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US 4,058,863 AGranted
Swimming glove
OwnerVincent Ferdicoinventor
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Abstract
A glove for increasing the efficiency of a swimmer includes an integral webbed elastic member having open-ended digit receiving tubular portions joined to one another by web portions reinforced at both ends by thickened ribs. An apertured extending portion encompasses the periphery of the wearer's palm and wrist to provide additional security of the glove to the wearer's hand.
Claims5
A swimming glove for placement over the hand, comprising:
- an integral elastic member having hollow elongate finger receiving portions and a hollow elongate thumb receiving portion, each of said portions being joined to one another by web portions, said elastic member having an integral extended palm and wrist receiving portion with an enlarged transverse opening therein for exposing the palm and the back of the hand of the wearer while encircling and grasping the outer perimeter of the hand and wrist of the wearer, there being a thickened first rib portion extending about the periphery of said elastic member to provide reinforcing means therefor, each adjacent pair of said finger receiving portions converging together at a juncture remote from the free end of said finger receiving portions, each of said junctures having located thereat a thickened second rib portion having an annular contour in the plane of said swimming glove for maintaining said finger receiving portions in spread apart relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.