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US 6,381,753 B1Granted
Protective glove
AssigneeWhiting and Davis Company, Inc.
InventorsCurtis R. Smith, James P. Lattari
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Abstract
A protective glove with a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween and a plurality of web members each disposed across a crotch region joining adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear.
Claims16
A protective glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of web members each disposed across a crotch region joining adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear.
A method of manufacturing a protective glove, the method comprising:
- forming two half glove sections of metal mesh material, each section including a plurality of finger portions, adjacent finger portions defining a crotch region therebetween;
- securing the two half glove sections together by joining the metal mesh material together at the periphery of the two sections at all but the crotch regions;
- fabricating metal mesh material web members;
- and
- inserting a web member across each crotch region and joining adjacent fingers together by linking each web member to each crotch region between adjacent fingers.
2 more elements
A protective glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween;
- and
- at least one web member disposed across one of said crotch regions joining two adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief and wear.
A protective glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of web members each disposed across a crotch region joining adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear, wherein the web members are diamond shaped and folded over at the crotch region.
A method of manufacturing a protective glove, the method comprising:
- forming two half glove sections of metal mesh material, each section including a plurality of finger portions, adjacent finger portions defining a crotch region therebetween;
- securing the two half glove sections together by joining the metal mesh material together at the periphery of the two sections at all but the crotch region;
- fabricating metal mesh material web members by making a diamond shaped metal mesh material web member;
- and
- inserting a web member across each crotch region and joining adjacent fingers together by linking each web to each crotch region between adjacent fingers.
2 more elements
A protective glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween;
- and
- at least one diamond shaped web member folded over one said crotch region joining two adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear.
A protective glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining a crotch region therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of metal mesh material web members each disposed across a crotch region joining adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear.
A protective metal mesh glove comprising:
- a plurality of fingers made solely of metal mesh material, adjacent fingers defining crotch regions therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of web members made solely of metal mesh material disposed across the crotch regions and linked to the metal mesh material of the fingers of the glove thereby adjoining adjacent fingers together providing a U-shaped cradle for improved comfort, stress relief, and wear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.