US2119396A

US2119396A - Protector

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Publication number: US2119396A
Application number: US108245A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mann Roy Mck
Original assignee: OHIO VALLEY SAFETY APPAREL COM
Current assignee: OHIO VALLEY SAFETY APPAREL Co; OHIO VALLEY SAFETY APPAREL COM
Priority date: 1936-10-29
Filing date: 1936-10-29
Publication date: 1938-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 1955-05-31

Description

May 31, 1938. R. MCK. MANN' 2,119,396

PROTECTOR Filed oct. r29, 195e J l *HJ* Y INVENTOR Patented May 31, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRQTECTOR Application October 29, 1936, Serial No. 108,245

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in protectors, and more particularly to improvements in arm protectors to beworn by industrial workers.

Many industrial workers handle heavy hot metal articles, as, for example, sheets, having sharp edges from which the arms of the workers must be protected. At the same time any protective device should be comfortable, light in Weight, easily cleaned and of comparatively low cost of manufacture. I provide an arm protector which gives positive protection, is extremely resistant to ordinary wear and tear, and is very comfortable. It is light in weight and ts the arm of the wearer perfectly because it is flexible and readily adjustable. The Worker can easily fasten the protector to his arm or speedily remove it. In addition, it may be easily cleaned.

My protector preferably comprises a base of soft flexible partially woolen material which surrounds the arm of the wearer, and a flexible protective covering which is removably vattached to the base. 'I'his protective covering is preferably armored, as with metallic staples, to provide additional protection against sharp edges. Means are also provided for securing the protector to the arm of a wearer.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide an arm protector of the general type above mentioned. Such a protector is disclosed in United States Patent No.' 1,851,011. My protector is an improvement on the structure disclosed in said patent and obtains important advantages thereover. A base made of substantially pure Wool fibers is disclosed by the patent, whereas my base is of only partially woolen material. I have found that such a base is much less irritating to the skin of the wearer. In the arm protector of the patent the armored protective covering is permanently fastened to the base. I detachably fasten the cover to the base whereby the utility of the protector is greatly increased. Its cleaning is handling metal sheets as they come off a mill, he will not have time to take the arm protector completely ofi his arm in order to smooth out some unevenness, but he can loosen one or more of the fasteners which secure the protective cov- 5 ering Vto the base and quickly make temporary adjustments.

Other advantages and details of construction of my invention will become apparent as the following description of a present preferred embodiment thereof proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown a present preferredv embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the base of an arm protector;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the protective coverlng;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view to enlarged scale taken on the line III--III of Figure 2 and showing the protective covering in place on the base, the protective covering being indicated separately. before attachment to the base in chain lines; and

Figure 4 is a transverse cross-sectional View to the same scale as Figure 3 taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 2, and showing the covering in place on the base.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a base 5 of suicient length to encircle the Wearers arm and to slightly overlap. Because this base is in direct contact with the wearers arm, it must be made of material having a soft texture. Any suitable material may be used, but I prefer to use heavy cloth which is part Wool and part cotton. This material not only has a soft surface but is flexible, comparatively light in weight and capable of absorbing a large amount of perspiration. I have found that cloth containing about wool is especially advantageous as causing the least irritation to the skin of the wearer. The edge of the base may be reinforced by stitching such as a blanket stitch 6 shown in Figure 1. Additional reinforcing stitching l may also be used.

One edge 8 of the base 5 is folded back on itself as shown in Figure 1, and held in place by the stitching l. This edge is nearest the hand of the wearer and the double layer protects the wearer beyond the protective covering, later to 50 be described, while affording greater freedom of movement. The edge -8 is not folded back on itself throughout the entire length of the edge of the base 5, but extends only the length of the protective covering in order that the balance of 55 the base which overlaps when in use will not be unnecessarily bulky.

The protective covering is designated generally by reference numeral 9. It is made of material heavier than the material of the base, but is still flexible. Leather is especially suitable. To prevent the protective covering from being cutby metal articles having sharp edges, such as sheets, its surface is preferably covered with metallic staples Il). These staples are so arranged that the surface of the protective covering 9 is adequately armored without any substantial decrease in exibility. i

The protective covering 9 carries spring eyelets or snappers II which cooperate with studs I2 mounted on` the base 5 as shown in Figure l. These spring eyelets II and studs I2 provide an effective means for detachably securing the protective covering to the base 5.

Hollow eyelets I3 are located at intervals in the protective covering and provide ventilation for the base 5 and allow moisture absorbed by the base to evaporate. The eyelets I3 extend only through the protective covering 9 and not through the base 5. The eyelets are preferably disposed opposite unperforated portions of the base. Thus, the eyelets do not come into contact with the skin of the wearer whereby they might cause irritation. Also the positioning of the eyelets opposite unperforated portions of the base provides for most effective evaporation of perspiration absorbed by the base from the skin of the wearer. y

To secure the protector to the arm of the wearer, I provide straps III, preferably made of leather, carrying buckles I5 and attached to the protective covering 9 by rivets I6. The buckles I5 are adjustable along the straps I l and carry spring eyelets or snappers Il. When the protector is disposed about the wearers arm the straps I4 extend to the end of the protective covering 9 opposite the end to which they are attached and the buckles I5 are adjusted so that the snappers I'I cooperate with studs I8 mounted on the protective covering 9.

The straps I4 are preferably attached by the rivets I6 only to the protective covering 9 and not to the base 5. This further facilitates replacement of the base as the protective covering will ordinarily outlast several bases and when changing bases it is not necessary to do anything with the straps and buckles which are attached only to the protective covering.

Thus my protector gives positive protection to the wearer without causing irritation, and is light in weight, flexible, readily adjustable, and provides for effective evaporation of perspiration. It can be easily cleaned, and can be manufactured and kept in repair at lov/ cost.

While I have shown and described a present preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that the same is not limited thereto but may be otherwise variously embodied within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. An arm protector comprising a flexible base of suficient size to encircle a wearers arm, flexible protective means having a plurality of small metallic particles spaced about the surface thereof, said protective means covering a portion of said base and being detachably secured thereto, said protective means having hollow eyelets extending only therethrough, and straps attached only to said protective means for securing the protector to the wearer, said straps having adjustable spring eyelet fasteners for attachment to said protective means.

2. An arm protector comprising a cloth base of suicient size to encircle a wearers arm, leather protective means having a plurality of metallic particles spaced about the surface thereof, said protective means covering a portion of said base and being detachably secured thereto, hollow eyelets extending only through said protective means for ventilation of said cloth base, straps attached only to said protective means at one end thereof for securing the protector to the wearer, said straps having detachable spring eyelet fasteners for engagement with studs fastened on the opposite end of said protective means.

3. An arm protector comprising a flexible base of sulicient size to encircle a wearers arm, flexible protective means having a plurality of small metallic particles spaced about the surface thereof, said protective means covering a portion of said base and being detachably secured thereto, said protective means having hollow eyelets extending only therethrough, and straps attached only to said protective means for securing the protector to the wearer.

ROY MCK. MANN.