JP2012007262A - Glove - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a glove that can effectively ensure the degree of freedom of movement of fingers when worn on a hand.
A glove having a shape-retaining cylindrical portion 5 as a body having a shape-retaining property, which protects the user's hand by covering the user's hand, The shape-retaining cylindrical portion 5 has a thumb opening portion 2 for releasing the thumb, a four-finger opening portion 3 for releasing the four fingers other than the thumb so as to be operable, and a region from the wrist of the user to the base of the finger. A palm protection part for covering protection and a mounting part 1 for causing the wrist or arm to bear the load of the shape-retaining cylindrical part 5 in a state of being mounted on the wrist or arm of the user.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a glove for protecting a user's hand.

  Conventionally, various gloves have been proposed to protect the user's hand and fingers. These gloves simply cover and protect the entire five fingers of the hand, and as described in Patent Document 1, while protecting a required part of the hand from impact and friction, a predetermined degree of freedom of movement of the finger. In order to ensure the above, there is a mode in which the entire finger or only the fingertip is exposed. In general, the above-described glove is configured so that the entire glove follows the movement of the hand so as to give priority to the degree of freedom of hand movement or fingertip movement.

  However, when the fabric of the glove follows the movement of the hand, strictly speaking, the fabric may be deformed or pulled between the place where the glove is worn and the place where the hand moves. It is also conceivable that it interferes with the operation of

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  This invention pays attention to the above-mentioned thing, and it aims at providing the glove which can ensure the freedom degree of operation | movement of a finger | toe effectively in the state with which the hand was mounted | worn.

  In order to achieve such an object, the present invention takes the following measures.

  That is, the glove according to the present invention protects the user's hand by covering the user's hand, and is a glove having a cylindrical main body having shape-retaining properties, A thumb opening part for releasing the thumb, a four finger opening part for opening the four fingers other than the thumb so as to be operable, a palm protection part for covering and protecting an area from the wrist of the user to the base of the finger, and the user And a mounting portion for causing the wrist or arm to bear the load of the main body when mounted on the wrist or arm.

  If it is such, while promoting the free operation | movement of a user's finger | toe by a thumb open | release part and a four-finger open | release part, this body's own weight will be applied to a wrist and an arm instead of a hand. In addition, even during the operation of the arm during work, since the glove is attached to the wrist by the attachment portion, the load generated by the operation is not applied to the finger or wrist. As a result, the user can avoid fatigue of fingers and wrists due to the load of the gloves. That is, the glove according to the present invention can effectively contribute to an accurate back work over a long period of time.

As a mounting part that can reliably bear the weight of the main body to the wrist or arm, the wrist material and the one end of the wrist circuit part are made of the flexible material. The thing which has the positioning part positioned in the other site | part can be mentioned. And as an example of the positioning part which can respond suitably according to a user's arm and wrist shape, what uses a surface fastener can be mentioned.
Further, in order to further improve the degree of freedom of movement of the user's hand or finger, it may have an instep exposed portion that exposes part of the back of the hand.

  And in order to make it possible to protect the user's hand from impact and friction more reliably, it is only necessary to incorporate a buffer portion that can buffer the impact.

  Further, the glove according to the present invention is suitably used at the site where various work is performed, but depending on the work at the work site, the glove may be made of a flexible material having flame retardancy or may have oil resistance. It can consist of the material which it has, and the various material according to the operation | work content and the objective can be applied suitably.

  According to the present invention, the weight of the main body is not applied to the wrist or the wrist, but is not applied to the wrist or the wrist. As a result, the user can avoid fatigue of fingers and wrists due to the load of the gloves.

The external view which shows the glove which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The external view seen from the same side. The other external view which shows the glove which concerns on the embodiment. FIG. The external view which shows the glove which concerns on the modification of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the glove according to the present embodiment is suitable for a factory or other work site where, for example, a heavy load is sometimes lifted while performing a fine manual work. It is used.

  Here, the glove which concerns on this embodiment protects the said hand by covering a user's hand, and has the shape-keeping cylindrical part 5 which is the main body which makes the shape of a cylinder with shape retention property. The shape-retaining tubular portion 5 is a thumb opening portion 2 for releasing the thumb, a four-finger opening portion 3 for opening the four fingers other than the thumb so as to be operable, and a wrist of the user. A palm protector 4 that covers and protects the area extending from the base of the finger; and a mounting part 1 for causing the wrist or arm to bear the load of the shape-retaining tubular part 5 while being mounted on the wrist or arm of the user. It is characterized by comprising.

  Hereinafter, the structure of each part of this glove is demonstrated.

  As described above, this glove mainly has the shape-retaining tubular portion 5 as the main body. The shape-retaining tubular portion 5 has a mounting portion 1, a thumb opening portion 2, a four finger opening portion 3, and a palm protection portion 4. And these are what has been kept in a generally cylindrical shape. In the present embodiment, the edge of the shape-retaining cylindrical portion 5 is edged by the edge portion 7. In the present embodiment, for example, a material having heat resistance or flame retardancy is used as the material used for the shape-retaining cylindrical portion 5. However, depending on the purpose of using this glove, the shape-retaining tubular portion 5 may be made of a material that is particularly excellent in oil resistance, water resistance, and friction resistance.

  The mounting portion 1 includes a wrist circumference portion 11 formed by circling a user's wrist on the proximal end side of the shape retaining cylindrical portion 5, a distal side hook surface 12 a attached to the distal end of the wrist circumference portion 11, and a proximal side side A positioning portion 12 including a base end side loop surface 12b provided on the front end, and a deformation inducing portion 13 configured to easily deform the material partially on the base end side slightly from the front end side hook surface 12a. . In this embodiment, by setting the base end side loop surface 12b larger than the front end side hook surface 12a, even if the wrist diameter varies depending on the user, it can be surely brought into close contact with the wrist.

  The palm protection unit 4 has a shock absorber 6 built in the palm and the region up to the second joint of the four fingers, so that the impact or It can be protected from friction. Here, in this embodiment, the palm protection unit 4 protects up to the second joint even with respect to the four fingers. This is because the so-called “proximal joint” from the base to the second joint often abuts on the load when holding the load, like the palm. Moreover, the buffer part 6 not only buffers the impact etc. which were mentioned above, but has played the role which promotes the shape retention property of the shape-retaining cylindrical part 5 which is a main body.

  The thumb opening part 2 is such that the palm side of the thumb is exposed from the base part at the side of the shape-retaining tubular part 5, and the back side of the hand is opened from a position slightly ahead of the base by a dimension. It is assumed that The thumb opening 2 can allow any movement of the thumb by exposing the thumb in this way.

  The four-finger opening part 3 opens the tip side from the second joint. As a result, the four fingers other than the thumb are freely protected by the palm protector 4 while the work of the fingertip and the work of grasping the object are freely performed by the fingertip.

  Therefore, the glove according to the present embodiment has a substantially cylindrical shape having shape retention in a state where the mounting portion 1 is mounted on the wrist of the user. In this way, most of the load of the shape-retaining tubular portion 5 is directly applied to the wrist without being applied to the user's hand. Thereby, even when the user covers his / her hand with a glove, each finger can perform a substantially free motion by the thumb opening portion 2 and the four finger opening portion 3 when the hand moves.

  Also, the shape-retaining tubular portion 5 is fixed to the wrist by the wrist movement at that time, and has a shape-retaining property, so that the load is applied following the movement of the user's hand and fingers. The gloves themselves do not interfere with finger movements. That is, the user can maintain the workability of manual work with high accuracy while effectively protecting the hand with gloves.

  By adopting the configuration as described above, the glove according to the present embodiment promotes the free movement of the user's finger as described above by the action of the shape-retaining cylindrical portion 5, Even during the operation of the arm during work, since the glove is worn on the wrist by the wearing portion 1, a load temporarily increased by an action such as a centrifugal force or a movement of the center of gravity caused by the movement is applied. It does not hang directly on your fingers or wrist. As a result, the user can avoid fatigue of fingers and wrists due to the load of the gloves. That is, the glove according to the present invention can effectively contribute to accurate manual work over a long period of time. Furthermore, in view of the fact that such a load applied to the wrist or the like by the movement of the arm was applied to the wrist along with the weight of the finger when the load of the glove was originally applied to the finger, the glove of the present invention was worn. The burden on the wrist and arm is greatly reduced.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the wrist surrounding part 11 which makes a wrist circulate a part of flexible material, and the positioning part 12 which positions the one end part of the said wrist surrounding part 11 in the other site | part of the said flexible material, The weight of the shape-retaining tubular portion 5 can be reliably borne on the wrist or arm. Furthermore, by using a hook-and-loop fastener composed of the distal-end hook surface 12a and the proximal-end loop surface 12b as the positioning portion 12, it can be securely attached to the user and can be easily attached and detached. Yes.

  And since the glove | globe of this embodiment incorporates the buffer part 6 which can buffer an impact, it can protect a user's hand from an impact and friction substantially.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration of each unit is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

<Modification>
Hereinafter, modified examples of the present embodiment will be described. In the modified examples, the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to the above-described embodiments, and detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the glove according to the present modification protects the user's hand by covering the user's hand, as in the above-described embodiment, and has a cylindrical shape with shape retaining properties. A glove having a cylindrical part 5, wherein the shape-retaining cylindrical part 5 releases a thumb opening part 2 for releasing a thumb and a four-finger opening part for opening four fingers other than the thumb so as to be operable. 3, a palm protection part 4 that covers and protects a region from the user's wrist to the base of the finger, and a load of the shape-retaining cylindrical part 5 applied to the wrist or arm while attached to the user's wrist or arm It is characterized by comprising a mounting portion 1 for bearing.

  And in this modification, as shown to the same figure, it shall have the back exposed part 8 which exposed a part of back of the hand.

  If it is such, in addition to the effect | action of the said embodiment, while the freedom degree of operation | movement of a hand or a finger increases further, the air permeability in a glove will also be improved.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications. For example, specific configurations such as specific materials, shapes, colors, dimensions, and the like can be variously within the scope of the present invention. Deformation is possible.

  The present invention can be used as a glove for protecting an operator's hand during work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mounting part 2 ... Thumb open part 3 ... Four finger open part 4 ... Palm protection part 5 ... Shape-retaining cylindrical part

Claims (7)

A glove having a cylindrical main body having shape-retaining properties, which protects the user's hand by covering the user's hand,
A thumb opening to release the thumb;
A four-finger opening part that opens four fingers other than the thumb so as to be operable,
A palm protection part that covers and protects the area from the wrist of the user to the base of the finger;
A glove comprising: an attachment portion for causing the wrist or arm to bear the load of the main body in a state of being attached to a user's wrist or arm. The mounting portion includes a wrist circumference portion obtained by circling a part of the flexible material around the wrist, and a positioning portion for positioning one end portion of the wrist circumference portion at another portion of the flexible material. The glove according to claim 1. The glove according to claim 2, wherein the positioning portion is a hook-and-loop fastener. The glove of Claim 1 or 2 which has the back | exposed part which exposes a part of back of the hand. The glove according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein a shock-absorbing part capable of buffering an impact is incorporated. The glove according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, comprising a flexible material having flame retardancy. The glove according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, which is made of a material having oil resistance.