US2488416A

US2488416A - Glove

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Publication number: US2488416A
Application number: US608494A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustave A Kurz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-05-11
Filing date: 1945-08-02
Publication date: 1949-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1966-11-15

Description

Nov. 15,, 1949 5,, K 2,488,416

GLOVE Original Filed May 11, 1944 Patented Nov. 1949 GLOVE Gustave A. Kurz, Columbus, Ohio Original application May 11, 1944, Serial No. 535,126. Divided and this application August 2, 1945, Serial No. 608,494

2 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves, either fabric or leather and is a division of my co-pending application Ser. No. 535,126 filed May 11, 1944 for Gloves, which application has been abandoned.

An object of this invention is to provide in a glove an improved fourchette which will permit standardization of the digits or fingers thereof.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved fourchette which may be formed of elastic fabric so that the glove will snugly engage about each finger, the elasticity of the fourchette providing for the snug fitting of the fingers of the glove in any position of the fingers.

A further object of this invention is to simplify the construction of the glove so as to eliminate the necessity of providing different size fingers and assuring a snug fitting for a glove irrespective of which side of the glove is worn on the palm side.

With the foregoing objects in view, and others which may hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more specifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein are shown embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention, as claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a glove constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the fourchette embodied with this invention.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional View, partly in elevation, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings the numeral Hi designates generally a glove, which embodies a palm or body II, with a wrist portion l2 at the inner end thereof. The wrist portion l2 may be formed integral with the palm II, or may be formed as a separate piece which is stitched as at l3 to the rear of the palm II.

The palm l I also has formed integral therewith a back which is of the same configuration as the palm l l as shown more clearly in my prior Patent 1,625,368 issued April 19, 1927. The palm H has extended therefrom finger cots 14 which include finger forming members 15 which are integral with the material forming the palm I I, and the back of the glove, and there is secured between the finger forming members I5 a fourchette, generally designated as 3!.

The fourchette 3| is designed for use as with unreversible gloves, and is constructed of an elongated piece of fabric having integral fourchette portions 32, 33, 34 and 35. The fourchette portions 34 and 35 are of substantially triangular configuration, being formed integral with the adjacent ends of the intermediate fourchette portions 33 and 32 respectively.

The inner edge 36 of the fourchette portion 34 is adapted to be disposed at an obtuse angle to the adjacent edge 31 of the fourchette portion 33 by folding the material so as to form a triangle 33 on one side of the strip and then stitching the folded triangular portion 38 along the lines indicated by the numerals 39 and 40.

The fourchette portion 35, which is formed integral with the fourchette portion 32, has an inner edge 4! thereof disposed at an obtuse angle to the adjacent edge 42 of the fourchette portion 32 by folding the strip to form a triangular fold, as indicated at 43 and then stitching the folded portion along the lines indicated by the numerals 44 and 45.

Inner lines of stitching 43 and 4'! may be stitched through the folded portions 38 and 43 respectively, so that the triangular folds 38 and 43 will lie firmly against the adjacent side of the strip. The meeting edges of the fourchette portions 33 and 34 are defined oppositely from the edges 36 and 31 by straight edges 48 and 49 which form an obtuse angle substantially sharper than the angle formed by the inner edges 36 and 31.

The junction between the fourchette portions 32 and 33 is defined by straight edges 5|] and 5| which are at an obtuse angle to each other and are on a sharper angle than the opposite edges 52 and 53. The fourchette portion 32 has a straight edge 54 which is disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the adjacent straight edge 55 of the fourchette portion 35, and the obtuse angle formed by the edges 54 and 55 is a sharper angle than the angle formed by the edges 4! and 42.

The fourchette 33 also includes a, narrow connectin strip 55 which is adapted to engage over the tip of one finger and the fourchette 32 also includes a narrow strip 5! engageable over another finger tip. The outer end of the fourchette portion 35 includes a narrow tip member 58, and the outer end of the fourchette member 34 includes a narrow tip member 53.

The opposite edges of the fourchette hereinbefore described are adapted to be secured to the finger forming members l5 by stitching 60, as shown in Figure 3, the edges of the fourchette being inwardly folded and secured to the inwardly folded edges of the finger forming members I5.

The fourchette 3| may be constructed of inherently elastic material so that when the front and back portions of the hand covering are secured to the fourchette the latter will provide a means whereby the back and front portions of the hand covering will, readily conform to the configuration bfthel'iand, and the fingers.

While gloves have heretofore been formed with fourchettes made of fabric, these fourchettes would not provide for the snug fitting of the finger" cots on the fingers Whereas by forming the fourchettes as hereinafter described thefourch ette s may be narrower than has been the practic h tofore and due to the elasticity of the .fourchtte 4 necting said outer members with said intermediate member and a narrow finger tip engaging strip extending from the outer end of each of said outer members.

2, In a glove, 3, continuous fourchette comprising a pair of outer members and an intermediate member, said members being substantially triangular anddis posed in edge em tting, relation, the juncture,ltheijeoif being deiigletl bystraight edges at an obtuse angle on the inner edge of said four- ,Qhette and an obtuse angle on the outer edge ebi e the cot will snugly or tightlyengageabout'eacli finger irrespective of the position of the finger? While attempts have heretofore been made to,

form the fourchettes out of knitted fabric in order to provide for stretching of the fourchette the knitted fabric has notb' en entirely satisfactory due 'to the facttha tfit ill notcontr'act to the desired degree infdrderto'providefor the snug fitting'of the 'cotonfthe finger, However, "with a fourchettfi fpr riedlof inh ntly elastic material, a conforming finger cot 0 .l'befmore readily provided which will retain its 'shape for a longer period or" timeandyifi 3. ti??? provide for the snug or' tight fitting are pot on the finger in yr i i n f hef ait I clairru" M 1. In a glove, a continuous fourchette comprising a pair of outer tfianful'ar'members and an intermediate triangular 'rln'ember disposed in edge abutting relation, "'saif'd mermmmm formed with a transverse fold extending divergingly in wardly from theapex' hereer whereby the outer edges of said outeri rierribeifswilljbe at an obtuse angle andtheinner edges "or said outer members Will'be atan' obtuse angle greater'than that of the outer edges, narr'o en eetm 'm'embers consharper than said inner angle, the ends of said inher member abutting the adjacent edges of said outer members, the adjacent outer edges of inner member and said outer members being disposed g e, 'the inner adjacent edges of slaidinne' mem er land said outer members being formed t an obtuse angle greater than the corresponding outer angle by folding the members at the juncture thereof in a triangle having the apex s ne rew C nn?- ,ter'ml b h "I Eda-e n r i en eli e tr pexte dine said outerfm eil eeve e g ean Th l ng reiere i ea reoi record in, the file of this patent;

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