SYSTEM TO ENABLE GLOVED HANDS TO INTERACT WITH ELECTRONIC TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES

• US 20110278061A1
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian P. Farnan
• Original Assignee: Brian P. Farnan
• Inventors: Farnan, Brian P.
• Application Number:
  US13/107,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20110278061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/70.R
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0024 with accessories

Abstract

An apparatus comprises a distal conductor that can include a first generally planar substrate, an adhesive layer bonded to a first side of the first generally planar substrate, and a electrically conductive contact that is attached to the first generally planar substrate on a second side of the first generally planar substrate; a connector that is electrically coupled to the contact; and a proximal conductor including a second generally planar substrate that is electrically coupled to the connector. Methods of using the apparatus are also provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a distal conductor, including

a first generally planar substrate;

an adhesive layer bonded to a first side of the first generally planar substrate; and

a electrically conductive contact that is attached to the first generally planar substrate on a second side of the first generally planar substrate;

a connector that is electrically coupled to the contact; and

a proximal conductor including a second generally planar substrate that is electrically coupled to the connector.

2. A method, comprising:

passing an electrically conductive connector through an opening in a material of a distal end of a finger portion of a glove;

affixing a distal conductor that is electrically connected to the connector to an exterior region of the distal end of the finger portion of the glove; and

positioning a proximal conductor that is electrically connected to the connector within an interior region of the glove.