Glove

Abstract

A glove is provided having a hand portion and finger portions, where the hand portion is configured to cover the palm of a wearer's hand as well as at least a portion of the bases of the wearer's fingers and the finger portions are configured to extend from the hand portion of the glove and cover only a limited portion of the tips of the wearer's fingers.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]Field of the Invention[0002]This application relates to a glove. More particularly, this application relates to a modified glove design for improved warmth and flexibility in use.[0003]Description of Related Art[0004]In the area of glove design, there are literally thousands of different shapes and sizes for gloves. As a general note, gloves typically refer to the hand covering with individual coverings for each of the fingers independent of one another. The most common alternative is a mitten which does not individually articulate each of the fingers, but rather covers the fingers as a collective unit.[0005]Gloves tend to provide the most dexterity to the wearer and thus are considered more favorable for general use. However, because of the increased surface area exposed to the elements, gloves have a drawback with respect to their insulation, namely they tend not to work over prolonged periods of time. For example, although on a short outing in low temperatures glo...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present arrangement is about a glove that increases warmth and comfort by making it easier to retract fingers into the palm portion. The glove has shortened finger portions and an expanded palm area, providing less exposed surface area to the elements and increased heat retention in the fingers. The finger portions are shortened, allowing the wearer to easily retract their fingers into the glove palm portion without holding the glove with the opposing hand. The technical effects of the invention include improved warmth, comfort, and better finger mobility.

Problems solved by technology

However, because of the increased surface area exposed to the elements, gloves have a drawback with respect to their insulation, namely they tend not to work over prolonged periods of time.

For example, although on a short outing in low temperatures gloves usually are sufficient, on prolonged excursions, such as long hikes, hunting expeditions etc. . . . the fingers tend to get cold.

However, as explained above, mittens do not provide the user with any finger dexterity.

However, this results in thicker fingers which decreases flexibility and dexterity, somewhat defeating the purpose of wearing a glove instead of a mitten in the first place.

Although this provides the wearer with the flexibility to use their fingers when desired while also providing mitten like finger warmth, the designs suffer from several drawbacks.

One drawback is that to open and dose the mitten flap, the wearer may have to clip or button the flap into its covered and / or retracted position, in some cases with the other glove hand.

Even if certain designs do not require using the opposing hand or otherwise exposing either hand during the conversion, when the mitten portion is in the folding mitten portion this adds bulk to the overall design, particularly when folded in the open position.

This makes it difficult for the wearer to place their hands in their pockets or tight locations when wearing such gloves.

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