Glove for a pressurized suit

Abstract

Abstract A GLOVE FOR A PRESSURIZED SUIT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF FINGER STALLS JOINED TO A MAIN GLOVE RESTRAINT ASSEMBLY ALONG THE KNUCKLES AT THE REAR AND ALONG THE BREAK LINE OF THE PALM, EACH FINGER STALL COMPRISING AN INNER, FLEXIBLE BLADDER, A ONE-WAY STRETCH CLOTH PANEL PROVIDING HOOP LOAD RESTRAINT ACROSS THE BACK OF EACH STALL, RESTRAINT CLOTH ACROSS THE FRONT OF EACH STALM AND A PLEATED RESTRAINT CLOTH PROTECTION COVER OVER THE ONE-WAY STRETCH CLOTH ON THE BACK OF EACH STALL, A DIAMOND SHAPED, FOLDED WEB JOINS THE ROOT OF ONE STALL TO THE ROOT OF AN ADJACENT STALL, AND THE POSITION OF THE WEB IS STABILIZED BY RESTRAINT CORDS LEADING FROM THE CROTCH THUS FORMED BETWEEN ADJACENT STALLS AT THE FRONT AND THE REAR TO A POINT NEAR THE KNUCKLES ON THE BACK TRANK AND TO A POINT NEAR THE PALM BREAK LINE ON THE FRONT TRAK. LATERAL RESTRAINTS ARE PROVIDED IN PIPING WITHIN THE LATERAL SEAMS OF EACH SIDE OF EACH FINGER STALL, THE PIPING RUNNING ALONG THE REAR SEAM OF THE WEB AND THE RESTRAINT CORD THEREIN PASSING THROUGH A SECTION OF PIPING WHICH HOLDS THE REAR WEB STABILIZING RESTRAINT CORD AND TERMINATING AT AN ADJACENT POINT. THE MAIN GLOVE BODY IS COMPRISED OF A REAR TRANK, A PALM HEEL PANEL OR TRANK, AND A THUMB TRANSITION PIECE. A THUMB STALL IS FASHIONED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT AN INDIVIDUAL FINGER STALL, BUT WITHOUT ANY WEBBING. LATERAL RESTRAINTS ON THE THUMB STALL ARE JOINED TOGETHER IN A TURNAROUND THAT CIRCUMSCRIBES THE BASE OF THE THUMB STALL.

Inventors

• 👤 Douglas E Getchell
• 👤 John C Hardy
• 👤 Jerome C Smart
• 👤 Simone R Bastille

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