An Improvement in Gloves.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
An Improvement in Gloves.
I, DANIEL HENRY MURPHY, of 23, Chapel Street, in the City of Hartford,
County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, United States of America, Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
1
This invention relates to gloves, and especially to those which are made of the
finer grades of kid, and it has for its object the production of an article of
the kind mentioned which will possess distinguishing features, resembling and
imitating more particularly the perfect form of the finger-nails, so that a certain
characteristic appearance and elegance will result, which will render the glove
desirable and subject to the mandates of fashion, and will also cause it to fit the
hand in a more perfect manner.
With this object in view, my improved glove embodies at the finger-tips thereof
portions which are formed in the "back to closely resemble well-shaped finger-
nails, and such portions may, before the "fourchettes" are stitched to the back,
be set or stiffened by various means in order to preserve the shape imparted to
them.
In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1
represents a glove provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on
line 2-2, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a similar section, showing
a modification of the invention.
Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.
In the drawings A designates the glove formed of the back 10 and the
fourchettes 11, joined and stitched together in the usual manner, the joint being
indicated by the line 12.
At the tip-portions 13 the back is formed to resemble closely the finger-nails,
and such form may be imparted to the backs of the fingers by pressure in a
suitable mold or die preparatory to finishing or stitching the said back and
fourchettes together.
Various means may he employed for setting and maintaining the stamped or
embossed portions in proper form and in such a manner that moisture or the
perspiration of the hands shall not prove detrimental to the preservation of the
shape originally given to the tips, and I preferably subject the inner surface
thereof to a treatment of an elastic and waterproof cement so that the wearer may
not experience any change in the easy feeling of the fingers, while at the same time
the form will be preserved.
It is obvious that other means may be employed for the same purpose, as, for
instance, the tips may be reinforced by a stiffening of leather or other material,
properly formed and cemented to the tip-portions.
In Fig. 2 is represented the preferred form of the tips, the latter being in
intaglio, while in Fig. 3 the tip is shown formed in relievo, both forms being
within the purview of my invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. As an article of manufacture, a glove having the tips shaped to resemble
and fit the finger-nails, the shaped portions being permanently set to retain
their form.
2. Asian article of manufacture, a glove having tips with permanent representa-
tions of the finger-nails in intaglio therein.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co:,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.