Flexible form fitting glove
OwnerJay D. Thurston, George Spectorinventors
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Abstract
A glove for being worn by a workman, the glove including stainless steel plates positioned against the backhand side so to protect the hand against being crushed during various work; the glove being made of a flexible material with steel plates located between an outer layer and inner liner so that the glove can be bent at the joint of the fingers; the steel plates accordingly being placed over the rigid segments of the fingers and hand between the joints thereof.
Claims2
A flexible, form fitting glove, comprising in combination a flexible glove member including a hand portion and fingers being made of an outer and an inner liner, said cover and liner being made of flexible materials, a space between said cover and liner having a plurably of steel plates so positioned to not interfere with front movements of a wearer, said plate being placed on a back hand side of said glove and located over non-jointed portions of said fingers and hands, wherein each said plate includes a lug on each opposite side to wrap around opposite sides of said fingers wherein said plates are pivotally attached together by hinges including a tab on one end of each plate which overlaps an opposite end of each adjacent plate to limit backward pivotal movement of each plate.
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