Digging glove
A digging glove may include a glove and a digging claw member secured to at least one finger of the glove. The digging claw member may include a claw body and at least one claw tip profile extending from the claw body. The at least one claw tip profile may include an inner profile defining a main chamber, and an isolation chamber. The inner profile includes an extension member extending inwardly within the claw body separating the main chamber from the isolation chamber. The isolation chamber may extend at least within an inner portion of the at least one claw tip profile.
1 . A digging glove for a plurality of human fingers, the digging glove comprising:
a glove comprising a plurality of glove fingers each arranged to receive a human finger of the plurality of human fingers;
for each glove finger, a digging claw member secured to the glove finger, each digging claw member being made of a plastic material and comprising:
a top exterior surface that extends from an opening at a first end of the digging claw member for receiving the respective human finger to a tip of a claw-shaped end of the digging claw member;
a bottom exterior surface that extends from the opening to the tip of the claw-shaped end, the bottom exterior surface comprising a first straight exterior section and a second curved exterior section that has a single direction of curvature that extends from the first straight exterior section to the tip of the claw-shaped end and that faces away from the top exterior surface, wherein a curve of the top exterior surface and the second curved exterior section form the claw-shaped end;
an inner profile extending from the opening into the claw-shaped end, the inner profile comprising:
a top interior surface corresponding to the top exterior surface and a bottom interior surface corresponding to the bottom exterior surface;
a main chamber that includes an area within the inner profile between (i) a first straight interior section of the bottom interior surface corresponding to the first straight exterior section and (ii) a corresponding portion of the top interior surface;
a finger tip seat formed by a first curved interior section of the bottom interior surface and a second straight interior section, wherein the first curved interior section curves up from an end of the first straight interior section towards the top interior surface and connects to the second straight interior section; and
an isolation chamber that includes an area within the inner profile between (i) a second curved interior section of the bottom interior surface that curves down from an end of the second straight interior section opposite an end of the first curved interior section into a straight extension member that extends into the claw-shaped end and (ii) a corresponding curved interior section of the top interior surface, wherein the second curved interior section forms an angle between the second straight interior section and the straight extension member that is greater than ninety degrees and the second curved interior section faces a same direction as the second curved exterior section; and
for the claw member of at least one glove finger, a tactile enhancement feature incorporated on the bottom exterior surface of the digging claw member, the tactile enhancement feature comprising multiple rows of raised tacky material, wherein each row of raised tacky material comprises multiple raised tacky material segments that project from the tacky material and alternate in direction forming an angle between each pair of adjacent segments along the row.
2 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the isolation chamber extends partially within the claw-shaped end and the isolation chamber is sufficiently large enough to allow the insertion of a tip of a glove within the isolation chamber.
3 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the claw-shaped end comprises a blunt end, a sharpened end, a concave end, a convex end, a jagged end, a rounded end, a flat end or a pointed end.
4 . The digging glove of claim 1 , further comprising a moisturizing liner on an inner side of the glove, wherein the liner releases moisturizing agent after multiple uses of the glove and/or multiple washes.
5 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the digging claw member is seamlessly attached to the glove finger to fixedly secure the digging claw member to the glove finger.
6 . The digging glove of claim 1 , further comprising at least one detachable connection element to removably secure the digging claw member to the glove, wherein the detachable connection element comprises at least one of hook and loop fasteners, mechanical fasteners, or magnets.
7 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the claw-shaped end is removable.
8 . The digging glove of claim 7 , further comprising a tool extension wherein the tool extension is removably attached to the digging claw member when the claw-shaped end is detached from the digging claw member.
9 . The digging glove of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of projections spread along a whole surface of the digging claw member, wherein the projections comprise at least one of thorns, teeth, spikes or fins.
10 . A digging claw member for receiving a finger of a glove to be worn by a human finger, the digging claw member being made of plastic and comprising:
a top exterior surface that extends from an opening at a first end of the digging claw member for receiving the human finger to a tip of a claw-shaped end of the digging claw member;
a bottom exterior surface that extends from the opening to the tip of the claw-shaped end, the bottom exterior surface comprising a first straight exterior section and a second curved exterior section that has a single direction of curvature that extends from the first straight exterior section to the tip of the claw-shaped end and that faces away from the top exterior surface, wherein a curved section of the top exterior surface and the second curved exterior section form the claw-shaped end;
an inner profile extending from the opening into the claw-shaped end, the inner profile comprising:
a top interior surface corresponding to the top exterior surface and a bottom interior surface corresponding to the bottom exterior surface;
a main chamber that includes an area within the inner profile between (i) a first straight interior section of the bottom interior surface corresponding to the first straight exterior section and (ii) a corresponding portion of the top interior surface;
a finger tip seat formed by a first curved interior section of the bottom interior surface and a second straight interior section, wherein the first curved interior section curves up from an end of the first straight interior section towards the top interior surface and connects to the second straight interior section; and
an isolation chamber that includes an area within the inner profile between (i) a second curved interior section of the bottom interior surface that curves down from an end of the second straight interior section opposite an end of the first curved interior section into a straight extension member that extends into the claw-shaped end and (ii) a corresponding curved interior section of the top interior surface, wherein the second curved interior section forms an angle between the second straight interior section and the straight extension member that is greater than ninety degrees and the second curved interior section faces a same direction as the second curved exterior section; and
a tactile enhancement feature incorporated on the bottom exterior surface of the digging claw member, the tactile enhancement feature comprising multiple rows of raised tacky material, wherein each row of raised tacky material comprises multiple raised tacky material segments that project from the tacky material and alternate in direction forming an angle between each pair of adjacent segments along the row.
11 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein, for each of the one or more glove fingers, the opening at the first end of the digging claw member is adjacent to, but not overlapping, a second knuckle portion of the glove finger, the second knuckle portion of the glove finger corresponding to a second knuckle from a tip of the human finger.
12 . The digging glove of claim 1 , further comprising one or more spikes or fins disposed on each side of each digging claw member.
13 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the claw-shaped end comprises a concave shape that forms the tip and an additional tip pointing in a same direction as the tip, and wherein the claw-shaped end comprises one or more additional claws that extend from each side of the claw-shaped end.
14 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the multiple raised tacky material segments of each row of raised tacky material forms a zig zag pattern of raised tacky material.
15 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein each row of raised tacky material comprises a different length than each other row.
16 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein:
each row of raised tacky material comprises a length from a first end of the row of raised tacky material to a second end of the row of raised tacky material opposite the first end of the row of raised tacky material,
the length of a first row of raised tacky material closest to the tip of the claw-shaped end has a shortest length among the multiple rows of raised tacky material,
the length of a last row of raised tacky material furthest from the tip of the claw-shaped end has a longest length among the multiple rows of raised tacky material, and
the length each row of raised tacky material between the first row and the last row is greater than the length of the first row and less than the length of the last row.
17 . The digging glove of claim 16 , wherein the last row of raised tacky material extends around a greater portion of a lateral curvature of the digging claw member than each other row of raised tacky material.
18 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the length of each particular row of raised tacky material is less than the length of each row of raised tacky material that is further from the tip of the claw-shaped end than the particular row of raised tacky material.
19 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein the rows of tacky material are incorporated on an area of the bottom exterior surface of the digging claw member that extends from the opening to an end of the first straight exterior section such that none of the rows of raised tacky material extend into the second curved exterior section.
20 . The digging glove of claim 1 , wherein:
the bottom exterior surface comprises a non-tacky plastic material; and
the multiple rows of raised tacky material are arranged on a tacky material that (i) is incorporated on the bottom exterior surface of the digging claw member and (ii) projects from the bottom exterior surface.