may dock and be held against lateral displacement.
A hand utility interface, comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, wherein the hand utility interface body has only three finger channels and no significant palm part extending proximally beyond the proximal end of the finger channels to overlie the user's palm.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface body having a front that is angled tapering towards a forward-most point whereby the front of the body is wedge-shaped as viewed in plan, the interface body further having a utility media on the underside thereof in use, wherein the utility media extends beyond the front of the body whereby the media may ride up the walls of the tapering front.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface body having, or being adapted to have releasably mounted thereto, a utility media on the underside thereof, wherein the utility media is a circular sanding or polishing disc of the type that is widely commercially available for use with powered rotary head tools such as rotary sanders/disc sanders.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface body having a utility media on the underside thereof, wherein the utility media is demountably mounted to the underside by a mounting substrate on the underside, the mounting substrate comprising a sheet that has a plurality of minute hooks to engage velour-backed/loose woven-backed utility media substrate/discs or minute lugs with heads to co-operatively engage with loose woven-backed or open cell foam-backed utility media substrate/discs.
A hand utility interface comprising a body having a plurality of finger members or channels each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels, the interface body having in use on the underside thereof a foam pad or other media for applying, or working in, a treatment fluid to a target object, wherein the interface body is provided with a skirt extending from a perimeter of the body to shield the hand of the user from treatment fluid carried by the foam pad or other media.
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