Glove with Interior Finger Pads
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorThomas J. Breidigan
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Abstract
A glove with interior finger pads is provided. The glove includes a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion. Each finger portion includes a first bend region that corresponds to a first knuckle of a user. At least one pad is coupled to an interior surface of the glove. The at least one pad is positioned along a first finger portion of the plurality of finger portions. The first pad is positioned adjacent to a tip of the first finger portion and extends along the first finger portion such that it overlaps with the first bend region of the first finger portion.
Claims20
A glove, comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a top side;
- a bottom side opposite the top side, the bottom side defining an exterior surface facing away from the top side and an interior surface facing towards the top side of the body;
- a palm portion located on the bottom side;
- a plurality of finger portions, each finger portion of the plurality of finger portions comprises:
- a tip;
- a base opposite the tip, wherein the base is positioned along the bottom side of the respective finger portion closer to the palm portion than the tip is positioned to the palm portion;
- and
- a first bend region positioned along the bottom side of the glove between the tip and the base, the first bend region configured to correspond to a first knuckle of a user;
- and
- a thumb portion;
- and
- a first pad coupled to the interior surface of the body along a first finger portion of the plurality of finger portions, the first pad positioned along the first finger portion such that it overlaps with the first bend region of the first finger portion.
A welding glove, comprising:
- a body comprising a palm side defining an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface, a back side opposite the palm side, a palm portion, and a plurality of finger portions, each finger portion of the plurality of finger portions comprising:
- a tip positioned along the finger portion furthest from the palm portion;
- a base opposite the tip;
- a first bend region located between the tip and the base along the palm side;
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- a second bend region located between the first bend region and the base along the palm side;
- and
- a first pad coupled to the interior surface of the body along a first finger portion of the plurality of finger portions, the first pad positioned along the first finger portion such that it extends across the first bend region of the first finger portion.
A work glove, comprising:
- a body, comprising:
- a palm side defining an interior surface;
- a back side opposite the palm side;
- a palm portion located on the palm side;
- an index finger portion comprising a first tip located at an end of the index finger portion furthest from the palm portion, a first base opposite the first tip, and a first bend region positioned along the palm side of the body between the first tip and the first base;
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- a thumb portion comprising a second tip located at an end of the thumb portion furthest from the palm portion, a second base opposite the second tip, and a thumb bend region positioned along the palm side of the body between the second tip and the second base;
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- a finger pad coupled to the interior surface along the index finger portion between the first tip and the first base;
- and
- a thumb pad coupled to the interior surface along the thumb portion of the body between the second tip and the second base, wherein at least a portion of the thumb pad overlaps with the thumb bend region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.