Single hand wearable glove
View Patent ↗A single hand wear and take off (SHWT) glove may protect the hand and fingers from directly contacting undesirable objects such as those that are heated, dirty, or corrosive while preserving the nimbleness of the finger movements to effectively accomplish the task. The SHWT glove provides for different combinations of fingers, optionally including a thumb as one of the fingers, usable by people with different finger and hand size, donned and doffed with a single hand (for single-handed operation), with improved mechanics and leverage. Human hands vary in size from small to large with the SHWT glove suitable for small, medium and large hands. The SHWT glove may be constructed of different materials and vary the material thickness at different parts of the finger glove. The material chosen and the applied thickness may change the SHWT glove's elasticity, stiffness, bend ability or stretch-ability.
1 . A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:
a center conjunction area; and
exactly three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), the shape of the transverse cross section being a closed shape with convex segments and having less than three simple “S” segments, the transverse cross section of each finger sleeve having a ratio of width (OW) to height (OH), at the sleeve height (SH), the ratio selected from the group consisting of
greater than 2.1:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 20%, and
greater than 2:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 50%.
2 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 1 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising:
a plurality of horizontal U/V grooves across at least some part of the interior wall of at least one of the finger sleeves.
3 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 1 further comprising:
a print pattern on at least one of the finger sleeves.
4 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 1 , the three finger sleeves being rotationally symmetric around a line orthogonal to the sitting plane.
5 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 1 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising:
the tips of the three finger sleeves configured to contact a contact circle in the sitting plane, for each finger sleeve the contact point being on the interior wall at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), the center of the contact circle being a glove bottom center (GBC),
for each finger sleeve, at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), there being a clamp angle β with a vertex at the glove bottom center (GBC) and the clamp angle β contacting the finger sleeve at each side, the clamp angle β bisected by a bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) being parallel to the bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) configured to have an OH end level line perpendicular to the height (OH) and contacting the interior wall, the bottom grip radius (BRC) measured from the glove bottom center (GBC) to the OH end level line; and
there being an average of the bottom grip radius (BRC) for all the finger sleeves, a ratio of the average to sleeve height (SH) being between 1:0.9 and 1:1.65.
6 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 1 wherein the convex segments include a straight line.
7 . A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:
a center conjunction area; and
exactly three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), the shape of the transverse cross section being a closed shape with convex segments and having more than two simple “S” segments, the transverse cross section of each finger sleeve having a ratio of width (OW) to height (OH), at the sleeve height (SH), the ratio selected from the group consisting of
greater than 1.8:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 20%,
greater than 1.7:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 30%, and
greater than 1.5:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 50%.
8 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 7 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising: a plurality of horizontal U/V grooves across at least some part of the interior wall of at least one of the finger sleeves.
9 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 7 further comprising:
a print pattern on at least one of the finger sleeves.
10 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 7 , the three finger sleeves being rotationally symmetric around a line orthogonal to the sitting plane.
11 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 7 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising:
the tips of the three finger sleeves configured to contact a contact circle in the sitting plane, for each finger sleeve the contact point being on the interior wall at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), the center of the contact circle being a glove bottom center (GBC),
for each finger sleeve, at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), there being a clamp angle β with a vertex at the glove bottom center (GBC) and the clamp angle β contacting the finger sleeve at each side, the clamp angle β bisected by a bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) being parallel to the bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) configured to have an OH end level line perpendicular to the height (OH) and contacting the interior wall, the bottom grip radius (BRC) measured from the glove bottom center (GBC) to the OH end level line; and
there being an average of the bottom grip radius (BRC) for all the finger sleeves, a ratio of the average to sleeve height (SH) being between 1:0.9 and 1:1.65.
12 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 7 wherein the convex segments include a straight line.
13 . A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:
a center conjunction area; and
exactly three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), with the shape of the transverse cross section being a closed shape and having at least one concave segment and at least one convex segment, the transverse cross section of each finger sleeve having a ratio of width (OW) to height (OH), at the sleeve height (SH), the ratio selected from the group consisting of
greater than 1.8:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 20%,
greater than 1.7:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 30%, and
greater than 1.5:1-sleeve height (SH) from 10% to 50%.
14 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising: a plurality of horizontal U/V grooves across at least some part of the interior wall of at least one of the finger sleeves.
15 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 further comprising:
a plurality of vertical U/V grooves across at least some part of at least one of the finger sleeves.
16 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 further comprising:
a plurality of zigzag U/V grooves across at least some part of at least one of the finger sleeves.
17 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 further comprising:
a print pattern on at least one of the finger sleeves.
18 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 , the three finger sleeves being rotationally symmetric around a line orthogonal to the sitting plane.
19 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 13 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising:
the tips of the three finger sleeves configured to contact a contact circle in the sitting plane, for each finger sleeve the contact point being on the interior wall at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), the center of the contact circle being a glove bottom center (GBC),
for each finger sleeve, at 0% of the sleeve height (SH), there being a clamp angle β with a vertex at the glove bottom center (GBC) and the clamp angle β contacting the finger sleeve at each side, the clamp angle β bisected by a bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) being parallel to the bottom grip radius (BRC), the height (OH) configured to have an OH end level line perpendicular to the height (OH) and contacting the interior wall, the bottom grip radius (BRC) measured from the glove bottom center (GBC) to the OH end level line; and
there being an average of the bottom grip radius (BRC) for all the finger sleeves, a ratio of the average to sleeve height (SH) being between 1:0.9 and 1:1.65.
20 . A single hand wear and take off glove, comprising:
a center conjunction area; and
at least three finger sleeves connected to the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having an open end and a tip, the open end at the connection to the center conjunction area and opposite the tip, the tips of the at least three finger sleeves forming a sitting plane, each finger sleeve having a sleeve height (SH) measured on a vertical axis orthogonal to the sitting plane from the tip to the center conjunction area, with 0% of the sleeve height (SH) at the tip to 100% of the sleeve height (SH) at the center conjunction area, each finger sleeve having a transverse cross section that is in a plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, the transverse cross section having a width (OW) and a height (OH), with the width (OW) being greater than the height (OH) between 10% and 50% of the sleeve height (SH), the shape of the transverse cross section between 20% and 70% of the sleeve height (SH) being a triangular shape.
21 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 20 , each finger sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, the interior wall closer to the center conjunction area, along the transverse cross section, than the exterior wall, the glove further comprising:
a plurality of horizontal U/V grooves across at least some part of the interior wall of at least one of the finger sleeves.
22 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 20 further comprising:
a plurality of vertical U/V grooves across at least some part of at least one of the finger sleeves.
23 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 20 further comprising:
a plurality of zigzag U/V grooves across at least some part of at least one of the finger sleeves.
24 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 20 further comprising:
a print pattern on at least one of the finger sleeves.
25 . The single hand wear and take off glove of claim 20 , the at least three finger sleeves being rotationally symmetric around a line orthogonal to the sitting plane.