US2437886A

US2437886A - Protecting device for industrial gloves

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Publication number: US2437886A
Application number: US498174A
Authority: US
Inventors: Irwin W Millard; Elmer W Beatty
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-08-11
Filing date: 1943-08-11
Publication date: 1948-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 1965-03-16

Description

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PROTECTING DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL GLOVES Filed Aug. 11, 1945 Patented Mar. 16,` 1948 PROTECTIN G DEVICE FOR'y INDUSTRIAL .('JrLOVliIS Irwin W. Millard and Elmer W.,Beatty, Danville, Ill.

Application August 11, 1943, Serial` No. 4985174.

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to devices for protecting gloves of the character worn by workmen in industrial plants and has as its general aim the pro vision or" a new and improved device of this char acter which is strong, wearresistant, and may be quickly and easily applied to protect or repair portions of the gloves which are worn or are most subject to wear.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved protective device of the character above set forth which embodies an elongated member oi such a wear resisting material as leather, coated on one side With a permanently tacky adhesive substance whereby to secure the member in a desired position on a glove.

In conjunction with the foregoing, another object is to provide a member of such material having angularly related sections, said strip being dimensioned and arranged to permit the member to be readily applied to the irregular contours and to follow the arcuate surfaces of a glove.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following description and from the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a protective device embodying the features of the invention applied to a finger stall of a glove.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the form of protective device illustrated in Fig. l as it is supplied to the user,

Fig. 3 is a plan view partially broken away of another form of device.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing another form of the protective device applied to a palm portion of a glove.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the device shown in Fig. 5.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications and alternative constructions, we have shown in the drawings and will herein describe in detail, the preferred embodiment, but it is to be understood that we do not thereby intend to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but intend to cover all modifications and alternative constructions falling Within the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended clairn.

As shown in the drawings, one iorm of protective device, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 primarily comprises an elongated member or strip it of a strong, wear resisting, protective material.

Preferably the strip is formed of leather such as that from which industrial gloves are made.

` The strip may be of. any predetermined usable length or if desired the strip may be ofsubstantial length fro-rn which strips of usablelength may be cut as required.

One side. offthe strip carries a coating` Il of a suitable adhesive substance. Preferably a permanently tacky` adhesiveV is employed such, for example, yas the adhesives used in adhesive, friction or Scotch tapes. The exposed surface of this adhesive may be protected by a backing layer I2 of paper, cloth or the like adapted for removal before the strip is applied to the glove.

Where a substantially plane flat surface of the glove requires protection or repair, as across the palm, the back or certain areas of the thumb and ringer stalls, this strip may be readily applied by removing the backing layer I2 and pressing the adhesive coated side of the strip in overlying relation to the area to be protected.

Certain areas of gloves, however, cannot be well protected by a straight flat strip because the shapes are not substantially complementary. Such areas, for example, are those at the nger tips, or in the crotch between the thumb stall and the palm. For protecting the finger tips the device may take the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 wherein the device, constructed of the same materials and in the manner of the strip previously described, has a head strip I3 which may be dimensioned to be wound circumierentially about the finger portion oi an industrial glove. Between its ends is a lateral extension I4 preferably formed integrally With the head strip I3. The extension is of sufficient length to permit it to pass outwardly and over the tip end of the linger stall of the glove and thence inwardly preferably to a position in which the free end of the extension is in underlying or overlapping relation to the opposite ends of the head strip. The widths of the strip and the 'extension may vary for different uses.

In use the device is applied to the glove by removing the protective layer I2 and pressing the area of the device at the junction between the head strip I3 and extension I4 over the part to be primarily protected, reenforced or repaired. The end of the extension is then brought over the tip of the glove and the opposite ends of the strip I3 are wound into place,

In a device for protecting curved, arcuate or irregularly shaped surfaces, the device may take the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This form is constructed as previously described and is similar to the device of Figs. 1 and 2. The head section I5 is a straight strip but the extension I6 thereon is arcuate in its plane, as shown. Fig. 5 illustrates this form of device applied to a glove to protect an area in the thumb crotch. The head strip is in this instance affixed to the palm (it could, if desired, be Xed to the back) with the extension passing through the thumb crotch and following the arcuate and angular contour of the underlying glove area Without wrinkling due to the arcuate shape of the extension.

A glove having its various areas thus protected will be greatly reenforced against Wear, or if it has already become Worn it will be adequately reenforced and the life of the glove materially increased. Should the protecting device itself Wear out, it may be readily removed and replaced by another. It may be noted that the present device may be applied directly to portions of the users hand to protect the hand againstl injury or to prevent further injury thereof. In the case of an injury a small pad of gauze may, if desired, be placed over the injured area before the device is applied.

We claim as our invention:

A reenforcement for an industrial glove comprising a generally T-shaped portion of thin flexible leather having one entire face thereof coated with permanently tacky adhesive, one portion of the T being adapted to overlie the glove area to be reenforced and adhesively secured to the same with the other portion of the T projecting as an anchorage strip from said one portion and adhesively secured to an adjacent portion of the glove.

IRWIN W. MILLARD. EIMER W. BEATTY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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