Ski glove
AssigneeSkiears, Inc.
InventorsScott V. Dunford, Ryan S. Daw
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Abstract
A glove covering for use in winter sports for protecting a hand against cold weather, comprising an outer glove shell which includes a finger section, thumb section and palm/wrist section. Pocket members are attached at the finger and thumb sections to allow insertion of a user's fingers and thumbs within the pockets. The palm/wrist section of the shell is open and without any pocket structure to facilitate firm grip by the user's hand around a ski pole or other article being grasped in the hand of the user.
Claims12
A glove covering for use in winter sports for protecting a hand against cold weather, said glove comprising:
- an outer glove shell configured in size and shape to fully cover only a back side of the hand and including at least one finger section, a palm/wrist section and a thumb section, and having a length extending from a forward finger -tip end of the finger section to a rearward wrist end of the palm/wrist section;
- at least one first pocket member configured in the approximate shape of the finger section of the glove shell and being joined therewith at contiguous perimeter edges including the forward finger-tip end of the shell, one side of the first pocket member being transverse and unattached with respect to the approximate juncture of the palm/wrist and finger sections to form a pocket opening accessible from the palm/wrist section of the shell, thereby forming a finger pocket between the shell and the first pocket member;
- a second pocket member configured in the approximate shape of the the thumb section of the glove shell and being joined therewith at contiguous perimeter edges including a thumb-tip end of the shell, one side of the second pocket member being transverse and unattached with respect to the approximate juncture of the palm/wrist and thumb sections to form a pocket opening accessible from the palm/wrist section of the shell, thereby forming a thumb pocket between the shell and the second pocket member;
- the palm/wrist section being formed as an open face without any pocket structure or protection to the hand except for the shell which is positioned against the back of the hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.