Patent · US Expired

Inflatable game gloves

US5423088A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
79References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1992
Grant dateJun 13, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 1, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S2/03
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An improved game glove including a front portion and a back portion defining a hand space therebetween and forming a major region for receiving the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for receiving the thumb of the wearer; an opening at one edge of the glove for the passage of the hand of a wearer into the hand space; a bladder positioned in the hand space, the bladder having a major portion in the major region of the glove and a minor portion in the minor region for the glove; and an inflation system to selectively inflate the bladder the inflation system including a pump system having a diaphragm for selectively inflating the bladder to improve the fit of the glove on a wearer's hand, the pump system also including a tube coupling the diaphragm and the bladder.

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