Protective Glove Cuff Gripper for Faster Donning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Firefighters face difficulties in quickly and easily donning bulky gloves designed for extreme conditions, leading to delays and frustration.
Innovation Solution
Incorporation of a donning assister, such as grippers positioned within the hem of the glove cuff, to facilitate easy and quick glove donning by providing a tactile and easy-to-locate feature for gripping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the glove is made bulky to provide protection against extreme conditions, then protection performance is improved, but ease of donning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A donning assister is introduced as an intermediary element between the user and the bulky glove. The assister provides a gripping surface that facilitates easy handling and donning of the thick protective glove without compromising its protection performance. The assister acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between the user's hand and the bulky glove material.
2Reliability
If the glove is made bulky to provide protection against extreme conditions, then protection performance is improved, but time to don the glove increases
Solution Approach 1:
The donning assister is pre-positioned within the glove structure at the cuff area, ready to facilitate immediate gripping. This preliminary preparation of the gripping surface eliminates the need for users to search for or create a gripping point, allowing for rapid donning action from the moment the glove is approached.
3Reliability
If the glove cuff is made thick for protection, then protection performance is improved, but ease of locating the gripping area deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The donning assister incorporates a visual indicator element that contrasts with the surrounding glove material. This color or visual difference makes the gripping area easily locatable and identifiable, solving the problem of finding where to grip on the thick, uniform-looking protective glove material.
Data Source
AI summary
A glove is disclosed having a donning assister to enable a wearer of the glove to quickly and easily don a glove on a wearer's hand. In one embodiment, the glove includes a wrist cuff portion, a hem portion positioned at a base of the wrist cuff portion, an at least partially enclosed space formed within the hem portion, and a gripper positioned in the at least partially enclosed space. The at least partially enclosed space is defined by hem stitches and by a pair of laterally opposed stitches positioned on the palm side of the glove anywhere along a circumference of the hem portion between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on the other end.