Patent ID: 9220942
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A41D,A63B,G01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for measuring a change in the wrist-hinge angle between the back of the hand and a wrist comprising; a glove adapted for placement on a hand, the glove having at least one wrist edge portion adapted for placement along a wearers wrist; a magnet carried by the wrist edge portion of the glove; a magnetometer carried by the glove and in a location in proximity to a wrist edge portion of the glove; a battery carried by the glove and in further communication with a microcontroller carried by the glove, the microcontroller in operative communication with the magnetometer and at least one of either a speaker or a vibration unit; wherein, when the magnetometer in the glove indicates a change in the wrist angle exceeding a preset value, at least one of either a speaker or a vibration unit is actuated to alert the user of the change in wrist angle.