An Improved Sporting Glove.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1898
An Improved Sporting Glove.
I, FRANZ JOSEF RÖRZ of Karlsbad, Bohemia, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a sporting glove provided for the purpose of forming
a protection to the back of the hand against the injurious effects of the sun's
rays while cycling, boating, riding and other open air sports and without inter-
fering with the finer sensitiveness of the other parts of the hand and without
unduly heating the hand.
This is effected by forming the glove with a rather long wrist portion and by
bringing the back of it as near as possible to the front joints of the fingers whilst
the glove is made without a palm portion. The sides are connected together by
two straps passing across the palm of the hand.
By wearing a glove of this description, while holding the handle bar of a cycle,
an oar, reins or the like, the hand is fully protected against the sun's rays, seeing
that the fore-parts of the fingers are protected on account of their bent position in
holding the handle bar or the like, while the remaining parts of the fingers
together with the back of the hand are covered by the elongated piece forming the
back of the glove.
The accompanying drawing represents a hand covered with such a glove.
Fig. 1 shows the palm and Fig. 2 the back of the hand with its glove.
As may be seen from the drawing this glove is provided with a thumb covering
but not with finger parts and it is adapted to cover the back and sides of the hand
as well as the back of the lower joints of the fingers.
There is no covering to the palm a of the hand but the sides are connected
together by cross straps b. The glove may be made of any suitable material such
as thin leather for example and is advantageously provided with a somewhat long
wrist part c.
It will be obvious that the hand thus protected may in holding the handle bar
of a cycle, an oar, reins or other sporting requisite be exposed to the sun for any
length of time without fear of injury to the skin.
Dated this 9th day of June 1897.

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
-
This invention relates to a sporting glove provided for the purpose of forming
a protection to the back of the hand against the injurious effects of the suns rays
while engaged in cycling, boating, riding and other open air sports and without
interfering with the finer sensitiveness of the other parts of the hand and without
unduly heating the hand.
This is effected by forming the glove with a rather long wrist portion and by
bringing the back of it as near as possible to the front joints of the fingers whilst
the glove is made without a palm portion.
The sides are connected together by two straps passing across the palm of the
hand.
By wearing a glove of this description, while holding the handle bar of a cycle,
an oar, reins, or the like, the hand is fully protected against the sun's rays, seeing
that the fore-parts of the fingers are protected on account of their bent position
in holding the handle bar or the like, while the remaining parts of the fingers
together with the back of the hand are covered by the elongated piece forming
the back of the glove.
The drawing accompanying my Provisional Specification represents a hand
covered with such a glove.
Fig. 1 shows the palm and Fig. 2 the back of the hand with its glove.
As may be seen from the drawing this glove is provided with a thumb covering
but not with finger parts and it is adapted to cover the back and sides of the hand
as well as the back of the lower joints of the fingers.
There is no covering to the palm a of the hand but the sides are connected
together by cross straps b.
The glove may be made of any suitable material such as thin leather for example
and is advantageously provided with a somewhat long wrist part c.
It will be obvious that the hand thus protected may in holding the handle bar
of a cycle, an oar, reins or other sporting requisite be exposed to the sun for any
length of time without fear of injury to the skin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. A sporting glove adapted to protect the back of the hand against the injuri-
ous effects of the sun's rays while engaged in cycling, rowing, riding and o F
open air sports without interfering with the finer sensitiveness of the other 1 .rts
of the hand, which is made without a palm portion across which latter are fixed
straps 6 for connecting together the sides of the glove, and having an extended
part at the back for covering the back of the hand as well as the lower joints of
the fingers and those parts of the fore-fingers which are not protected by bending
the fingers inside the hand while holding one or other sporting requisite, substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
2. The improved sporting glove substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.