Apparel – Hand or arm coverings – Gloves
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-12
2001-04-03
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Hand or arm coverings
Gloves
C002S159000, C002S163000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06209137
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to protective gloves and more particularly pertains to a new video game glove for protecting the index finger, thumb and palm of a vidoe game player.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of protective gloves is known in the prior art. More specifically, protective gloves 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. 4,894,866; U.S. Pat. No. 4,519,097; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 243,292; U.S. Pat. No. 2,447,328; U.S. Pat. No. 4,103,362; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,573,220.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new video game glove. The inventive device includes a panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, a palm portion, and a back portion. The panel is adapted to wrap around the edge of a person's hand such that the palm portion covers the palm of the person and the back portion covers the back of the palm of the person. A pair of finger stalls receive an index finger and a thumb. The finger stalls each have a front portion and a back portion, wherein each of the front portions are coupled to the palm portion of the panel and the back portions are coupled to the back portion. A tab portion extends from the palm portion such that the tab may be wrapped about an open edge of the hand. A securing means releasably secures the tab portion to the back portion of the panel.
In these respects, the video game glove 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 the index finger, thumb and palm of a vidoe, game player.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of protective gloves now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new video game glove construction wherein the same can be utilized for protecting the index finger, thumb and palm of a vidoe game player.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new video game glove apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the protective gloves mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new video game glove which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art protective gloves, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, a palm portion, and a back portion. The panel is adapted to wrap around the edge of a person's hand such that the palm portion covers the palm of the person and the back portion covers the back of the palm of the person. A pair of finger stalls receive an index finger and a thumb. The finger stalls each have a front portion and a back portion, wherein each of the front portions are coupled to the palm portion of the panel and the back portions are coupled to the back portion. A tab portion extends from the palm portion such that the tab may be wrapped about an open edge of the hand. A securing means releasably secures the tab portion to the back portion of the panel.
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 video game glove apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the protective gloves mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new video game glove which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art protective gloves, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new video game glove which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new video game glove which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new video game glove 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 video game glove economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new video game glove 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 video game glove for protecting the index finger, thumb and palm of a vidoe game player.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new video game glove which includes a panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, a palm portion, and a back portion. The panel is adapted to wrap around the edge of a person's hand such that the palm portion covers the palm of the person and the back portion covers the back of the palm of the person. A pair of finger stalls receive an index finger and a thumb. The finger stalls each have a front portion and a back portion, wherein each of the front portions are coupled to the palm portion of the panel and the back portions are coupled to the back portion. A tab portion extends from the palm portion such that the tab may be wrapped about an open edge of the hand. A securing means releasably secures the tab portion to the back portion of the panel.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new video game glove that can be adjusted to fit many sized hands.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new video game glove that has a protective covering which add
Calvert John J.
Moromoto, Jr. Robert H.
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