Freight handler's glove

A glove suited for use by freight handlers to grasp articles, said glove comprising:

• a glove body comprising a middle section, four finger receptacles connected with said middle section, a thumb receptacle connected with said middle section, a palm side and an opposite back side;
• contact beading connected with said middle section at said palm side thereof for providing a cut and abrasion resistant contact with grasped articles, said contact beading being distributed over substantially all of said middle section as a plurality of mutually separated rows, wherein each row is aligned with a respective finger receptacle so as to form a spacing between adjacent rows at said middle section;
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• a plurality of grip strips connected with said middle section at said palm side, a grip strip being respectively located at each spacing between adjacent rows, wherein the grip strips provide a coefficient of friction with respect to grasped articles that exceeds that of said glove body;
• wherein said finger and thumb receptacles have a receptacle axis, and wherein said receptacle tips have a base, a slit being formed in said receptacle tip at said base thereof, said slit being substantially perpendicular to said receptacle axis and located at said palm side of said glove body;
• wherein each said receptacle tip is selectively bendable at said base opposite said slot such that said receptacle tip is rotatable into a bent-over configuration by being rotated substantially 180 degrees toward said back side of said glove body;
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• further comprising releasable fastener means at said back side of said glove body for selectively holding each respective receptacle tip in the bent-over configuration thereof.