US3170703A

US3170703A - Sking gloves and mits

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Publication number: US3170703A
Application number: US221712A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marchand Jacques
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-09-06
Filing date: 1962-09-06
Publication date: 1965-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1982-02-23

Description

Feb. 23, 1965 J. MARCHAND 3,170,703

SKIING GLOVES AND MITS Filed Sept. 6, 1962 y IO INVENTOR.

JAQUES MARCHAND Fatented Feb. 2 3,

3,170,703 SKIING GLOVES AND MITS Jacques Marchand,'381 Broad St.,-Newark, NJ. Filed Sept. 6, 1962, Ser. No. 221,712

4 Claims. (Cl. 280-1137) This invention relates to skiers gloves and mits, although the term gloves is used hereinafter to include mit s, as the two are functionally the same for the purpose of the invention.

As known, ski poles are provided with looped straps, by which the two poles used may be securely held, the skiers gloves being inserted through the loops and wound around the wrists, which is inconvenient and time-consuming' This secure hold also has a hazard, viz., if a pole is accidentally caught in rocks or tree branches for example, as sometimes happens, the fast-moving skier is injuriously thrown. While certain suggestions have been made for overcoming this hazard, the present invention avoids some of the objections to prior structures.

a For one thing, the invention eliminates the mentioned usual loop-ed straps and the mentioned procedure of engaging the gloves with them.

The managements of most skiing areas require that one of the skiers hands be free when using a lift, whether the lift, is a rope lift or a chair lift. This requires the release of one hand from the looped strap before every lift which is avoided by my invention, and the latter provides means for conveniently carrying the usual two poles by attaching them to one glove.

The new structure also provides safety, which is done by having a self-releasing connection between the gloves and the poles in case one or both of the latter are accidentally caught, as mentioned. Other advantages will be appreciated by skiers.

Another advantage of the present invention is that the gloves may be worn when not skiing.

The drawings illustrate the invention, and in'these:

FIGURES 1 and 2 show one form of the invention, the former being a side-viewed perspective and the latter a front-viewed, with the thumb of the glove spread out in' both views;

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view showing a snap fastener element fastened to a strap;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of a ski pole and a section of a snap fastener element connected to the top of the pole, this element being complementary to the element of FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of the upper end portion of a ski pole; and

FIGURES 6 and 7 show a modified form of the invention in which a glove and accompanying strap are shown respectively in side-viewed and front-viewed perspective, with the thumb of the glove outspreadi Referring to the drawings for a detailed description thereof, and at first to FIGURES 1 and 4, the glove of FIGURES 1 and 2 comprises a finger portion 10 and a thumb portion or stall J11, the two connected by a wide strap 12 which is sewed at its ends to the thumb part and to the first-finger side of the finger part 11. Two corresponding elements 14 of a releasable or snap fastener are clamped onto strap 12, as shown in Figure 3. This element comprises a cap 15 on the upper surface of the strap and a socket 16 on the under surface, the two being connected, as known. The reason for having two similar fastener elements in the strap is to provide means whereby the two ski poles may be suspended from one glove when the other hand is required to be free, which is mentioned above as being a required regulation in many ski areas.

The upper end portion of a ski pole 20', having a in FIGURES 4 and 5, so that the gloves may-thereby be.

' squeezing pressure of the hand grip 20A, is shown in FIGURES 4 and 5. A snap fastener "element 21, complementary to either of the elements 14 i in strap 12, is attached to the top of the pole, .as shown afiixed to the poles with adequate holding effect for normal use of the poles, but are selfre1easing if the lower ends of the poles are accidentally held, as previously explained. It is to be noted that by connecting the strap to the top of the pole, the required pressing-down pressure is easier on the hand than would be the required gripping the sides of the pole.

The modified form of the invention shown in FIGURES 6 and 7 comprises a glove 25 having a thumb portion-26. A loop 27 is fastened at both ends to the wrist portion of the glove, and a strap 28 is passed thereunder, with its ends releasably connected by a buckle 29. The strap crosses the back of the hand and extends, on the palmar side, and in the form of a loop, up between the thumb and the body of the glove, and has two similar snap fastener elements 30, which correspond to elements 14- of FIGURES l and 2, by which the strap may be attached to element 21 on top'of the pole, with the same mentioned self-releasing connection.

The term glove in the specification and claims includes the term mit, as these two forms of hand covering are strap connecting the thumb stall to the first finger side of the glove, and a snap fastener element secured to the strap and adapted to engage a complementary fastener element disposed on the upper end of a ski pole when the skiers' gloved hand grips the upper end of the pole in skiing 2. The combination of a skiers glove having an individual thumb stall and an opposed first-finger side, a strap connecting the thumb stall to the first linger side of the glove, and a snap fastener element secured to the strap, a ski pole, a snap fastener element secured to the upper end of the ski pole and adapted to engage the fastener on the strap when the skiers gloved hand grips the upper end portion of the pole in skiing.

3. The combination of a skiers glove having an individual thumb stall and an opposed first-finger side, a strap connecting the thumb stall to the first finger side of the glove, and a tfastener element secured to the strap, a ski pole, a fastener element secured to the upper end of the ski pole and adapted to engage the fastener on the strap when the skiers gloved hand grips the upper end portion of the pole, said fasteners adapted to come apart when the pole and glove are forced apart by a substantial force.

4. The combination of claim 3 including a second fastener element secured to said strap and spaced from said first mentioned fastener element secured to said strap, said second fastener element also being adapted to engage said fastener element secured to the upper end of said ski pole, said second fastener element being adapted to come apart from said fastener element secured to the upper end of the ski pol-e when said pole and glove are forced apart by a substantial force, said second fastener element and said first mentioned fastener element being spaced sufliciently from one another to allow two ski poles to have their respective fastener c l m ents con- 7 2,751,598 I 6/56 'Romeo Q 2 16l nect-ed to said second and first mentioned fastener ele-, 2,787,003 .54/ 57 Parlanti 2-161 ments? FOREIGN PATENTS References Citedby the Examiner V 5 2; nd UNITED STATES PATENTS 2 325 12 47 McDougan 0 A. HARRY LEVY, Primary Exmniner. 2,436,755 2/48 Lapel! 2-159 THOMAS J. HICKEY'. DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY,

2,710,409 6/55 Burandt '2160 10 Examiners.

Claims

1. THE COMBINATION OF A SKIER''S GLOVE HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL THUMB STALL AND AN OPPOSED FIRST-FINGER SIDE, A STRAP CONNECTING THE THUMB STALL TO THE FIRST FINGER SIDE OF THE GLOVE, AND A SNAP FASTENER ELEMENT SECURED TO THE STRAP AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A COMPLEMENTARY FASTENER ELEMENT DISPOSED ON THE UPPER END OF A SKI POLE WHEN THE SKIER''S GLOVED HAND GRIPS THE UPPER END OF THE POLE IN SKIING.