Patent ID: 9301563
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A41D,G01L,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A glove consisting essentially of: a pressure sensing glove fitted with at least nine pressure sensors, wherein said glove contains five structural sheaths to cover five digits of a hand of a wearer, wherein each of said five structural sheaths corresponds to each of said five digits including a forefinger and a thumb; and wherein said nine pressure sensors are distributed so that said structural sheath corresponding to said thumb has a pressure sensor in position adjacent the tip of the thumb and a second pressure sensor in position at the first proximal phalanx of the thumb; said structural sheath corresponding to said forefinger has a pressure sensor in position adjacent the tip of the forefinger and a second pressure sensor in position at the first proximal phalanx of the forefinger; each of three remaining structural sheaths has in place a pressure sensor in position at the tip of each remaining digit; and the glove has at least two pressure sensors in the area of the glove on the palm side corresponding to a center shaft of each of the second and fourth metacarpal bones, respectively, of said wearer.