US 2022/0053855 A1 · Protective Detachable Hand Covering

Abstract

A protective detachable hand covering, particularly useful for pumping fuel into a fuel tank, and being store on a surface of a vehicle. The hand covering has a flexible base and a bridging member to secure the hand covering to an individual's hand. The flexible base has a bottom adhering surface, which may be magnetized or use a hook and loop fastening mechanism. A bridging member is secured to the top surface so a user can slide his or her hand within the hand cover and detach it from the surface by pulling away from the surface. The flexible base has a palmar region, an elongated thumb region, and an elongated index finger region, particularly useful for gripping a fuel pump handle, and allow a user to pump fuel without directly contacting the fuel pump handle. A method of pumping fuel using a protective detachable hand covering.

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Dependent claims

A protective detachable hand covering, comprising:

a) a flexible base having:
i) a bottom adhering surface adapted to be repeatedly removable from a surface of an object;
ii) a top surface adapted for contact against a hand;
and,
b) a first bridging member positioned across the top surface of the flexible base, the first bridging member adapted to secure the hand between the first bridging member and the top surface of the flexible base;
wherein the flexible base is sized to be approximately a size of a human hand, and the flexible base has:
i) a palmar region,
ii) an elongated thumb region extending from the palmar region, and
iii) an elongated index finger region extending from the palmar region, the elongated thumb region and elongated index finger region being at least partially separated from each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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