Work Glove

a glove and glove technology, applied in the field of glove, to achieve the effect of facilitating the relationship between glove and glov

US20110314582A1Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-29HILLERICH & BRADSBY
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Publication Date
2011-12-29
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Abstract

A work glove particularly useful for gardening, automobile mechanical work and any other type of use which brings the palmar side of the hand in contact with work or the like which may result in stinging, bruising, or blistering of the fingers, thumb and palm of a human hand is provided with protective padding disclosed or positioned for overlying at least the distal halves of the index finger and long finger metacarpals excluding the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the index finger and the long finger. Preferably, the glove also includes protective padding disposed along a thumb stall of the glove at a location adapted to be along an ulnar border as well as the A2 pulleys of the thumb's proximal phalanx between the metacarpalphalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joint.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims benefit to, currently pending, Reissue patent application Ser. No. 11 / 895,261, filed on Aug. 23, 2007, which is a reissue patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 670,859, filed on Sep. 25, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,000,256, issued on Feb. 21, 2006, which is a continuation-in-part application of and claims benefit to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 001,325 filed on Oct. 25, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,530, issued on Mar. 9, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of and claims benefit to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 867,084 filed on May 29, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,389,601, issued on May 21, 2002, which is a continuation of and claims benefit to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 491,742 filed on Jan. 27, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,253,382, issued on Jul. 3, 2001.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] This invention relates to gloves for...

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A. Batting Glove

[0042]FIG. 1 is a schematic anatomical view of the bones of a right human hand 10 looking at a palm 18 side. Shown are the radius 20, ulna 21, radiocarpal joint (RC) 23′, distal radio ulnar joint (DRUJ) 22, wrist 12, thumb 64, index finger 65, long finger 66, ring finger 67, and small finger 68. The carpus 69 comprises eight carpal bones, seven of which are shown in FIG. 1 and includes the hamate bone 71 with its hook-like protrusion, the scaphoid 24′ and the lunate 25.

[0043]The thumb 64 is comprised of the distal phalanx 51, the interphalangeal joint (IP) 46, proximal phalanx 41, diaphysis of proximal phalanx 41′, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 36, metacarpal 31, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 26.

[0044]The index finger 65 is comprised of the distal phalanx 60, distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) 56, middle phalanx 52, proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) 47, proximal phalanx 42, metacarpalphalangeal joint (MCP) 37, metacarpal 32, and carpometacarpal joint (CMC) 27...