Glove Loop and Vest Anchor for Rapid Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing glove removal systems are inadequate for quickly and efficiently removing thick, heavy-duty gloves in high-stress situations like fast-roping, as they require excessive energy, dexterity, and time, and often result in glove loss due to impractical designs and complex procedures.
Innovation Solution
The system features gloves with a loop mechanism between fingers, paired with a tactical vest anchor, allowing for rapid removal and retention via a simple downward motion, minimizing wrist rotation and dexterity requirements, ensuring quick and secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If thick or padded gloves are worn to prevent friction burn during fast-roping, then hand protection is improved, but glove removal time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The glove removal system is segmented into distinct functional components: a loop element attached to the glove and a separate anchor element on the vest. This segmentation allows the removal mechanism to be independent of the glove's thick protective structure, enabling rapid removal without compromising hand protection during fast-roping.
Solution Approach 2:
The loop element serves as an intermediary between the thick glove and the removal anchor. Instead of directly manipulating the bulky glove material, the user interacts with the lightweight loop, which mediates the force transfer to the anchor, facilitating quick glove removal while maintaining the protective glove structure.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If thick and padded gloves are used for friction protection, then hand safety is improved, but dexterity and weapon access are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the protective function (thick glove) from the operational function (loop mechanism). The loop is a minimal附加 element that does not interfere with the glove's protective bulk, allowing users to maintain hand protection while achieving rapid dexterity restoration through quick glove removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The loop element is pre-attached to the glove in a position that anticipates the removal action. This preliminary configuration allows the user to immediately engage the loop with the anchor during the critical post-roping moment, eliminating the need to search for or manipulate glove features under stress.
3Productivity
If rapid glove removal is implemented, then operational speed is improved, but glove retention and storage are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The anchor element acts as an intermediary storage mechanism between glove removal and final storage. The secure anchoring prevents glove loss during the rapid removal process, and the vest-mounted position provides immediate access for subsequent storage, maintaining both speed and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchor element serves multiple functions: it facilitates rapid glove removal, provides secure temporary storage, and prevents glove loss. This multi-functionality ensures that the system maintains both high removal speed and reliable glove retention without requiring separate mechanisms for each function.
4Ease of operation
If complex glove removal mechanisms are used, then removal effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and energy requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The removal mechanism is divided into simple, independent elements: a loop attached to the glove and an anchor on the vest. This segmentation eliminates complex interconnected mechanisms, reducing both device complexity and the energy required for operation while maintaining removal effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of attaching the removal mechanism to the glove in a way that requires pulling or twisting motions, the system inverts the approach by providing a fixed anchor and having the loop passively engage with it during a natural downward arm motion, reducing the effort and complexity required.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a modified set of gloves, system, and method of glove removal and retention that is particularly well suited for, but not limited to, tactical situations (i.e. fast-roping) and action sports environments. In one embodiment, the glove(s) feature at least one catch between at least two fingers of the glove(s). Preferably, the catch defines a mechanism for rapidly removing and retaining the glove(s). Further disclosed is a system for removing the glove(s) featuring a garment with an attached anchor, such as a carabineer or a hook. In a preferred embodiment, the anchor is positioned in the sternum area of the vest and glove wearer. Operably, a user moves the gloved hand(s) down and over the anchor to place the catch on the anchor so that the continued movement of the user's hands rapidly removes and stores the glove(s) via the anchor.