Protective glove having leather face, leather back, and heat-resistant cover covering leather back, for firefighter, emergency rescue worker, or other worker in high-heat area
View Patent ↗In a protective glove for a firefighter, an emergency rescue worker, or another worker in a high-heat area, a leather face has a peripheral edge, a leather back has a peripheral edge, a leather forchette has a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather face and a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather back, and a heat-resistant cover made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric has a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather back. The heat-resistant cover covers the leather back so as to protect the leather back against direct exposure to high heat that would tend to shrink the leather back if the leather back were not protected by the heat-resistant cover.
1. For a firefighter, an emergency rescue worker, or another worker in a high-heat area, a protective glove having an outer shell, which comprises a leather face, a leather back having a peripheral edge and being attached to the leather face, and a heat-resistant, flexible, fabric cover covering, externally, at least a portion or at least portions of the leather back so as to protect the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back against direct exposure to high heat that would tend to shrink the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back if the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back were not protected by the heat-resistant cover.
2. The protective glove of claim 1 , wherein the leather back in its entirety is covered by the heat-resistant cover.
3. The protective glove of claim 1 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.
4. The protective glove of claim 2 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.
5. For a firefighter, an emergency rescue worker, or another worker in a high-heat area, a protective glove having an outer shell, which comprises a leather face, a leather back having a peripheral edge and being attached to the leather face, and a heat-resistant cover having a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather back, the heat-resistant, flexible, fabric cover covering, externally, at least a portion or at least portions of the leather back so as to protect the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back against direct exposure to high heat that would tend to shrink the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back if the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back were not protected by the heat-resistant cover.
6. The protective glove of claim 5 , wherein the leather back in its entirety is covered by the heat-resistant cover.
7. The protective glove of claim 5 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.
8. The protective glove of claim 6 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.
9. For a firefighter, an emergency rescue worker, or another worker in a high-heat area, a protective glove having an outer shell, which comprises a leather face having a peripheral edge, a leather back having a peripheral edge, a leather forchette having two peripheral edges, one said edge of the leather forchette being sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather face and the other edge of the leather forchette being sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather back, and a heat-resistant, flexible, fabric cover having a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leather back, the heat-resistant cover coverings, externally, at least a portion or at least portions of the leather back so as to protect the leather back against direct exposure to high heat that would tend to shrink the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back if the covered portion or covered portions of the leather back were not protected by the heat-resistant cover.
10. The protective glove of claim 9 , wherein the leather back in its entirety is covered by the heat-resistant cover.
11. The protective glove of claim 9 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.
12. The protective glove of claim 11 , wherein the heat-resistant cover is made from an aramid or polybenzamidazole fabric.