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US 6,779,199 B1Granted
Magnetic work glove
AssigneeHandyglove, LLC
InventorsThomas J. O'Dea, Thomas S. Jellema
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Abstract
A work glove is provided having a flexible magnetic enclosure disposed on the rear surface of a glove body. A plurality of magnets contained within the enclosure are provided for attracting and retaining work components against an exterior surface of the enclosure of the glove for convenient access during a construction or assembly operation. A flexible magnet insulating substrate is provided for insulating adjacent magnets from one another as well as maintaining the magnets in a fixed spaced-apart relationship within the enclosure.
Claims9
A work glove, comprising:
- a glove body having a flexible back surface;
- a flexible enclosure having upper and lower layers permanently attached about their peripheries to define a completely enclosed interior space;
- a plurality of magnets disposed in spaced-apart relationship within the completely enclosed interior space of said flexible enclosure;
- magnet-insulating means disposed within the completely enclosed interior space, said magnet-insulating means constructed and positioned to minimize magnetic interference between adjacent ones of said plurality of magnets and to prevent said plurality of magnets from sliding about within said enclosed interior space, with an exterior surface of an upper one of said two-layer enclosure providing a substantially planar magnetic surface for receiving and retaining metal components against said exterior surface;
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- means for releasably attaching said flexible enclosure to the flexible back surface of said glove body at a position adjacent to the knuckle portion of a user's hand when worn.
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A work glove, comprising:
- a glove body having a flexible back surface;
- a flexible article of material having a periphery permanently attached to the flexible back surface of said glove body to define a completely enclosed interior space at a position adjacent the knuckle portion of a user's hand when worn;
- a one-piece magnetically insulating flexible substrate having magnet-receiving portions provided in spaced-apart relationship therein;
- a plurality of magnets positioned within the magnet-receiving portions of said flexible substrate;
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- a flexible adhesive strip wrapped completely around said magnet-containing flexible substrate to form a unitary magnetic assembly;
- said unitary magnetic assembly fixedly positioned within said enclosed interior space, such that the exterior surface of flexible article of material provides a substantially planar magnetic surface for receiving and retaining metal components against said exterior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.