Single-Piece Glove Structure for Dexterity and Cleaner Device Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable assemblies on technicians' hands restrict fine motor skills, cause discomfort, grime accumulation, and wear down quickly, hindering task performance in industrial environments.
Innovation Solution
A single piece glove made of multiple layers of fabric, with a button mount region and hook-and-loop fasteners, allowing for a wearable device to be attached without fully covering the palm, enabling full hand mobility and reducing grime buildup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wearable assembly fully covers the hand, then device support is improved, but fine motor skills are restricted and discomfort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable assembly is segmented into a minimal coverage glove structure that provides only essential device mounting support while leaving the palm and fingers largely exposed. This segmentation allows the device to be supported without restricting fine motor skills, as the glove material does not cover the palm surface where dexterity is needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove structure provides localized coverage only where necessary for device support (finger tips and dorsal hand areas) while leaving the palm completely exposed. This local quality approach ensures device reliability is maintained through strategic material placement without compromising the ease of operation in the palm region.
2Reliability
If a wearable assembly covers the palm, then device mounting is improved, but grime accumulation increases and comfort decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful element of full palm coverage is extracted from the design. The glove structure removes material coverage from the palm area, eliminating the trapped space where grime would accumulate, while retaining minimal coverage elsewhere to support device mounting functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove applies coverage selectively only where device mounting is required (dorsal hand and finger tips) while leaving the palm completely exposed. This local quality differentiation prevents grime accumulation in the palm region while maintaining reliable device mounting capability in the covered regions.
3Ease of operation
If a wearable assembly uses multiple pieces, then comfort is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate glove pieces are merged into a single integrated knitted or woven structure. The glove is manufactured as one continuous piece using knitting or weaving processes, eliminating the need for separate components and complex assembly operations while maintaining the comfort benefits of a multi-piece design through the inherent flexibility of the single-piece fabric construction.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances hand mobility and reduces discomfort and grime accumulation while maintaining access to wearable devices, extending the glove's lifespan.
Implementation Method 1
The first and second opposed ends are configured to be operatively connected to form the single piece glove around at least a portion of a hand of the wearer
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AI summary
Methods, apparatuses, assemblies, and/or the like are provided. In various embodiments, a wearable assembly may include a single piece glove (200) including one or more layers of fabric. The one or more layers of fabric may define a first elongated side (202), a second elongated side (204), a hole (212) disposed between the first elongated side and the second elongated side, the hole being configured to receive a thumb of a wearer, a button mount region (214) defined between the second elongated side and the hole, the button mount region configured to engage a button assembly, a first opposed end (206), and a second opposed end (207). In some embodiments, the first elongated side and the second elongated side each extend between the first opposed end and the second opposed end. In some embodiments, the second elongated side defines a concave portion (210) defined between the button mount region and the second opposed end.