Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
A communication from LEVI U LABUR, VI wante, vy UL
State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Manufacturer.
I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in County of Middlesex,
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 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 :—
The main object of this invention is to release the thumb and fingers, or either of
them, without removing the glove or mitten from the hand.
It consists essentially of a glove or mitten provided with a severable thumb or
finger composed of two parts, one integral with the hand and the other wholly
separable therefrom, and a fastening consisting of two rings attached to the
meeting edges of the severable thumb or finger and adapted to engage with each
other.
In the accompanying drawing like letters designate the same parts in the several
figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a glove embodying the improvements;
Figure 2 is a similar view of such a glove with the thumb and forefinger thereof
detached and removed;
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the device for attaching a removable thumb or
finger to the glove; and
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the outer section of such detaching device.
A represents the hand or main portion of a glove, a a fingers formed integrally
therewith, b a detachable forefinger and c a detachable thumb.
It is obvious that the glove or mitten to which these improvements are applied
may be made of any suitable material ordinarily employed for the purpose, and
that the thumb or any desired number of the fingers, or both thumb and one or
more fingers, may be made detachable, according to the intended use of the glove or
mitten.
For attaching the removable fingers to the body of the glove or mitten, two
rings d and e of metal or other suitable material are employed. The removable
thumb or finger is secured at the edge where it is severed from the body of the
glove or mitten to the outer ring d which is adapted to pass over the ring e secured
in like manner to the corresponding edge of the stub or base of the thumb or finger
left on the body of the glove or mitten. The outer ring d is preferably concaved
on the inside and the inner ring e is made correspondingly convex on the outside,
so that the larger ring may be sprung into place over the smaller ring and thereby
retain the separable parts of the glove or mitten together.
The outer ring d may be provided on the inside with a projection d¹ as shown in
Figures 3 and 4 adapted to engage with the inner edge of the inner ring e as shown
in Figure 3 to facilitate the assembling of the parts in their proper relation for
attaching the removable finger or thumb to the body of the glove.
The edges where the thumb or finger is severed from the glove or mitten may be
conveniently secured to or in the rings d and e by making the latter of thin metal
folded and spun or otherwise compressed over such edges so as to firmly clasp and
bind the same as shown in Figure 3.
Gloves or mittens made as herein shown and described will be found particularly
convenient for street car conductors, collectors, or any class of persons in making
change, writing memoranda, or in any manipulations for which it is desirable to
have the thumb and forefinger free and unencumbered without removing the glove
or mitten from the hand.

page_text: They will also be found convenient for driving, hunting and similar outdoor
pursuits in which it is frequently desirable to free the fingers without uncovering
and exposing the hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
A glove or mitten having a thumb or finger composed of two parts one of which
is made integral with the hand and the other is wholly severable therefrom and a
fastening consisting of two rings attached to the meeting edges of said parts and
adapted to engage with each other substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1892,
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Chartered Patent Agent.