Improvements in Hand Protectors for use in Connection with Driving Reins, Cycle Handles, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1897-Accepted. 23rd Oct., 1897.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Protectors for use in Connection with Driving
Reins, Cycle Handles, and the like.
I, CHARLES HENRY GLEIM, of 15 Sheridan Building, in the City of Denver,
County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, United States of America, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to an improvement in hand protectors for use in con-
nection with driving reins, bicycle handle bars and the like and intended to
protect the hands from the wind or rain in riding or driving. The object of the
invention is to provide a simple and convenient article of the character ef erred
to which will afford adequate protection to the hand, which may be
used conveniently by the driver and which at the same time may
be easily and readily applied to and disconnected from the rein or other article
in connection with which it is used. The invention consists in the matters herein-
after described and pointed out in the appended claims. In the accompanying
drawings:-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a hand protector embodying my invention
as applied to a driving rein.
Figure 2 is a cross section thereof taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Figure f.
Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4-1 of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the spring clamp.
Figure 6 is a side view of a protector illustrating the invention as applied to a
bicycle handle-bar.
Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 6.
First referring to the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 5, A indicates
the protector as a whole and B the rein to which it is applied. In general form,
the protector is of conical shape and the same is made of flexible material, such
as cloth or leather and preferably provided with a lining a, which, when the
protector is designed for use in protecting the hand from cold and storms, will
usually consist of woollen fabric or other warm material.
To enable the protector to be easily applied to the rein and removed therefrom,
it is made to open at one side or severed longitudinally throughout its length and
provided at its separate edges with detachable fastening devices by which the said
edges may be suitably secured together. For the purpose of so securing together
the edges of the protector any preferred or desired form of fastening device may
be employed, that herein shown consisting of ball and socket fasteners formed by
balls a¹ and sockets a³, applied to the overlapping edges of the protector. Another
well known form of fastening device which may be used to advantage, is that
consisting of spring metal strips having interlocking studs and slots, such as are
now used for leggings and the like.
At its smaller end the protector is constructed to close and fit tightly around

page_text: the rein; the purpose being to close said front end of the protector against the
admission of air while affording frictional engagement between the protector and
the rein to prevent the protector from too easily slipping on the rein and to thus
avoid liability of its becoming easily displaced.
If desired a clamping spring C may be employed to more firmly hold the pro-
tector in place on the rein, but this will not usually be found necessary. Such
spring is clearly shown in the drawings, Figures 3, 4 and 5 and when used, may
be secured to the protector in any suitable manner.
In Figures 6 and 7, I have shown a construction of the protector more especially
adapted for bicycle handle bars. In this instance, the protector A is made in all
respects like that shown in the Figures herein before referred to, with the excep-
tion that the spring C (shown in dotted lines in Figure 7) is made circular in
form to embrace the cylindric handle bar.
The protector may obviously be applied by separating its connecting edges,
placing it around the rein or handle bar, as the case may be, and then re-securing
the detached edges of the protector. The larger end of the protector being open,
the hand may be readily inserted therein to grasp the rein or handle bar, but the
front end of the protector being closed, the hands will be protected against the
wind or weather and the comfort of the rider will thereby be greatly increased.
D in Figure 2 indicates a strap or loop applied to the inner surfaces of the pro-
.tector in position to be engaged by the finger of the user. This may be used to
draw the protector toward the person, when desired, without removing the hands
from the reins.
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. A hand protector of conical or flaring shape, its smaller end having an
opening smaller and its larger end an opening larger than the human hand, said
protector being constructed of a flat blank of stiff but flexible material, having a
generally triangular shape, said blank being provided at opposite edges with detach-
able fastenings by which said edges may be connected together when the blank is
bent into conical form, and being adapted at its smaller end to fit tightly about and,
have frictional contact with the object to which it is attached.
2. A hand protector of conical or flaring shape its smaller end having an
opening smaller and its larger end larger, than the human hand, said protector
being constructed of a flat blank of suff but flexible material, having a generally
triangular shape, said blank being provided at opposite edges with fastenings by
which said edges may be connected together when the blank is bent into conical
form, and being also provided with a tape or strap extending transversely on its
inner surface and secured at separate points on said inner surface to form a loop
for the finger.
Dated this 7th day of Tul. 1907
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.