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US 8,523,713 B2Granted
Leg gloves with downward diagonal facing pocket openings
OwnerKendyl A. Románinventor
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Abstract
A leg glove having downward facing diagonal pockets for lifting a person who is jumping or being lifted, especially for lineouts in Rugby Union. A single piece of flexible, elastic material has a base layer formed in a conical section and a partially overlapping pocket layer that is folded back over the base layer and attached to form a pocket between the base layer and the pocket layer.
Claims12
A leg glove for wearing on a human thigh, comprising:
- a single piece of flexible, elastic material having a predetermined shape and size, including a base portion formed into a generally conical section suitable for wearing on a human thigh and a pocket portion folded down over the base portion at a fold, the pocket portion attached to the base portion in at least two places separated from each other to form a downward-facing outside pocket between the base portion and the pocket portion of the material, the pocket forming a glove suitable for receiving four fingers and a palm of a human hand,
- wherein the pocket portion is attached with at least one seam formed in the shape of a question mark forming a first pocket opening for the fingers and palm and a second pocket opening suitable for receiving a thumb of the human hand.
A leg glove for wearing on a human thigh, comprising:
- a single piece of flexible, elastic material having a predetermined shape and size, including a base portion formed into a generally conical section suitable for wearing on a human thigh and a pocket portion folded down over the base portion, the pocket portion attached to the base portion in at least two places separated from each other to form a downward-facing outside pocket between the base portion and the pocket portion of the material, the pocket forming a glove suitable for receiving four fingers and a palm of a human hand;
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- a base strap of non-elastic, flexible material, permanently closed in a loop of fixed circumference and attached to the bottom of the conical section.
A leg glove for wearing on a human thigh, comprising:
- a single piece of flexible, elastic material having a predetermined shape and size, including a base portion formed into a generally conical section suitable for wearing on a human thigh and a pocket portion folded down over the base portion at a fold, the pocket portion attached to the base portion in at least two places separated from each other to form a downward-facing outside pocket between the base portion and the pocket portion of the material, the pocket forming a glove suitable for receiving four fingers and a palm of a human hand,
- wherein the fold creates the pocket with a downward facing opening in a first diagonal direction, and
- wherein the pocket portion is attached to the base portion with a first seam and a second seam, each of the first and second seams spaced apart sufficiently to insert the four fingers and the palm therebetween and oriented substantially perpendicular to the first diagonal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.