U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Quotables

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

Karl Marx

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Class 2/163 - Fingers


Subclass of Class 2 - Apparel
Definition: Devices provided with special glove-finger structures.
No. of patents: 284
Last issue date: 10/04/2011


1                
NumberTitleIssue Date
8028348Ambidextrous glove
An ambidextrous glove that includes a thumb region, an index finger region, a middle finger region, a ring finger region and little finger region all aligned along a common axis. The index finger region is rotated through ninety degrees relative to the orientations ...
10/04/2011
7908673Glove with interior grasping element for inversion
An invertible glove includes a hand portion having at least two digit portions configured to cover at least two digits of a hand of a wearer of the glove and a palm portion configured to cover a palm of the hand of the wearer of the glove. The hand portion includes ...
03/22/2011
7874021High tactility glove system
This invention is directed to a glove system for operating an electronic device. The glove system may include an inner liner and an outer shell. The liner may be formed from any suitable material, including a material that is thin, electrically conductive, has low t...
01/25/2011
7841024Back finger portion for gloves
This invention relates to a glove pattern design having back finger portions including two folds or tucks on each finger excluding the thumb. This pattern enables the glove to have a more natural finger curvature which is more comfortable to the wearer than the sing...
11/30/2010
7735153Textile fabricator's glove
A glove with grip areas which facilitates the manipulation of sewing implements and fabrics. ...
06/15/2010
7712153Fingertip flexor glove
A novel glove for strengthening and conditioning the wearer's digits and related musculature, with an emphasis on the distal-interphlangeal joints. The glove provides a means for increasing resistance at, or alternatively prohibiting the flexion of, specific joints....
05/11/2010
7620999Trigger finger protective glove
A protective glove for protecting a wearer's hand includes a thumb pocket and an index finger pocket. The glove is designed to receive the wearer's thumb in the thumb pocket and the wearer's index finger in the index finger pocket while leaving the user's other fing...
11/24/2009
7415735Grip enhancing glove and method for maintaining a grip that enables a user to maintain a prolonged grip without incurring undesirable effects
A glove with enhanced gripping capabilities that makes maintaining a grip for a user, less taxing and less fatiguing for the user's hand and forearm muscles. More particularly, a grip-enhancing glove, and method for maintaining a grip, which enables a user to mainta...
08/26/2008
7409724Baseball glove
The present invention provides a baseball glove to absorb the impact force received by the thumb from the ball when catching, and the force received by the thumb from a runner when a touch playing, in a state in which the user experiences no strange sensation. A bas...
08/12/2008
7406720Glove with support for hyper-extension resistance
A hand glove for the participant of an active sport in which at least one of the participants fingers maybe subjected to hyper-extension from contact received from participating in that sport. The glove has respectively oppositely disposed palm and dorsal faces, a p...
08/05/2008
7380289Mitt for thumb, index finger, and middle finger
A pair of gloves for keeping fingers clean during the eating of juicy foods includes a left-hand glove having a first pocket for receiving a left thumb, a second pocket for receiving a left index finger, and a third pocket for receiving a left middle finger and a ri...
06/03/2008
7363660Work glove having handling tool
This patent discloses a work glove to retrieve, manipulate, and hold small metal articles. The work glove may include a palm protector, a thumb cover, an index cover, a middle cover, a ring cover, and a pinky cover. Each cover may allow a portion of the thumb and th...
04/29/2008
7360254Baseball glove having finger-limiting rib
A baseball glove includes a glove body having palm and back side panels which are interconnected to form a hand-receiving pocket that includes finger sections. The back side panel has a through hole below one of the finger sections, and a lacing provided along a per...
04/22/2008
7356852Latex glove with textured outer surface
An ambidextrous, latex glove is provided with a textured surface on the areas of the glove corresponding with the touch parts of fingers and a palm. That is, the areas on a hand that are used for gripping and holding are covered with a textured latex surface, provid...
04/15/2008
7341962Less irritant or inflammatory glove and method for producing the same
Provided is a less irritant or inflammatory glove in which irritation and inflammation are to be reduced when using the glove made from latex, nitrile, PVC, or the like in the field of medicine, physical and chemical research, industry, or the like by utilizing anti...
03/11/2008
7320145Glove reinforcement, in particular a goalkeeper glove
The invention relates to a reinforcement (2) for a glove (17), in particular a goalkeeper glove comprising a) an arrangement (3) of several interconnected first elements (3a to 3f), b) several second elements (4a
01/22/2008
7313831Protective glove with articulated locking thumb
A protective glove system is disclosed wherein each glove has an articulated thumb skeleton disposed in the thumb member. The thumb skeleton comprises a plurality of sections pivotably joined together to enable the thumb to articulate between open and closed positio...
01/01/2008
7290291Mitt
An improved mitt for cold weather use is configured to provide a variety of modes of wear. The mitt is convertible between a fully closed position for covering the hand and fingers and open positions for exposure of the thumb and/or finger(s) or the entire hand. An ...
11/06/2007
7287285Glove construction wherein palm material rolls over fingertip
A glove structure that incorporates a palm piece having a portion that rolls over the fingertips and is sewn to the top portion of the back piece thus eliminating the conventional thick seam lines on the fingertips and resulting in a smooth seam of material over the...
10/30/2007
7281275Glove with improved comfort and method of making same
A glove has a palm portion, a front ring finger portion unitary therewith, and a first sidewall thereof, a back portion fixed to the palm portion, a back pinky portion, a back ring finger portion, a separate pinky portion formed of a separate material from the palm ...
10/16/2007
7278170Glove apparatus and method
A glove apparatus having a front shell for fielding a ball and a back shell joined to the front shell. The front and back shells cooperate to define a finger region, a heel region, and a thumb region. The ball glove provides more comfort and control than previous gl...
10/09/2007
7273463Dynamic gauntlet
A dynamic gauntlet including at least two of a base, a hand piece, and a thumb piece. At least one of the base, hand piece and thumb piece is constructed of an elastomeric material and includes an anchor having an attachment element extending toward the at least one...
09/25/2007
7251837Hand warming method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for utilizing heat-generating articles to provide active heating of a user's hand, wherein a heated article is placed near the inside of a user's wrist to cause the user's body temperature to be maintained or actively changed. A holder apparat...
08/07/2007
7251839Cleaning mitt
The invention relates to cleaning mitts, and methods for their use. In one embodiment, a mitt under the invention may be made of microfiber material, and may be defined by a hand-receiving section, a separate thumb-receiving section, a separate index-finger receivin...
08/07/2007
7249385Finger/toe tip protective apparatus
A finger/toe tip protective apparatus including a semispherically shaped flexible member of perforated material with inner and outer surfaces, and a circumferential edge. The flexible member has at least one elongated tab extending tangentially and radially about th...
07/31/2007
7237273Double face work gloves
Improved work gloves comprising a front face forming a human hand which may define four to five fingers, a rear face forming a human hand defining four to five fingers, wherein the rear face is identical to the front face, a tuck strip joining said front face to sai...
07/03/2007
7238173Tampon disposal system
A tampon disposal system for efficiently and sanitarily removing and disposing of a soiled tampon. The tampon disposal system includes a housing having at least one wall, an inner cavity, a plurality of perforated edges and a cleansing wipe that is enclosed within t...
07/03/2007
7234172Glove with support for hyper-extension resistance
A hand glove for the participant of an active sport in which at least one of the participants fingers maybe subjected to hyper-extension from contact received from participating in that sport. The glove has respectively oppositely disposed palm and dorsal faces, a p...
06/26/2007
7234170Heat/cold resistant protective hand covering
An ambidextrous protective hand covering monolithically formed from a heat/cold resistant flexible silicone material, the opposing interior and exterior surfaces of which each include a plurality of integrally-formed raised nodules that are positionally off-set rela...
06/26/2007
7229346Finger-mounted tool device
A finger-mounted tool device includes a finger-gripping sleeve formed of a hollow body tube and an abrading member. The hollow body tube is formed of a spirally wrapped progression of a spring material to provide an expanding and gripping nature and is bi-directiona...
06/12/2007
7225474Two sided work glove
A two sided work glove assembled by the stitched union of several patterned pieces including a thumb enclosure piece or pieces, a middle fingers piece and a palm portion. The glove may include a cuff. The glove is easily adapted for different specific uses by the ad...
06/05/2007
7225729Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit
Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and...
06/05/2007
7210172Fingertip flexor glove
A rigid glove has openings at the ends of the fingers such that the ends of the fingers from the most distal joint to the end protrude therefrom. The fingers may be flexed as an exercise. Caps of varying resistance may also be applied to the ends of the glove's fing...
05/01/2007
7191472Cold proof glove and glove provided wear
A cold proof glove characterized in that a receiving bag portion is provided in a hand back portion of a glove member, a mitten type cover member for covering substantially all of the glove member from its finger tip to its bottom portion is arranged and received in...
03/20/2007
7174897Hair styling apparatus and method for styling a person's hair
A glove can be worn on a person's hand and, using several different techniques, can be used in styling a person's hair to produce curly or straight hair. The glove can be used to curl hair in a fist closing-type motion while hot drying air is applied. Hair may also ...
02/13/2007
7159246Glove with high tactile portion
A protective glove configured to cover the hand of the user is provided. The glove includes a first portion that is configured for tightly fitting on at least a portion of the hand of the user. A second portion is contiguous with the first portion and is also config...
01/09/2007
7143447Finger protector
The invention relates to a finger protector embodied in two pieces and particularly for application in sports gloves, primarily in goalkeepers' gloves. The finger protector comprises an outer piece (2) and an inner piece (3). The outer piece (2)...
12/05/2006
7117541Glove with ammunition holder
A glove includes a body having a palm sleeve with a hand entry end, an opposed end, a back of hand face and a palm face. A thumb sleeve is secured to the palm sleeve. A plurality of tubular ammunition sleeves are secured in parallel spaced relation to the back of th...
10/10/2006
7114193Trigger finger protective glove
A protective glove for protecting a wearer's hand includes a thumb pocket and an index finger pocket. The glove is designed to receive the wearer's thumb in the thumb pocket and the wearer's index finger in the index finger pocket, while leaving the user's other fin...
10/03/2006
7114192Two sided work glove
A two sided work glove assembled by the stitched union of several patterned pieces including a thumb enclosure piece or pieces, a middle fingers piece and a palm portion. The glove may include a cuff. The glove is easily adapted for different specific uses by the ad...
10/03/2006
1                
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?