Abstract: A finger guard for protection against injury by a knife when cutting foodstuff. The finger guard extends along the back-hand face of an operator finger, and is bendable concurrently with the latter. The finger guard consists of a multiplicity of spaced-apart, interconnected lamellae, with a given upper lamella having a lower portion overlying the upper portion of the corresponding lower lamella; wherein should the blade of a knife hit the finger guard, that blade would subsequently slide downwardly successively from upper to lower lamellae in a frictionless fashion without injury to the finger. Two elongated flexible metal stems extends on each side of and pivotally interconnects with the lamellae. The stems can bend to follow the motion of the finger. An adjustable retaining strap surrounds the front hand face of the finger at an intermediate portion of the finger guard and a basket member, attached to the stems, receives the finger tip.

Abstract: A baseball batting accessory in the form of a cushioning pad having a flap portion to protect the batter's hands against bone bruises and to properly position the bat near the batter's fingertips.

Abstract: An archer's hand plate adapted to be worn on an archer's hand when drawing and releasing a bow string and arrow is disclosed. The device is designed to increase accuracy and reproducibility in shooting arrows. The device comprises a base plate designed to fit in the palm of the archer's hand and to keep the back of the hand substantially flat and in line with fingers of the hand up to the first joint thereof, thereby maintaining knuckles of the fingers in line, the base plate having a leading edge, a rear portion and a top portion connecting the leading edge and rear portion, the leading edge shaped to coincide with at least the index finger and middle finger of the hand and to require said fingers to bend at the first joint thereof when the hand is closed about the base plate.

Abstract: A bowling aid device and method are operative to circumferentially compress the knuckle portion of a bowler's digit and reduce the same prior to insertion of the digit into the corresponding digit hole of a bowling ball. The device comprises a flexible and inextensible strip-like or ring-like compression member adapted to be applied completed around the knuckle and adjustable locking means operative to tighten the compression member in wrap-around compressive engagement with the knuckle for a preselected period of time. The resultant circumferential reduction of the knuckle provides optimum sliding engagement of the reduced digit within the corresponding digit hole in the bowling ball and improved bowling performance.

Abstract: A device for aiding a bowler in delivering a bowling ball comprising a finger sleeve including opposed wings mutually engageable in a generally cylindrical configuration for encirclement of the little finger of the bowler. The finger sleeve has a bracing element secured thereto. The bracing element includes an elongated rib secured to the finger sleeve between the opposed wings, and a palm extension which projects from the rib and finger sleeve a distance which is from about one-half to about three-fourths the length of the elongated rib.

Abstract: A safety glove for a workman is shown having a fingerless body portion for covering the palm and top of the hand, and attached finger and thumb as well as palm and top hand covering portions that can be easily separated from the main body portion by a pulling motion exerted lengthwise or otherwise along any one of the separable portions, which pulling motion would be produced, for example, when the top end of one or more of these finger portions or top hand sections is caught in a machine or snagged by a drill bit and the workman, with a reflex action, pulls his hand in an opposite direction. The instantaneous separation of the finger, thumb, palm or top hand covering portions from the main glove body portion prevents the entire gloved hand from being pulled into the machine and thus permits the workman to remove his hand from the danger zone.

Abstract: An improved sewing thimble having an elongated, tubular body consisting of a pliable material, such as rubber, wherein a plurality of vent holes are disposed about the annular body portion, the inner bore thereof being designed to conform to the average finger, including those having extended fingernails. The forward head portion of the thimble is enlarged with a thickened area of a hard rubber or plastic to allow for forceful engagement with a needle to be threaded. Alternative arrangements include a protective shield embedded within the head portion and a threading-and-cutting device mounted to the thimble at the tip of the enlarged head thereof.

Abstract: Finger protection such as finger tabs and gloves for use in archery is provided with one or more raised strips at a portion or portions corresponding to the first joint or joints of the middle and/or ring fingers, pull of the string being facilitated by engaging same with one of the sides of the raised strips.

Abstract: A fingernail protector having a finger support flange; a semicircular lower shell, co-extensive with the flange; an upper semicircular cover resting upon the shell, the shell and cover defining a cylinder for encasing the distal finger joint; an exterior hinge connecting the shell and cover which permits convenient access to the fingernail; and a finger support strap having a plurality of flexible hooks on one side and a plurality of flexible loops on the other side.

Abstract: A device for controlling a bowling ball having a thumb hole therein, in which a sleeve-like member for slipping on the bowler's thumb and into the hole of the ball, has one or more friction pads on the outside of the member adjacent the back of the thumb when disposed in the member for transmitting a control force between the thumb and the bowling ball. The sleeve-like member is held on the thumb preferably by a strap attached to the member and extending around the wrist of the bowler, and a cylindrical sleeve is disposed in and secured in the thumb hole of the bowling ball. The sleeve-like member may have a plurality of removable and replaceable friction pads, and the sleeve may have a friction pad along the internal surface thereof for engagement by the friction pads on the sleeve-like member.

Abstract: A bowling accessory device for preventing two inner sections of a bowling finger from assuming a straight line comprises a strip-like member with a first ring-like member affixed to the member at a first end thereof and removably accommodating a section of a bowling finger. A second ring-like member is affixed to the second opposite end of the strip-like member and removably accommodates next-adjacent section of the bowling finger. An adjusting member adjustably affixed to the second ring-like member selectively varies the distance between the first and second ring-like members at their sides opposite the strip-like member thereby preventing the sections of the finger in the ring-like members from assuming a straight position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing calyx rupture incident to rapid expansion of a corolla therein consisting of a hollow cone of lightweight light transmitting sheet material having ventilation openings therein which, as a flower bud starts to mature, is rested downwardly over the bud to circumscribe and lightly to constrain its calyx until the extended ends of the sepals of the calyx start to open to emit the corolla and is thereupon removed to release the calyx for uniform flowering of the corolla.

Abstract: An indexing device includes a layer of film and pressure sensitive adhesive material located on at least a portion of one side of the layer of film to enable the layer of film to adhere to an object such as a finger. The indexing device further includes material having a very high coefficient of friction with respect to the objects to be indexed disposed upon at least a portion of the second side of the film layer. By sliding the material disposed on the second side of the indexing device across a planar object such as a sheet of paper, a substantial frictional force is developed that resists the relative movement of the indexing device and the planar object. This resistance to relative movement serves to index or separate the planar object from adjacent planar objects.

Abstract: A method of protecting a long protruding fingernail during performance of manual activities by inserting a resilient cushion member within the cavity on the under side of the protruding nail portion and adhesively securing the cushion member to the fingernail.

Abstract: A golf glove is disclosed having an extra finger pocket between the index and middle finger pockets for securing one finger of one hand of a golf player between the fingers of the player's other hand.