US1984183A

US1984183A - Glove

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Publication number: US1984183A
Application number: US688314A
Authority: US
Inventors: William H Gillespie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-09-06
Filing date: 1933-09-06
Publication date: 1934-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 1951-12-11

Description

Dec. 11, 1934. I w. H GILLESPIE 1,984,183

GLOVE Filed Sept. 6, 1933 INVENT OR.

Patented Dec. 11, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves, and has for its objects a glove so constructed as to fit either the right or the left hand of a wearer and which glove, palm and back, is reversable on either hand i 5 of a wearer and which glove may be reversed inside out and still be reversable, palm and back, on either hand of the wearer without loss of fit when worn in any of the aforesaid ways. Other objects and advantages will appear in the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view of my glove from the palm side; a view of the same from the back side being identically the same in its shape.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the middle finger of the glove as seen along the line 2-2 of Figure 1. The finger section is shown circular in shape for clarity, and the material shown is the same for all the fingers, and the palm and wrist portions.

In detail, my glove comprises a palm piece P, back piece B, both pieces being identical in shape,

and which pieces are cut to provide five

finger portions

1, 2, 3, 2' and 1', the middle finger being designated as 3 and the two fingers on one side thereof 2, and 1, in order, from the middle finger, while the two fingers on the opposite side are designated 2' and 1', in order, away from the said middle finger.

The roots 4 and 4' of the outermost fingers on the opposite sides respectively of the middle finger are on a line C extending transversely across the palm of the glove, and are appreciably lower than the roots 5, 5' of the two fingers on the opposite sides of the middle finger, and which latter fingers are immediately adjacent the middle finger. The roots 5, 5' are on a line A parallel to the line C on which the roots4, 4' are positioned.

It will be noted from the drawing, Figure 1, that the sides of the glove on the opposite sides of the medial line M extending longitudinally of the glove through the middle finger, 3, are identically alike.

The outermost fingers, 1, 1', on the opposite sides of the glove are of similar shape in length and width. Fingers 2 and 2' may be slightly longer than fingers 1 and 1' and the finger 3 may be slightly longer than fingers 2 and 2'. Thus when viewed from either the palm or the back side the glove is symmetrical in shape.

The pieces P and B comprising the palm piece and the back piece are directly joined together at their edges with the exception of atthe outer end of the wrist portion without fourchettes, as at 6, in Figure 2, providing a ridge along the in- 55 per or outer side of the glove, according to which side of the glove is turned innermost, this ridge extending along the middle of the adjacent sides of the fingers.

The material of the glove is preferably of cloth of a fibrous material such as cotton, flax, wool and the like and woven in a manner to have. appreciable elasticity in the directions of its breadth and length. The fibers of the cloth are woven in a manner to present a surface either of a smooth appearance or may be similar to the surface of towelling, wash cloth and the like and which surfaces may be the same on both sides of the cloth or opposite sides of the cloth may differ in texture, one presenting a relatively smooth surface as at 7, in the drawing (Figure 2) and the opposite side presenting a coarser texture as at 8.

When the pieces P and B are placed together to make the glove, the exposed side of the palm may be the side 8 and the exposed side of the piece B the side '1, while adjacent inner sides of the pieces P and B are the sides 7 and 8 respectively.

It will be seen, therefore, that when the glove is worn on the right hand the side 8 is the palm, and if the glove is worn on the left hand the side 7 forms the palm surface. If it is desired to reverse this order for the right and left hands respectively it is only necessary to turn the glove inside out.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that the glove is particularly suitable for use as a bathing glove, being readily changeable to either hand without loss of fit and being reversible, to expose a different surface texture to the palm of either hand as desired.

The particular shape of the glove as described fits either hand perfectly in any of the manners stated, even where the hand ofthe wearer is abnormal in certain respects, since the materials used are elastic in two dimensions.

I find by practical experience that a glove of the description set forth is particularly suitable for many purposes. The ridge 0, for instance, provides a means for polishing silver articles which have a relief surface, accomplishing results not possible with an ordinary polishing cloth. The provision of the fingers in themselves provides a means of contact and free use of hand not possible with ordinary cloths.

I do not wish to restrict the invention to the specific type of cloth of the character above described, since leather, chamois, and other materials may be used, but the material described seems to produce the best results.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer in which the first and fifth fingers thereof are substantially identical in shape and size and are symmetrically positioned on opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of the glove whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out.

2. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer, said glove being substantially symmetrical in shape on the opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of the glove, the roots of the middle finger on opposite sides thereof being substantially disposed on a straight line extending transversely across the glove and the roots respectively of the first and fifth being substantially disposed on a line below and parallel with the said first mentioned line whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out.

3. In a construction as defined in claim 2, the fingers of the said glove being substantially equal in length and size.

4. A glove formed of similar palm and back pieces respectively shaped and secured together to provide finger portions for the fingers of the hand, said glove being substantially symmetrical in shape and size on the opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of the glove whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out, and the exposed surface texture of the palm and back pieces respectively being different thereby providing different palm surface for the same hand, as desired, by reversing the glove.

5. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer in which the first and fifth fingers thereof are substantially identical in shape and size, the roots of the middle finger on opposite sides thereof being substantially disposed on a straight line extending transversely across the glove and the roots respectively of the first and fifth fingers being disposed on a straight line below and substantially parallel with the firstmentioned line whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out.

6. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of finger and the second, third and fourth fingers of said glove being substantially equal to each other in shape and size whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the 'same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out.

7. A glove formed of similar front and back pieces respectively shaped and secured together to provide finger portions for the hand, said glove being substantially symmetrical in shape and size on the opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of the glove and adapted to be turned inside out and to preserve said finger portions and symmetrical shape and size on opposite sides of said medial line when turned inside out whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer both before and after the same is turned inside out thereby providing a glove adapted to be worn in four positions on the same hand of the wearer.

8. A glove formed of similar front and back pieces respectively shaped and secured together to provide finger portions for the hand, said glove being substantially symmetrical in shape and size on the opposite sides of a medial .line extending longitudinally of the glove and adapted to be turned inside out and to preserve said finger portions and symmetrical shape and size on the opposite sides of said medial line when turned inside out whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer both before and after the same is turned inside out thereby providing a glove adapted to be worn in four positions on the same hand of the wearer, the inner surface texture and the outer surface texture of the said palm and back pieces respectively being different thereby providing a different exposed palm surface for the same hand when the glove is worn in several of the aforesaid four positions.

WILLIAM H. GILLESPIE.