Patent Publication Number: US-2018035733-A1

Title: Electrically Insulated Glove Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to hand electricity protecting devices and more particularly pertains to a new hand electricity protecting device for allowing work in small and tight places while providing protection from electric shock. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a glove including a palm cover, a back hand cover and five finger sleeves. The palm cover and the back hand cover are attached along their respective lateral edges to facility full covering of a person&#39;s hand. The glove includes a front side and a back side. Each of the finger sleeves has a lateral edge positioned between each of the front and back sides. An elastomeric layer is positioned on the glove and completely covers the front side of the glove. A portion of the back side of the glove is free of the elastomeric layer. The elastomeric layer is flexible to allow bending of the palm cover and each of the finger sleeves. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front view of an electrically insulated glove assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 2 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new hand electricity protecting device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the electrically insulated glove assembly  10  generally comprises a glove  12  including a palm cover  14 , a back hand cover  16  and five finger sleeves  18 . The palm cover  12  and the back hand cover  16  are attached along their respective lateral edges  20  to facility full covering of a person&#39;s hand in a conventional manner. The glove  12  is comprised of a synthetic fibers that are resiliently stretchable. The synthetic fibers  12  are comprised of elastane which is also known as spandex or lycra. This material allows for breathability and high stretching capacities. The glove  12  includes a front side  22  and a back side  24  and each of the finger sleeves  18  has a lateral edge  26  positioned between each of the respective front  22  and back  24  sides. The front side  22  is defined as including the palm cover  14 . 
     An elastomeric layer  28  is positioned on the glove  12  and that completely covers the front side  22  of the glove  12 . The elastomeric layer  28  is flexible to allow bending of the palm cover and each of the finger sleeves  18  but will have a thickness of between 0.5 mm and 1.5 mm to allow for finger dexterity when working with the gloves while providing protection from electric shock. The elastomeric layer  28  extends over all of the lateral edges  26  of the finger sleeves  18  and the lateral edges  20  of the back hand cover  16  such that only a portion of the back sides  24  of each of the finger sleeves  18  and only a portion of the back hand cover  16  have the elastomeric layer  28  positioned thereon. This will enhance the ability of finger movement when a person&#39;s fingers are in the finger sleeves  18 . The back hand cover  16  has an outer surface area comprising less than 20% of the elastomeric layer  28 . Each of the finger sleeves  18  has an outer surface area comprising at least 10% and less than 40% of the elastomeric layer  28 . 
     A continuous cuff  30  is attached to and extends away from the palm  14  and back hand  16  covers. The cuff  30  is unitary with the glove  12  and therefore comprised of same material as the glove  12 . The continuous cuff  30  is free of the elastomeric layer  28  to allow it to stretch and grip a person&#39;s wrist. 
     In use, the glove  12  is worn in a conventional manner and in particular is worn when a person is working with live electrical wires such as when changing an outlet or light fixture. The elastomeric coating  28 , which may comprise a natural or synthetic rubber, provides electrical insulation while the back side  24 , being substantially free of the elastomeric coating  28 , allows for fine motor skills which are not possible with heavy duty electrical gloves. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.