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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Alan W. Schierenbeck, Dayton, OH (US);
William L. Grilliot, Dayton, OH (US);
Mary I. Grilliot, Dayton, OH (US);
Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
In a protective glove, such as a protective glove for a firefighter, a thumb-covering portion has a generally uniform width except for a tip of the thumb-covering portion, and except for a wider region where the thumb-covering portion cover's at least one knuckle of a wearer's thumb, and each finger-covering portion has a generally uniform width except for a tip of that finger-covering portion, and except for a wider region where that finger-covering portion covers at least on e knuckle of an associated finger of the wearer. The wider regions facilitate flexing without binding.