Gloves
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsJoel Bourdeau, Georges P. J. Salomon
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Abstract
An article of clothing adapted to receive at least a portion of a wearer's body, having a rear end forming an access passage for the wearer's hand and at least one elastic member so disposed as to bias the access passage towards a substantially open position. The article of clothing, which may be in the form of a glove or mitten, may also include an opening extending substantially longitudinally forward from the rear end. A closure device, such as a zipper, may be adjacent the opening and may be selectively operated to urge the opening, and thus the access passage, towards a substantially closed position, sealing the article of clothing against the wearer's wrist or forearm.
Claims54
An article of clothing adapted to protect at least a portion of a wearer's body from the ambient environment, said article of clothing comprising:
- (a) a rear end comprising an access passage adapted to receive a wearer's hand;
- (b) a first elastic member, positioned adjacent said rear end, comprising first biasing means for biasing said access passage into a substantially open position;
- (c) closure means for selectively urging said access passage into a substantially closed position in which said hand is substantially sealed from said ambient environment, said closure means comprising means for closing an opening in said article of clothing extending substantially longitudinally forwardly from said rear end, wherein said opening in said article of clothing comprises first and second edges, and wherein said closure means comprises means for selectively joining said first and second edges, wherein said first and second edges comprise first and second edge ends located substantially at said rear end and said first elastic member comprises first and second member ends located substantially adjacent said edge ends, said article of clothing further comprising means for affixing at least one of said member ends to at least one of said edge ends.
An article of clothing adapted to protect at least a portion of a wearer's body from the ambient environment, said article of clothing comprising:
- (a) a rear end comprising an access passage adapted to receive a wearer's hand;
- (b) a first elastic member, positioned adjacent said rear end, comprising first biasing means for biasing said access passage into a substantially open position;
- (c) closure means for selectively urging said access passage into a substantially closed position in which said hand is substantially sealed from said ambient environment,
- wherein said access passage comprises a periphery that is substantially circular in said substantially closed position and substantially arcuate in said substantially open position, and further wherein said first elastic member comprises a first elastic band extending along at least a portion of said periphery.
An article of clothing adapted to cover a portion of the hand of a wearer extending from the fingers to at least the wrist area of said wearer, waid article of clothing comprising an access passage adapted to receive said hand, elastic means for biasing said access passage into a substantially open position, and closure means for selectively urging said access passage into a substantially closed position, wherein said closure means are movable between a nonoperational position and an operational position and, further, wherein said access passage has a cross-sectional area greater than the cross-sectional area of said wrist area when said closure means are in said non-operational position.
The article of clothing as defined by 26, wherein said closure means comprises a pressure button type closure.
An article of clothing adapted to cover a portion of the hand of a wearer extending from the fingers to at least the wrist area of said wearer, said article of clothing comprising an access passage adapted to receive said hand, elastic means for biasing said access passage into a substantially open position, and closure means for selectively urging said access passage into a substantially closed position, wherein said elastic means comprise an elastic element comprising a flexible arc affixed to at least one layer of material used to form said article of clothing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.