U.S. patent application number 13/189839 was filed with the patent office on 2013-01-31 for sanding glove.
The applicant listed for this patent is Melvin Anthony. Invention is credited to Melvin Anthony.
Application Number | 20130025023 13/189839 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47595970 |
Filed Date | 2013-01-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130025023 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Anthony; Melvin |
January 31, 2013 |
SANDING GLOVE
Abstract
A sanding glove or mitten comprises a hand shaped portion with a
mouth at a base thereof to allow for the insertion of a hand of a
user. A pocket is connected to the hand shaped portion and there is
a rigid insert which is removeably received by the pocket. A
fastener pad is disposed on the pocket for releasably fastening an
abrasive sanding pad to the sanding glove or mitten. The abrasive
sanding pad defines a rigid sanding surface when the rigid insert
is received in the pocket and the abrasive sanding pad defines a
flexible sanding surface when the rigid insert is removed from the
pocket.
Inventors: |
Anthony; Melvin; (Richmond,
CA) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Anthony; Melvin |
Richmond |
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CA |
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Family ID: |
47595970 |
Appl. No.: |
13/189839 |
Filed: |
July 25, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/158 ;
2/161.6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B24D 15/045 20130101;
A41D 19/01 20130101; A41D 2600/20 20130101; A41D 19/0037 20130101;
A41D 19/0024 20130101; A41D 19/01594 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/158 ;
2/161.6 |
International
Class: |
A41D 19/01 20060101
A41D019/01 |
Claims
1. A sanding glove comprising: a hand shaped portion with a mouth
at a base thereof to allow for the insertion of a hand of a user; a
finger compartment extending outwardly from the hand shaped
portion; a pocket connected to the finger compartment; a rigid
insert which is removeably received within the pocket; and a
fastener pad secured to the pocket for releasably fastening an
abrasive sanding pad to the sanding glove wherein, when the rigid
insert is received in the pocket, the abrasive sanding pad defines
a rigid sanding surface and, when the rigid insert is removed from
the pocket, the abrasive sanding pad defines a flexible sanding
surface.
2. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fastener pad
is a hook or loop fastener pad.
3. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 2 wherein the fastener pad
is provided with a plurality of apertures which do not have any
hooks or loops.
4. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 2 wherein the fastener pad
is provided with a plurality of recesses which do not have any
hooks or loops.
5. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fastener pad
is a polymer based fastener pad.
6. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pocket and
the fastener pad are integral.
7. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 3 wherein the pocket and
the fastener pad are integral.
8. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 further including a
skirt extending from the hand shaped portion to the mouth, the
skirt forming a wrist portion of the sanding glove.
9. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 8 further including a
strap disposed about the skirt, the strap and skirt being provided
with fasteners to allow the wrist portion of the sanding glove to
be tightened about a wrist of a user.
10. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 further including a
stiffening pad.
11. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rigid
insert includes a tab to facilitate removal of the rigid insert
from the pocket.
12. A sanding glove comprising: a hand shaped portion with a mouth
at a base thereof to allow for the insertion of a hand of a user; a
small finger compartment, a ring finger compartment, a middle
finger compartment, an index finger compartment, and a thumb
compartment each extending outwardly from the hand shaped portion;
a pocket secured to at least two of the ring finger compartment,
the middle finger compartment, and the index finger compartment; a
rigid insert which is removeably received within the pocket; and a
hook or loop fastener pad connected to the pocket for releasably
fastening an abrasive sanding pad to the sanding glove, the hook or
loop fastening pad being provided with a plurality of apertures or
recesses which do not have any hooks or loops wherein, when the
rigid insert is received in the pocket, the abrasive sanding pad
defines a rigid sanding surface and, when the rigid insert is
removed from the pocket, the abrasive sanding pad defines a
flexible sanding surface.
13. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 12 further including a
skirt extending from the hand shaped portion to the mouth and a
strap disposed about the skirt, the skirt forming a wrist portion
of the sanding glove, and the strap and skirt being provided with
fasteners to allow the wrist portion of the sanding glove to be
tightened about a user wrist.
14. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 12 further including a
stiffening pad disposed thereon.
15. The sanding glove as claimed in claim 12 wherein the rigid
insert includes a tab to facilitate removal of the rigid insert
from the pocket.
16. A sanding mitten comprising: a hand shaped portion with a mouth
at a base thereof to allow for the insertion of a user hand; a
pocket connected to the hand shaped portion; a rigid insert which
is removeably received within the pocket; and a fastener pad
secured to the pocket for releasably fastening an abrasive sanding
pad to the sanding mitten wherein, when the rigid insert is
received in the pocket, the abrasive sanding pad defines a rigid
sanding surface and, when the rigid insert is removed from the
pocket, the abrasive sanding pad defines a flexible sanding
surface.
17. The sanding mitten as claimed in claim 16 wherein the fastener
pad is a hook or loop fastener pad provided with a plurality of
apertures or recesses which do not have any hooks or loops.
18. The sanding mitten as claimed in claim 16 wherein the fastener
pad is a polymer based fastener pad.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a sanding glove and, in
particular, to a sanding glove which allows for both a rigid
sanding surface and a flexible sanding surface.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] It is known to provide sanding gloves for use in various
fields including carpentry and automobile restoration. Typically
however the sanding gloves are designed to provide a flexible
sanding surface for sanding a non-planar surface of a work
piece.
[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,557,178 which issued on May 6, 2003 to
Hoover discloses a sanding glove for carrying a loop backed
abrasive sanding pad of any desired shape. The sanding glove has a
thumb compartment, an index finger compartment, a middle finger
compartment, a ring finger compartment, and a small finger
compartment. Each of the finger compartments has a palm side and
back side and fingertip end, and a main opening for insertion of a
hand of a user. Each of the index, middle and ring finger
compartments has a strip of hook fastener material attached to the
palm side and the back side thereof. The thumb compartment and the
small finger compartment are devoid of strips of hook fastener
material so that the loop backed abrasive sanding pad of any
desired shape can be attached to at least one of the strips of hook
fastener material to facilitate sanding. The thumb and small finger
compartments are free of hook fastener material to facilitate the
ability of the user to grip and manipulate objects without removal
of the sanding glove.
[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 6,575,822 which issued on Jun. 10, 2003 to
Lowe et al. discloses a sanding glove for treating an area of an
object. The sanding glove includes a glove portion, an abrasive
sanding portion releasably secured to the glove portion and a
device for releasably securing the sanding portion to the glove
portion. A user is able to treat a surface of an object by rubbing
the sanding portion against the object. The device for releasably
securing the sanding portion to the glove portion includes a
plurality of recesses extending through the palm area of the glove
portion and a plurality of protrusions extending from a first side
of the sanding portion. The plurality of protrusions is received by
respective recesses, securing the sanding portion to the glove
portion. Alternatively, the device for releasably securing may
include a hook and loop fastener on both the glove portion and
sanding portion which engage with one another. The glove portion is
fabricated from a flexible material for protecting and bending with
a hand of a user. The sanding portion includes a semi-rigid pad and
a sanding area positioned on a side of the pad opposite the
connection with the glove portion. The sanding portion may also
include grooves extending along a width thereof for facilitating
flexing of the sanding glove. The sanding glove is shaped in the
form of a human hand or a mitten. The sanding area is one of a
sanding, a buffing, a scuffing or a polishing material.
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 6,604,244 which issued on Aug. 12, 2003 to
Leach discloses a sanding glove including at least one glove member
for positioning on a hand of a user. The glove member includes a
wrist portion, a palm portion, and a plurality of digit portions.
The glove member has a front surface and a back surface. A
plurality of hook and loop fastener sections are fixedly coupled to
the front surface of the glove member. The hook and loop fastener
sections include a palm fastener section and a plurality of digit
fastener sections. A plurality of abrasive pads releasably attaches
to the hook and loop fastener sections. The plurality of pads
comprises a palm pad and a plurality of digit pads for selectively
coupling to the palm fastener section and the digit fastener
sections respectively. Each of the fastener sections are
dimensioned substantially coextensive with a respective one of each
of the pads such that each of the digit pads is positionable about
a large portion of fingertips of a user, thereby permitting the
user to access tighter areas.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] It is an object of the present invention to provide an
improved sanding glove.
[0009] There is accordingly provided a sanding glove comprising a
hand shaped portion with a mouth at a base thereof to allow for the
insertion of a hand of a user. There is a small finger compartment,
a ring finger compartment, a middle finger compartment, an index
finger compartment, and a thumb compartment each of which extend
outwardly from the hand shaped portion. A pocket is connected to at
least two of the ring finger compartment, the middle finger
compartment, and the index finger compartment. There is a rigid
insert which is removeably received by the pocket. The rigid insert
may include a tab to facilitate removal of the rigid insert from
the pocket. A fastener pad is disposed on the pocket for releasably
fastening an abrasive sanding pad to the sanding glove. The
abrasive sanding pad defines a rigid sanding surface when the rigid
insert is received in the pocket and the abrasive sanding pad
defines a flexible sanding surface when the rigid insert is removed
from the pocket.
[0010] The fastener pad may be a hook or loop fastener pad which
may be provided with a plurality of apertures or recesses which do
not have any hooks or loops. Alternatively, the fastener pad may be
a polymer based fastener pad. The pocket and the fastener pad may
be integral. The sanding glove may further include a skirt
extending from the hand shaped portion to the mouth. The skirt may
form a wrist portion of the sanding glove. The sanding glove may
still further include a strap disposed about the skirt with the
strap and skirt being provided with fasteners to allow the wrist
portion of the sanding glove to be tightened about a wrist of a
user. The sanding glove may yet still further include a stiffening
pad.
[0011] The sanding glove disclosed herein provides the advantage of
allowing a user to selectively choose the grade of the abrasive pad
to be used and either a rigid or flexible sanding surface,
depending on the surface of the work piece being finished.
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF DRAWINGS
[0012] The invention will be more readily understood from the
following description of the embodiments thereof given, by way of
example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which:
[0013] FIG. 1 is a rear view of a first embodiment of an improved
sanding glove;
[0014] FIG. 2 is a front view of the sanding glove of FIG. 1;
[0015] FIG. 3 is another front view of the sanding glove of FIG. 1
further including sandpaper releasably secured thereto;
[0016] FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the sandpaper as well as
a hook or loop fastener pad, a pocket, and a rigid insert of the
sanding glove of FIG. 1;
[0017] FIG. 5 is a yet another front view of the sanding glove of
FIG. 1 with the rigid insert removed from the pocket;
[0018] FIG. 6 is yet still another front view of the sanding glove
of FIG. 1 with the sandpaper bent to conform to a non-planar
surface;
[0019] FIG. 7 is still yet another front view of the sanding glove
of FIG. 1 further including steel wool releasably secured
thereto;
[0020] FIG. 8 is a front view of a second embodiment of an improved
sanding glove;
[0021] FIG. 9 is a front view of a second embodiment of an improved
sanding glove; and
[0022] FIG. 10 is a front view of a mitten provided with a hook or
loop fastener pad, a pocket, and a rigid insert.
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0023] Referring to the drawings and first to FIGS. 1 and 2, a
first embodiment of an improved sanding glove 10 is shown. The
sanding glove 10 includes a hand shaped portion which in this
example includes a back hand or opisthenar portion 12 which is
shown in FIG. 1 and a front hand or palmar portion 14 which is
shown in FIG. 2. The opisthenar portion 12 and the palmar portion
14 are connected along their peripheries with a skirt 16 extending
from bases thereof. The skirt 16 forms a wrist portion of the
sanding glove 10 and has a mouth 18 to allow for the insertion of a
hand (not shown) of a user into the sanding glove 10. In this
example, there is a strap 20 disposed about the skirt 16. The skirt
16 and strap 20 are provided with fasteners in the form of hook and
loop fastener strips 22 and 24, respectively, similar to the type
sold under the trademark VELCRO.RTM.. This allows the skirt 16 or
wrist portion to be tightened about a wrist (not shown) of a
user.
[0024] The sanding glove 10 further includes a small finger
compartment 26, a ring finger compartment 28, a middle finger
compartment 30, an index finger compartment 32, and a thumb
compartment 34; all of which extend outwardly from the opisthenar
portion 12 and palmar portion 14. As best shown in FIG. 2, there is
a substantially quadrilateral hook or loop fastener pad 36
connected to a front of the ring finger compartment 28, the middle
finger compartment 30, and the index finger compartment 32. As best
shown in FIG. 3, the hook or loop fastener pad 36 allows a
substantially quadrilateral abrasive sanding pad 38 with a
complementary hook or loop back side to be releasably fastened to
the sanding glove 10. In this example the abrasive sanding pad 38
is in the form of sandpaper. As shown in FIG. 2, the sanding glove
10 may also be provided with stiffening pads such as stiffening
pads 15a disposed on the palmar portion 14 and stiffening pad 15b
disposed along the finger compartments 26, 28, 30 and 32. As thus
far described the sanding glove 10 is conventional.
[0025] However, the hook or loop fastener pad 36 of the sanding
glove 10 disclosed herein is further provided with a plurality of
either apertures or recesses, for example recesses 40a and 40b
shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, which do not have any hooks or loops. The
recesses 40a and 40b may align with so as to be in fluid
communication with apertures, for example apertures 42a and 42b, on
the abrasive sanding pad 38. This allows air to flow between the
hook or loop fastener pad 36 and the abrasive sanding pad 38 to
ventilate between the hook or loop fastener pad 36 and the abrasive
sanding pad 38 during sanding. As shown in FIG. 3, the sanding
glove 10 is also provided with pocket 44 on which the hook or loop
fastener pad 36 is disposed. In this example the pocket has a
substantially quadrilateral shape with one open side. The pocket 44
receives a substantially quadrilateral rigid insert 46 which allows
for a rigid sanding surface which is defined by the abrasive
sanding pad 38. The rigid insert 46 is provided with a tab 48 to
facilitate removal of the rigid insert 46 from the pocket 44. The
hook or loop fastener pad 36, pocket 44, and rigid insert 46 are
shown in greater detail in FIG. 4. In this example an adhesive 50
applied to the pocket 44 fixedly secures the hook or loop fastener
pad 36 to the pocket 44. In other examples the loop fastener pad 36
may be releasably secured to the pocket 44.
[0026] Referring now to FIG. 5, the rigid insert 46 may be removed
from the pocket 44 by pulling on the tab 48. Removal of the rigid
insert 46 provides a flexible sanding surface defined by the
abrasive sanding pad 38 which may be bent, as shown in FIG. 6, to
conform to a non-planar surface of a work piece. The sanding glove
10 disclosed herein accordingly provides the advantage of allowing
for either a rigid or a flexible sanding surface. The sanding glove
10 disclosed herein also provides the advantage of allowing
different types of abrasive sanding pads to be releasably secured
to sanding glove 10 via the hook or loop fastener pad 36. This
allows a user to selectively choose the grade of the abrasive pad
and either a rigid or flexible sanding surface depending on the
work piece being finished. In FIG. 7, an abrasive sanding pad 50 in
the form of steel wool is releasably secured to sanding glove 10
via the hook or loop fastener pad 36.
[0027] Referring now to FIG. 8, a second embodiment of the improved
sanding glove 51 is shown. The second embodiment of the sanding
glove 51 is substantially identical to the first embodiment of the
sanding glove 10 with the notable exception that in the second
embodiment of the sanding glove 51 the pocket 53 is formed at least
in part from a hook or loop material and functions as a fastener
pad to allow an abrasive sanding pad 55 to be releasably secured to
the sanding glove, i.e. the pocket and fastener are integral.
[0028] Referring now to FIG. 9, a third embodiment of the improved
sanding glove 52 is shown. The third embodiment of the sanding
glove 52 is substantially identical to the first embodiment of the
sanding glove 10 with the notable exception that the third
embodiment of the sanding glove 52 is provided with a polymer based
fastener pad 54 instead of a hook or loop fastener pad. The polymer
based fastener pad 54 allows for an abrasive sanding pad 56 with
adhesive on a back side thereof to be releasably secured to the
sanding glove 52.
[0029] Referring now to FIG. 10, it will be understood by a person
skilled in the art that a hook or loop fastener pad 58 may
alternatively be disposed on a pocket 60 secured to a mitten 62
wherein the pocket 60 is configured to releasably receive a rigid
insert 64 to allow for either a rigid or flexible sanding surface
when an abrasive sanding pad 66 with a hook or loop back side is
secured to the hook or loop fastener pad 58. The rigid insert 63 is
similar to the rigid insert shown in FIG. 5.
[0030] It will further be understood by a person skilled in the art
that many of the details provided above are by way of example only,
and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention which is
to be determined with reference to the following claims.
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