Patent ID: 7735153
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A device to facilitate the manipulation of sewing implements and fabrics comprising: a seamless, knitted glove, having three full length fingers stalls including a thumb stall, index finger stall, a middle finger stall, and two finger openings for receipt of a ring finger and little finger to protrude therethrough, said thumb stall to fully contain a thumb, said index finger stall to fully contain an index finger, and said middle finger stall to fully contain a middle finger, said thumb stall, index finger stall and middle finger stall each having a distal end with an outer side, inner side, palm side, and back side, with the outer side of the index finger stall being a side closest to said thumb stall and said outer side of the middle finger stall being a side closest to said thumb stall, a first grip device overlying a portion of said thumb stall outer side and a portion of said thumb stall palm side, a second grip device overlying a portion of said thumb stall inner side and a portion of said thumb stall palm side wherein a portion of the thumb stall palm side between said grip devices remains uncovered by said grip devices such that a degree of tactile sensitivity is preserved at the uncovered portion, said index finger stall having one grip device overlying a portion of said outer side and a portion of said palm side, and said middle finger stall having one grip device overlying a portion of outer side and a portion of said palm side.