Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-08
2001-09-18
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
C002S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289517
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to protective gloves. Specifically, the present invention relates to protective gloves for use in sports or occupations requiring protective gloves.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of protective gloves having some form of protective padding on the palms is well known. One such glove disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,581,809 (Mah) describes a protective glove formed with a plurality of digital sheaths distally projecting from between the back and palmar portions for use on the hand of a wearer. Another prior art specialty glove is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,183,100 (DeMarco). The DeMarco patent describes a glove having a friction patch in the palmar portion of the glove. U.S. Pat. No. 4,691,387 (Lopez) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,590,625 (Keim) describe gloves having friction pads situated on the palm side of the glove and providing friction for the wearer during sporting activities.
Each of the above-mentioned prior art gloves and other prior art gloves provide padding on the palm side of the glove, mainly to provide better friction for the wearer. In other prior art glove implementations, the extra padding or extra protective material is applied to the palm side of the glove to protect the wearer from sharp or abrasive materials. Although these prior art gloves provided padding in various shapes and configurations, these prior art implementations did not recognize the need to protect the Median and Ulnar nerves extending from the wrist into the hand.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,771,901 (O'Brien) describes an ergonomic palmar support apparatus. The O'Brien apparatus is an arch support for the palm side of the hand made of sufficiently rigid material so that it will distribute loads supported by the hand across a wider surface of the palm of the hand, particularly by spanning the carpel tunnel and Guyon's canal to avoid damage to the Median and Ulnar nerves. The O'Brien patent disclosure recognized that hand injuries, particularly those encountered while bicycle riding, resulted from compression of the Ulnar nerve and Median nerve in Guyon's canal. However, O'Brien does not recognize that hand and wrist position is also important in preventing damage to the Ulnar and Median nerves. Further, O'Brien does not disclose a glove. Rather, the O'Brien apparatus is a rigid arch support for the hand.
Thus, a padded glove for protecting and properly positioning the hand of a wearer is needed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a padded glove providing improved protection and positioning of the hand of a wearer by anatomically cushioning the pathways of the Ulnar and Median nerves, providing increased thickness of padding in the cushion positioned over the Ulnar and Median nerves, changing the hand position while bicycle riding to decrease the stretch on the nerves, and cushioning the medial aspect of the hand for road-type handlebars. The present invention provides improved protection and positioning of the hand by preventing compression of the Ulnar and Median nerves and by changing the hand position while bicycle riding to prevent hyperextension or radial deviation of the wrist.
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Edgecumbe Eric B.
Horton Eric L.
Minkow Roger
Calvert John J.
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Moran Katherine
Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
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