Apparel – Guard or protector – Hand or arm
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-17
2001-05-29
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Guard or protector
Hand or arm
C223S101000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237148
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to finger protecting devices and more particularly pertains to a new thumb shielding device for protecting a user's thumbs from nicks and cuts when the user is preparing foods with sharp kitchen utensils.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of finger protecting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, finger protecting devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,070,506; U.S. Pat. No. 5,450,626; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 373,225; U.S. Pat. No. 5,765,731; U.S. Pat. No. 4,507,804; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,517,692.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new thumb shielding device. The inventive device includes a substantially cut-proof planar member. The planar member has a ridged central portion and a pair of malleable flaps. Each flap extends outward from an associated side of the central portion. The flaps are designed to bend around a thumb of a user thereby securing the planar member around the user's thumb. In addition, the thumb shielding device may comprise a generally cylindrical substantially cut-proof sheath that is designed to snugly cover a thumb of a user. The sheath has an open end, a closed end, and an interior. A lining is coupled to the interior of the sheath for facilitating engagement of the sheath to the thumb of the user.
In these respects, the thumb shielding device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of protecting a user's thumbs from nicks and cuts when preparing foods.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of finger protecting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new thumb shielding device construction wherein the same can be utilized for protecting a user's thumbs from nicks and cuts when the user is preparing foods with sharp kitchen utensils.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new thumb shielding device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the finger protecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new thumb shielding device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art finger protecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a substantially cut-proof planar member. The planar member has a ridged central portion and a pair of malleable flaps. Each flap extends outward from an associated side of the central portion. The flaps are designed to bend around a thumb of a user thereby securing the planar member around the user's thumb. In addition, the thumb shielding device may comprise a generally cylindrical substantially cut-proof sheath that is designed to snugly cover a thumb of a user. The sheath has an open end, a closed end, and an interior. A lining is coupled to the interior of the sheath for facilitating engagement of the sheath to the thumb of the user.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new thumb shielding device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the finger protecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new thumb shielding device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art finger protecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new thumb shielding device that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new thumb shielding device that is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such thumb shielding device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding device for protecting a user's thumbs from nicks and cuts when the user is preparing foods with sharp kitchen utensils.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding device which includes a substantially cut-proof planar member. The planar member has a ridged central portion and a pair of malleable flaps. Each flap extends outward from an associated side of the central portion. The flaps are designed to bend around a thumb of a user thereby securing the planar member around the user's thumb. In addition, the thumb shielding device may comprise a generally cylindrical substantially cut-proof sheath that is designed to snugly cover a thumb of a user. The sheath has an open end, a closed end, and an interior. A lining is coupled to the interior of the sheath for facilitating engagement of the sheath to the thumb of the user.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding device that is easy to use.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new thumb shielding
Calvert John J.
Patel Tejash
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