Abstract: A strap of leather, for extending along the palm of a user's hand, has a finger end and a wrist end, with the wrist end anchored to a pad secured around the wrist by a belt and held in place by hook and loop materials. The finger end of the strap has a dowel extending sideways at approximately the finger tip position. Beyond the dowel are a couple of holes through which the two middle fingers extend during use, with the distal end of the strap folded back over the dowel and the fingers extending through the holes. An elastic strip is attached to the palm face of the finger end of the strap and forms a pair of loops through which the fingers extend during use. The strip is attached to the finger end distally of the dowel and finger holes so that the fingers pass through the loops prior to being inserted in the holes.

Abstract: A body warming device (A) is disclosed which warms a person's hands or other body portion that includes a flattened tubular covering (B) having open ends (12, 14) which lead to hand warming pockets (32, 36) on opposing sides of a heater pouch (C) containing an air activated heat pack (30). An air tight compartment (D) provides for deactivation and storage of the heat pack for reuse. Covering (B) may be fastened in a first configuration wherein heater pouch (C) is inside the tubular covering for warming the hands, and a second configuration wherein the heater pouch (C) is on the outside of the covering for direct placement and warming of other portions of the body as a therapeutic device.

Abstract: A wrist pom is utilized by individuals in cheerleading and the like, to include an elastomeric tubular sleeve having a forward annular end receiving a collar therewithin, wherein the collar has fixedly secured thereto an annular array of elongate, flexible tassel webs at rear distal ends of each web. A modification of the invention includes a squeeze bulb member mounted to the sleeve to provide for selective projection of glitter particles formed of reflective material for an enhanced visual display in use of the organization.

Abstract: This invention relates to devices used to maintain an aseptic relationship with the patient being treated and the environment of the treatment. This invention is a pair of thin, large, transparent, overgloves with a patch of adhesive on the digit portion of the palm side of the left and right glove. The gloves come paired, with a cut out area above the wrist on the back of the hand thereby separating the back side from the palm side for ease of entry. These overgloves are disposable.

Abstract: An athletic glove includes a back strap to compress and support the wrist and hand of the user. The glove comprises a central portion including a back side and a palm side which define a hand receiving pocket therebetween. A hand opening is formed in the central portion for inserting the user's hand into the pocket. A wrist cuff area encircles the user's wrist and borders the hand opening. A backhand support wraps around the user's hand to provide support for the backhand muscles. The backhand support includes a backhand strap having an intermediate portion and a free end portion. The backhand strap is secured to the central portion of the glove adjacent the finger stall for the user's index finger and extends diagonally backward across the back side of the glove towards the user's wrist.

Abstract: A golf glove has a glove body including a back member and a palm member, and a binding band. The binding band has a wide base portion for preventing the back of the hand inserted in the glove from bending backward, an intermediate portion for preventing the thumb from bending backward contiguous with the base portion, and a narrow end portion continuous with intermediate portion for preventing the thumb from bending. A pair of detachable surface fasteners are secured to the back of the base portion and to the back member. Another pair of detachable surface fasteners are secured to the back of the end portion and to the palm member.

Abstract: A body garment is disclosed having utility as a handwarmer, fanny pack or carrier of elongated articles such as skis. The garment includes a centrally located, tubular, synthetic fleece member of relatively long axial length having a handwarmer chamber with a synthetic moisture wicking cloth lining. A first zipper in the top of the tubular member provides access to the handwarmer chamber and to an open-mesh heat source bag that is located within the handwarmer chamber. A pair fleece cuffs are stitched with on each open end of the tubular member. A pair of cords are attached to each cuff to compliantly control the size of the cuff open ends. An adjustable length belt is attached to the top of the tubular member. A manually releasable coupler enables the belt for encirclement of an individual's waist, for positioning to the front or to the rear, or for shoulder support by the individual.

Abstract: Protective shield structure for the sleeve of a firefighter's coat. The protective shield structure is in the form of a curved member which is attached to the end portion of the sleeve of the firefighter's coat. The protective shield structure is positioned above a part of a glove worn by the firefighter adjacent the end of the sleeve of the firefighter's coat. The protective shield structure thus prevents the entry of water and other material into the glove as the firefighter is engaged in firefighting activity.

Abstract: A protective garment includes a wire mesh portion made from a wire material comprising a plurality of loosely interlinked metal wire rings, and at least one helically coiled stiffening element which is interwoven through a plurality of the metal wire rings in the wire mesh portion for maintaining the latter in a predetermined orientation. The garment can be effectively embodied as a protective glove which includes a wire mesh cuff portion having a plurality of helically coiled stiffening elements interwoven therein to maintain the cuff portion in a predetermined form.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glove for use in rock climbing. The glove includes a pad that, in the preferred embodiment, is made from a climbing rubber and adapted to cover the back and lower peripheral palm portioins of the climber's hand.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a sleeve-glove attachment assembly is provided for protective coveralls for use in protecting the wearer in a hazardous environment. The coveralls include torso, leg and sleeve portions with each sleeve having a forearm portion terminating at a wrist opening. The coveralls also include a glove with a cuff. The sleeve-glove attachment assembly includes an inner sleeve attached at an attachment location on the interior of the forearm of the sleeve which extends toward and terminates adjacent the wrist opening. Complementary hook and loop fastening tapes on the outside of the inner sleeve and the inside of the cuff serve to attach the glove to the inner sleeve. A slit-like opening in the sleeve of the coveralls extends into the sleeve from the wrist opening and terminates proximate the attachment location of the inner liner. A zipper is provided for closing the slit-like opening. A closable slit-like cuff opening is also provided in said cuff of said glove.

Abstract: A reversible protective glove formed of wire mesh material of the type intended to be worn by meat cutters, the glove having a wrist strap attached to the cuff thereof. The strap has a free end with a removable fastening member having a protrusion positioned thereon and facing in a first direction. A pair of oppositely facing grommets is positioned on the strap proximate an end thereof opposite the free end and which is attahced to the cuff. The protrusion of the removable fastening member is adapted for receipt in a selected one of the grommets to firmly secure the strap about a user's wrist when the glove is positioned on the user's right hand. The glove may be reversed by turning the same inside out and the removable fastening member relocated on the free end of the strap with the protrusion facing in a direction opposite the first direction to be received in the other grommet to firmly secure the strap when the glove is positioned on a user's left hand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wedding grown train hoop that is provided with a wrist strap that enables the bride or dress wearer to carry and support the hoop about the wrist. In particular, the wedding train hoop of the present invention entails a hoop having first and second ends connected together by a friction pin or screw. A decorative sock is disposed about the hoop and includes a wrist section that is formed at the juncture of the first and second ends of the hoop and extends from the hoop to form a wrist strap or loop.

Abstract: The wrist support glove of this invention is designed to enhance athletic performance. The glove comprises a gripping front portion covering the fingers and palm of the user, the gripping surface extending from the front of the fingers to the palm, and a back portion extending from the back of the fingers to the back of the hand. The glove also comprises a wrist portion comprised of one or more elongated flaps, each having a first and second end. The flaps are attached to the glove in such a manner as to provide a figure eight-type support to the hand and wrist. The compression and stabilization of the wrist and hand thus provided enhances athletic performance.

Abstract: A support portion for a baseball glove which may be integrally formed with the glove or separately attached thereto, the support portion being attached to a back wall of the glove so as to extend a distance above and below the free lower edge of the front wall of the glove sufficient to cover a lower back portion of the user's hand, the back of the user's wrist, and a back portion of the user's forearm. The support portion includes a securing member adapted to wrap around a user's arm below the wrist. In use, the support portion serves the dual purposes of supporting the user's wrist against injurious bending and imparting a natural control and feel to the glove. The support portion may include indentations on each side to provide greater lateral and forward hand and wrist flexibility while still providing support for the backward motion of the hand and wrist. The strap portion may include an elastic member to provide a better fit on various sized user's wrists.

Abstract: A protective cuff for preventing, when working with liquid material at a level above one's shoulders, the liquid material from flowing down onto the person working with the material is constituted by an outwardly open, funnel-like collar (1) of a relatively large rigidity at the inner end thereof somewhat yieldingly carried by a holder (2) forming a bottom for the collar and having a radially inner, axially elongated portion (5) of a soft material and of a relatively small thickness directly enclosing the user's forearm.

Abstract: An under-cuff protective device is formed to be placed and retained between a restraining device, such as handcuffs or leg-cuffs, and the detainee. The device includes a flexible base member of a length to substantially encircle the limb, generally at the wrist or ankle. Two wall members are attached to the outside of the base member in longitudinally spaced relationship, separated so as to permit the restraining device to fit between the wall members and snugly about the base member. The wall members form a wall-like structure which retains the restraining device in place on the base member. A preferred means of forming each wall member is by longitudinally folding a portion of the base member over onto its outside surface and attaching it there. The base member is fastened about the detainee's limb using two flexible connecting straps. Hook and loop fastening means are preferred.

Abstract: An article of wearing apparel adapted to have releasably secured thereto an ornamental element. There is provided fastener means having a pair of complementary fastener portions adapted to be selectively engageable or disengageable for securing or releasing said fastener portions, respectively. One of said fastener portions is secured to the inside of said article of wearing apparel and the other of said fastener portions is adapted to be secured to said ornamental element. In this way any selected one of a plurality of ornamental elements provided with said other of said fastener portions is adapted to be releasably secured to the article of wearing apparel to form a combination which simulates an article of wearing apparel having an ornamental element permanently secured thereto by stitching.

Abstract: A safety glove for use by people engaged in active sports or in industrial job activities to protect against hyperextension of ligaments and tendons in the wrist. The glove includes a body having palm and back portions joined to fit about the hand. An inelastic wrist strap is attached at its proximal end to the body and extends along a length sufficient to wrap about the person's wrist in the range of one and one-half to substantially three turns, depending upon the requirements of the particular sports or job activity. Finger receptacles are formed for receiving the thumb and fingers of the person's hand. In one embodiment the strap tapers from an enlarged proximal end to a smaller width at the distal end. In another embodiment the strap is of substantially uniform width along its length.

Abstract: A support portion for a baseball glove which may be integrally formed with the glove or separately attached thereto, the support portion being attached to a back wall of the glove so as to extend a distance above and below the free lower edge of the front wall of the glove sufficient to cover a lower back portion of the user's hand, the back of the user's wrist, and a back portion of the user's forearm. The support portion includes a securing member adapted to wrap around a user's arm below the wrist. In use, the support portion serves the dual purposes of supporting the user's wrist against injurious bending and imparting a natural control and feel to the glove.

Abstract: Weight-lifting, power-lifting and work-out wrist wraps that are of two types, attached and detachable, are disclosed which includes a work-out glove with exposed finger sleeves for better grip. The attached wrist wrap allows for the combination of both the work-out glove and wrist wrap, making it unncessary to purchase and use the two separately. The detachable wrist wrap allows for the flexibility of applying on the wrist wrap without outside assistance by buttoning on the wrist wrap to the work-out glove; it also allows for the use of both the work-out glove and wrist wrap separately. Both types of wrist wraps provide protection from injury to the wrist tendons and strengthen the wrists for the lifting of heavy weights.

Abstract: A support portion for a baseball glove, the support portion being attached to a back wall of the glove so as to extend a distance above and below the free lower edge of the front wall of the glove sufficient to cover a lower back portion of the user's hand, the back of the user's wrist, and a back portion of the user's forearm. The support portion includes a securing member adapted to wrap around a user's arm below the wrist. In use, the support portion serves the dual purposes of supporting the user's wrist against injurious bending and imparting a natural control and feel to the glove.

Abstract: A disposable glove for medical use and the like includes a closed distal end for containing the wearer's fingers, an open proximal end, and a cuff portion at the open proximal end. Adhesive is provided on a portion of the cuff for allowing the portion of the cuff to be removably secured to other portions of the cuff for tightening the cuff when the glove is on the wearer's hand. A method of making the glove is also disclosed.

Abstract: An article of clothing adapted to receive at least a portion of a wearer's body, having a rear end forming an access passage for the wearer's hand and at least one elastic member so disposed as to bias the access passage towards a substantially open position. The article of clothing, which may be in the form of a glove or mitten, may also include an opening extending substantially longitudinally forward from the rear end. A closure device, such as a zipper, may be adjacent the opening and may be selectively operated to urge the opening, and thus the access passage, towards a substantially closed position, sealing the article of clothing against the wearer's wrist or forearm.

Abstract: An improved golf glove used as a training aid having an adjustable strap that forms a loop for the thumb attached to back of the glove extending approximately forty-five degrees from a line taken through the middle finger of the glove, a second strap attached to the index and middle finger of the glove approximately midway between the tip of the finger and the base of the finger stalls forming a loop between the back of the inner portions of the index and middle fingers of the glove.

Abstract: A glove adapted to have releasably secured thereto an ornamental accessory. There is provided fastener means having a pair of complementary fastener portions adapted to be selectively engagable or disengagable for securing or releasing said fastener portion, respectively. One of said fastener portions is secured to the inside of said glove and the other of said fastener portions is adapted to be secured to said ornamental accessory. In this way any selected one of a plurality of ornamental accessories provided with said other of said fastener portions is adapted to be releasably secured to the glove to form a glove and accessory combination which simulates a glove having an accessory permanently secured thereto by stitching.

Abstract: Disclosed is a protective metal mesh glove that has no side opening, yet has a wide enough opening for the hand of the user to fit inside. A V-shaped portion of metal mesh is secured to the sides of the slit to enclose a wearer's hand with metal mesh. When a closure strap is opened, the V-shaped portion extends to its full V-shape. When the glove is fastened by tightening and securing the strap, the upper tips of the V-shaped section overlap each other, thereby securely and completely closing the glove.

Abstract: A knitted tubular towel-like band worn around the wrist and lower arm during participation in various sports. Plain knit, relatively narrow welts fit snugly around the wrist and arm to hold a center, relatively wide terry knit portion in place over the lower arm and wrist. The terry knit portion serves both as a wristband to keep the hands dry and as a towel for blotting and absorbing perspiration from the face and forehead during play.

Abstract: A support device for a wrist or forearm is made up of a band having an outer cushion layer, intermediate support layer and inner cushion layer bonded together, and a flexible strap is attached at one end to the outer surface of said band and has a free end which is looped through a buckle at the attached end of the band and reversed upon itself with a VELCRO.RTM. type fastener between the free end and a portion of the strap to adjustably secure the support device around the wrist or forearm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glove configuration and method for making same of a thin flexible film. The glove and form having an ambidextrous shape useful for either the left or right hand use and a cuff configuration which resists rolldown. The configuration of the cuff includes a corrugated portion and a broadly fluted portion. The former giving increased strength and thickness and the latter providing a place to improve the ease with which the glove may be stripped from its dipping form.

Abstract: A combination wristband and back of the hand flap or pad for absorbing and wiping perspiration from the forehead and face of the wearer comprises a circumferential wristband made of an absorbent, fabric material which is elastic and stretchable in a circumferential direction. A flap or pad extends from one end of the wristband, with the flap or pad being an integrally formed extension of the wristband and made of the same absorbent, stretchable, fabric material as the wristband. The flap or pad lies substantially flatwise against the back of one's hand when the wristband is being worn.

Abstract: A knitted article such as a glove having a wrist cuff includes an edge binding which is activatable by the application of heat thereto to prevent unraveling of the cuff edge. The bound edge is defined by first and second yarn ends which are knitted together, wherein the first yarn includes a heat activatable, thermoplastic outer covering and the second yarn is defined by a nonthermoplastic, elastic material. The first and second yarns are knitted in a manner to form crossover points therebetween. The edge binding is subjected to heat in order to melt the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, thereby joining the first and second yarns at the crossover points. The articles may be formed on conventional, automatic knitting machines. The knitted articles are ejected from the machine and are gravity fed into a heated chamber in order to melt the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, and thereby bind the edge of the article.

Abstract: A reversible glove construction includes a cuff portion including a pair of connected side-by-side cuff strips and a reversible glove portion which is secured to the cuff portion between the cuff strips. The glove portion is preferably made of a protective wire mesh sheet material; and because the glove portion is secured to the cuff portion between the cuff strips, the glove is securable on either hand of a wearer in a position wherein one of the cuff strips overlies the open end portion of the glove and the other cuff strip overlies the adjacent portion of the wearer's wrist.

Abstract: The present ski glove provides warmth and is constructed to be highly flexible to permit the wearer to firmly grip and feel the ski pole when skiing. The ski glove includes an inner glove member and an outer glove member with insulating material between the inner and outer glove members and an auxiliary cuff member is formed around the wrist area of the inner glove member by an outwardly folded layer of the inner glove member to provide an outwardly extending wrist encircling welt. The auxiliary cuff is joined at its inner end to a main cuff portion which may be maintained in a position extending partially up the arm of the wearer or which may be turned inwardly over the outer portion of the glove when skiing in warmer temperatures.

Abstract: A hand glove comprising a body, an outside pad and an inside cushion. The outside pad and the inside cushion are secured to outside and inside surfaces of the body respectively and are adapted to terminate below the fingers and inside the thumb and to fit over a major portion of the palm, the wrist, and a portion of the forearm. The inside cushion and the outside pad cushion the palm and the wrist without restricting flexing of the wrist, the thumb, or the fingers.

Abstract: A stretchable knitted article of predominately terry loop construction, e.g., an athletic headband, with a design printed thereon, includes a knitted fabric of single jersey construction the reverse side of which has a predominant terry loop region bordering an integrally knit smaller reverse-side plain jersey region. The plain jersey region is oriented in the article for coursewise stretching such that the sinker loop and needle loop crests of the yarn thereof are substantially the only visible yarn portions in both the stretched and unstretched conditions of the article. The design is printed on the plain region whereby it maintains its definition and continuity of appearance when stretched in ordinary use.

Abstract: An improved lacrosse glove having a hand receiving portion and a cuff or gauntlet connected by a novel flexible connecting means comprising a padded portion attached at one edge to the inside of the hand receiving portion and at the other edge to an elastic portion which is in turn attached to the inside of the cuff. The padded portion provides protection in the opening between the hand receiving portion and the cuff, while the elastic portion, which is inside the cuff, provides flexibility and maximum motion in the area of the user's wrist.

Abstract: A metal mesh protective glove extending continuously around the user's hand and fingers. A continuous cuff extends around the circumference of the glove near the user's wrist and encloses a strap which is free to slide in and is removable from the cuff. The opposite ends of the strap extend from an opening in the cuff; and the strap includes means to secure its ends to each other to form a band of varying length so that the strap and cuff may be tightened about the wearer's wrist with minimum folding or drooping of the glove mesh.

Abstract: A glove formed of rubber or plastics material, especially an examination or surgical glove devoid of a roll-down preventing beaded edge and containing a structured surface at the cuff region. The structured surface is formed at the outer side or surface of the glove by non-connected raised portions, whereas the structured surface is formed at the inside or inner surface of the glove by mirror-image, non-connected recesses or depressions. The mold for fabricating the glove contains non-connected recesses at the cuff region.

Abstract: A protective glove with finger receiving and integral forearm portions having an integral round outwardly extending ring formed around the forearm portion, spaced from the end thereof and spaced from the exterior surface thereof by a narrow, integral and continuous wall forming a gutter to collect and divert fluid flow from either end of the glove.

Abstract: A chain mesh protective glove for butchers has a semi rigid wrist guard configured to shield an area extending no more than halfway around a user's forearm nearest the wrist joint, including the front of the wrist and the base of the thumb. A flexible wristband connects the wrist guard to the glove and secures the glove around a wearer's wrist. When the glove is used in conjunction with a conventional protective sleeve, the wrist guard provides protection against knife penetration between the glove and the sleeve, without significantly impairing articulation of the user's wrist.

Abstract: An elastomeric surgical glove with an improved ring rolled cuff and a method and apparatus to produce the cuff is disclosed. The ring rolled cuff comprises alternating tightly rolled segments with loosely rolled segments. The ring rolled cuff is made by contacting the uncured glove on the glove form with a plurality of rotating wheels while the wheels are moved on the form from the wrist end of the form toward the hand end of the form. The portions of the cuff in contact with the wheels are tightly rolled, and the remaining portions are loosely rolled.

Abstract: A glove is provided with band-type connectors for releasably connecting with a weight at any of a plurality of selected locations about the outer surface of the glove to facilitate resistance exercising of muscles of the forearm, wrist, hand and/or fingers. The weight is preferably carried on a strap. Each of the band-type connectors or bands extends through a separate set of openings formed in the glove and preferably serves to encircle an adjacent portion of the wearer's hand. Each of the bands preferably loops alternatively out of and into the glove to provide at least one external loop portion which can be connected to the strap-carried weight. By this arrangement the glove may be used in a variety of palm-up, palm-down and palm-sideways attitudes with the strap-carried weight attached at any of the selected locations.

Abstract: This invention relates to a protective device adapted to protect the hand, palm and wrist of a person while one is engaging in a sporting activity, such as skateboarding or football, and can also be used to retain the hand, palm, and wrist substantially immobile after an injury. The device has a contoured, generally rectangular shape constructed of a resilient, energy-absorbent material, such as plastic foam, which is coated or covered on at least one side with a covering layer. A bendable stiffening member is interposed between the covering layer and resilient material forming a sandwich-like construction. The peripheral edges of the resilient material and the covering layer extend beyond the peripheral edges of the stiffening member. The novel construction provides a generally cylindrical protective means when the device is worn. Suitable fastening means are provided to retain the device on the wearer's hand, palm and wrist.

Abstract: A first rigid elongated plate has first and second ends, a first end being hingedly attached to a first end of a rigid link to swing freely towards and away from one side of the link within a predetermined included first arc. A second rigid elongated plate, having first and second ends, is hingedly attached to the other end of the link to swing freely towards and away from the one link side within a predetermined included second arc. A flexible envelope encloses the first and second plates and the link to retain the plates and link in end to end hinged relation. Strap members transversely extend from the envelope and are wrappable around the user's hand, wrist, and forearm to hold the envelope, plates, and link in supporting relation thereto.

Abstract: Ball player's gloves used in playing baseball, softball and similar sports are provided with an opening for insertion of the player's hand to manipulate the glove. A relatively short strap normally spans the opening to assist in holding the glove on the player's hand. The present invention provides an improvement in such gloves in which a relatively long strap is provided in place of the short strap. The long strap has one end attached to one side of the opening of the glove and a second opposite end detachably attachable to the other side of the opening. The longer strap has sufficient length so that it can be looped around the wrist of the player to secure the glove to the player so that the glove can be more readily manipulated and will not come off while it is being used.