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US 4,287,608 AGranted
Apiarian protector
OwnerMichael S. Meyerinventor
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Abstract
An arm and hand protector for apiarian use. The protector includes a glove and an attached sleeve designed to fit loosely about, and cover the wearer's forearm. The sleeve is formed of a smooth-surfaced fabric tightly woven from a substantially untextured, synthetic filament yarn.
Claims5
Apiarian hand and arm protector comprising
- a sleeve formed of a solid-weave, closed-texture fabric woven from synthetic filament yarn, said sleeve being designed to fit loosely about the wearer's forearm, and extend thereon adjacent the wearer's elbow, at one sleeve end to the wearer's wrist, at the other sleeve end,
- means for securing said one sleeve end to the wearer's arm, adjacent the elbow, and
- means for binding the other sleeve end adjacent the wearer's wrist, to prevent bees from penetrating therebetween.
A method of protecting a person's arm from bee stinging comprising covering the arm with a loose-fitting sleeve formed of a solid-weave, closed-texture fabric woven from synthetic filament yarn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.