Glove with impact guard
AssigneeMechanix Wear, Inc.
InventorKenny Safford
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Abstract
A glove has a top panel and a bottom panel that together form a main glove body. Fingers, including an index finger and other fingers, extend from the main glove body, each of the fingers having a top side and a bottom side corresponding with the top panel and bottom panels of the main glove body. A thumb extends from the main glove body. A region, at a juncture of the index finger and the main glove body on or adjacent the top panel and/or the thumb, has an insulating pad covering a portion of the region.
Claims17
A glove for protecting a hand, the glove comprising:
- a top panel that is adapted to cover a back of the hand;
- a bottom panel that is adapted to cover a palm of the hand, the top panel and the bottom panel being connected to form a main glove body;
- fingers, including an index finger and other fingers, extending from the main glove body, each of the fingers having a top side and a bottom side corresponding with the top panel and bottom panel of the main glove body;
- a thumb extending from the main glove body;
- a protective ridge extending upwardly from the top side of at least one of the other fingers;
- the protective ridge having a width that is smaller than a width of the top side of the at least one of the other fingers with which the protective ridge is associated, and
- the thumb and the index finger not including a protective ridge.
A glove for protecting a hand, the glove comprising a top panel adapted to cover a back of the hand, a bottom panel adapted to cover a palm of the hand, the top panel and the bottom panel being connected to form a main glove body, a thumb and four fingers extending distally away from the main glove body, the four fingers comprising an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a pinky finger, each of the four fingers comprising a top side and a bottom side that correspond to the top panel and the bottom panel of the main glove body, a thermoplastic or molded rubber protective ridge extending along the top side of each of the middle finger, the ring finger and the pinky finger such that three protective ridges extend along the top sides of three fingers, each of the three protective ridges being subdivided into three regions by two flex points, the flex points being defined by a plurality of grooves that extend transversely across the associated ridge, a knuckle protector extending across a knuckle region of the top panel of the main glove body, the knuckle protector being monolithic with the protective ridges such that the three protective ridges are interconnected by the knuckle protector, the knuckle protector also comprising an extension portion that extends toward a cuff portion of the glove in a region between a base of the index finger and the cuff portion, the extension portion comprising a flex point comprising a plurality of transversely extending grooves, and a pad being positioned along the top side of the index finger and being separate of the knuckle protector.
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