Glove with bistable spring element

Abstract

A glove, particularly a sports glove for motorcycling, skiing or surfing sports or the like, comprises at least one dorsal portion (4), at least one finger portion (6), at least one palm portion (8) and a thumb portion (10), with the at least one finger portion (6) being biasable by at least one spring element (26) toward the closed position of the finger portion (6). The spring element (26) has the form of a bistable spring element (28) which has two stable end positions, with the finger portion (6) being kept deflected toward its closed position in the one end position, and the finger portion (6) being held in a comparatively open position such as the extended position in the other end position. The bistable spring element (28) is a metal leaf spring which reverses under the influence of an external force between a substantially extended/rectilinear orientation corresponding to the extended position and an arcuately curved orientation corresponding to the closed position.

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