Protective gloves for use with nail guns, staple guns and the like
AssigneeSuperior Glove Works Limited
InventorsWilliam Brierley, Jim Gruener
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Abstract
A protective glove includes a series of armor plates positioned on the glove to protect the portions of the hand that are typically exposed to nail impacts when using a nail gun, while leaving other portions of the glove uncovered so as to preserve freedom of movement. The glove includes a main portion having a wrist opening for inserting a human hand, an index finger portion extending from the main portion and a thumb portion extending from the main portion. A plurality of articulated armor plates is disposed at least along a radial surface of the main portion, a radial surface of the index finger portion and a radial surface of the thumb portion to protect those surfaces.
Claims30
A protective glove, comprising:
- a flexible base glove, the base glove adapted to fit over a human hand and including:
- a main portion corresponding in position to human metacarpal bones of the human hand and having a wrist opening for inserting the human hand;
- at least an index finger portion extending from the main portion, wherein:
- the index finger portion corresponds to an index finger of the human hand;
- and
- the index finger portion includes at least an index finger proximal phalanx portion and an index finger middle phalanx portion corresponding in position to an index finger proximal phalanx and an index finger middle phalanx, respectively, of the human hand;
- a thumb portion extending from the main portion, wherein:
- the thumb portion corresponds to a thumb of the human hand;
- and
- the thumb portion includes a thumb proximal phalanx portion and a thumb distal phalanx portion corresponding in position to a thumb proximal phalanx and a thumb distal phalanx, respectively, of the human hand;
- a plurality of discrete armor plates secured on the base glove, wherein the armor plates are positioned on the base glove to cover at least a radial surface of:
- the index finger proximal phalanx portion;
- the index finger middle phalanx portion;
- the thumb proximal phalanx portion;
- the thumb distal phalanx portion;
- an index finger metacarpal portion of the main portion corresponding in position to a human index finger metacarpal bone of the human hand;
- and
- a thumb metacarpal portion of the main portion corresponding in position to a human thumb metacarpal bone of the human hand.
A protective glove, comprising:
- a main portion having a wrist opening for inserting a human hand;
- an index finger portion extending from the main portion;
- a thumb portion extending from the main portion;
- and
- a plurality of articulated armor plates disposed at least along:
- a radial surface of the main portion;
- a radial surface of the index finger portion;
- and
- a radial surface of the thumb portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.