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B. N. cABSON -8 A. A. MABTIN.

B0XINGG0vBL Patented Jnne 26, 1894.-

l NI f-ED... STATES PATENT EIoEe BoBBT NEDDEBMABK oBSN AND ABTUB A. MABTIN, OE SAN FBAN-- oISooo LIEo NIA, ASSIGNoBS To E E. T. ALLEN ooMPANY, OE SAME BoxINo-GLoVEr Boitknown thatwo, BoBET NDDBMABK OABSON ond ABEU f. ffARTIN, oitizenS of the ITnited SfateS, fesiding in tho oity ond oounty of San ranoiSoo, Stato of (olifornia, havo invonted an III1p'lovoInonf in Boxing- Gloves; and Wo hoToby deolore tho fonowing to bo o fo11, oloor, and eXaot dosoription of the Sanlo.

Lo Ouf invention TelofeS to improvoments in boxing gloveS.

It ooIISiStS in ooftin details of oonstruotion, Whioh Will bo Inofe funy explained by fofef enoototheaooompanyingdfaWingSjn Whioh Figuro 1 is a vieW ShoWing tho pattern of tho baok aJS it iS oot ont alnd boforo it is noado ll i 2 iS the a11n attern With thnmb Toinforoo. Fig, 3 is o Side viow of the com pletod glove. I ig. 4: iS a baok viow showing 2o the glovo oloSed.

Tho objeot of oI1r invention iS to provido ooftain i[n ovoInentS in thot oasS of gloveS knoWn as boxing gloveS,

It oonSists in SIloh a forInation of fhe glove 2 5 thot itS IlorInol )oSition iS in thoforn1 of aJ oufve nearly appfoxin1ating to that vvhioh it Wi11 oooupy When upon tho hand of the llSof. TrnSverSe1y it iS Inado InIloh bfoodor aoroSS tho knuokloS and baok of the hand than it iS at tho ends of tho ngeTs of of the WfiSt end, Whofoby tho pdding With Whioh it iS Hod, is Inaintoinod i11 itS appropriato plaoo oofosS tho knnokleS, and not aHoWed to beoomo dis laoed and Sli down to oithor end of tho 3 5 glove, and the palfn iS So out and fitte(1 to tho thuInb tht the lattor iS Sot afonnd into the front of tho polm so as to oloso natorally vvithout Strain and bo proteotod Whon fho hand iS olosod.

0 L iS tho baok of the glovo Whioh iS ol1f, aS Shown iI1 ig. 1, With its groatoSt bfedth ofoSS tho linoS oo. Efon1thiS pointit taperS to rounded ond at o, and faperS to o diagona1 straight line Whioh forn1s tho vvrisf end 45 os shown at o.- vvhen the book is stitchod opon the palIn of fronf 1), the groatesf dio111- etef iS oofoss the oentral ortion or port whioh vi11 be iost above the knnokleS of tho oloSed fiSt. fon1 thiS point the glove taj )ofS to tho 5o olltof ond ond is Inodo n1noh longef than tho oroinory form of glove. At tho inner end it is stitohed upon the gaunflet or Wrist portion, ond itS oonneotion of thiS point ond vvitf1 tho sides of tho polm portion iS SI1oh that v7hon the glove iS finiShed, it aI ayS reminS in onTved or sen1ioiroulaf fortn very nearly ap pfoohing thalt Which it oooupieS Whe n tho hand is oloSod, oS Shown in Eig. 3. Tho pm has aJ SogInent CZ oof sothat ono end roInainS joined to the a1m, and thiS sofveS as o ToiD- oo foToo for tho inner Sido of the thI1Inb When tho ladttoI'iS attaohed. InStoad of oI1fting out tho segmont of tho side of tho palm fof tho ottaohmont of the thumb S thaf the latt r lies of ono sido and opproximotoly i]1 tho o 5 plono of tho pa1, tho out ont portion iS oarfied fafther illto the palIn, 1eving Sman ofeSoont oxtending around tho olltSido of the baso of the thuInb, and this brin s tho thun1b aronnd iIlto opposition With the fifst ngor, 7o So that Whon tho hand iS oloSod, tho thnn1b lies natnfally iI1 tho orvatnfe thus forn1od oli tho in11er Sido ond is bottor profeotod from end blows, besiooS olosing nafurany into plooe vvithont Strain npon the outSido Stitohes. Z 7 v-Shapod gofo iS let into o oofrosponding Spooe out oof of fhe front of tho vvriSt portion, ond on oIastio band oxtondS aofoSS this part to hold the g]ovo olosoly about tho vvfiSt,and yielding to anow tho hond to paSS i11 putting on or foInoving the glove. v7hon tho glovo iS pla,oed upon the hond and tho hond Shof, tho point of tho g]ovo extondB doWn ovef tho aln1 of the hand aS far aS the vvrist, tho thomb E 1ies in tho hoHow formed by this folding of the glove in tho osual Inonnof of Snoh gloveS,

So tht tho nator1 form of tho glovo iS tho Sogmont1 onfvo all Stfain iS takon ffoIn tho leother, thero is I10 tondenoy to too tho Stitohes at the WfiSt of to foroo the fingorS throogh tho oo palm in the attenopt to oloso tho hond and tho baok of tho glovo iS oI1ooth ond Boff. Tho padding, by reaSon of tho gfeator breadth aoroSS tho knnokles has o tendenoy to reInain of that point, and oannot bo forood to either 9 5 ond So aS to Inoke tho padding thinner of to oxpose tho knookles at thot point. o )11 pdding iS IleooSSory in g1oes of thiS oon Struotion. By feoson oflength of tho glovo, and the ti oxtending So faf dOWn u )on tflo Ioo vvist, What is known aS heeling of bIOWS With the paln1 and base 0 the thumb afe impossible- It Will be Inanifest that the form Inade broadoaSt at the knnokleB and ta ering to either or both endS m3y be emp10yod with al g10ve nornlally open of norn1aHy oloSed, and the glove Inay have the normaHy oloSed oon Struotion independent of the tapering foI'n1.

Iaving t 11S desoribed oI11, invention, What We claim as eW, and desire to Secure by IJetteTS I atent, iS

1. The iIn )I'()ve11ont in boxing gloveS o0 Sisting of tho baok nade broadeSt in the oen tef, tapering tOWard the endS of the fingers nd t0Wrd the vvriSt, in conjnnotion With the palm )iece to Which the bok is Stitohed So as to for111 oufved Segn1ent vvhen tho glove is finiShed, snbStantiaHy as herein deSoribed.

2. I11 a boxing glove, the back madebmad i11 the oenter and tapofing tOWar(1 the nger ends and vvrist, a alm iece to which the back iS stitched S0 t0 prodnoe pormnent nor- II1Iourvatnre froII1 WfiSt t0 ng6f tip, thuInb itted int0 the pahn in opposition to the fingorS 1[n and Wrist, and a thumb set into the 1m to Stnd 110rmHyin oppoSition With the [in gel'S vhereby it oloSeS int0 the ourvaturoInado by o1OSing tho hand, vvibhonb Strain upon the Stitohing, SubStantially S heein deSoribed.

In vitneSS Whereof We have heTennto set onf handS.

BOBT. NEDDEBMABK OABSON. ABTHUB A. MABTIN.

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