Orthopedic exercise glove
First Claim
1. An orthopedic glove comprising:
- a body portion for enclosing a hand of a user;
a finger portion attached to said body portion for enclosing a finger of said hand;
biasing means disposed along said finger portion for providing a force along said finger portion; and
releasable attaching means for releasably attaching said biasing means to said finger portion, said releasable attaching means comprising;
first connecting means attached to said finger portion for connecting to said biasing means and comprising;
a base portion attached to said finger portion; and
an elongated portion extending from said base portion and having a plurality of flared sections thereon; and
second connecting means spaced from said first connecting means and attached to at least one of a group comprising said finger and body portions for connecting to said biasing means such that said biasing means extends between said first and second connecting means, said second connecting means comprising;
a base portion attached to at least one of a group comprising said finger and body portions; and
an elongated portion extending from said base portion of said second portion and having a plurality of flared sections thereon;
wherein, said biasing means comprises a resilient tube having opposite open ends disposed over said elongated portions such that said ends are grippingly engaged with said flared sections.
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Abstract
An orthopedic exercise glove. In a first embodiment, finger portions of the gloves have first and second connectors attached thereto, each of the connectors having a hook thereon. A tension spring is connected with the hooks and extends between the first and second connectors. Each spring is sized such that it is always in tension when connected between the two hooks, thereby tending to move the finger portions to an extended position. In a second embodiment, the connectors include flared pin portions extending therefrom, and an elastomeric tube is stretched therebetween. By varying the length of the tube, the tension therein is also varied. A method of attaching the elastomeric tube for applying force along a finger portion of the glove is disclosed, along with a method of increasing the tension by shortening the tube.
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20 Claims
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1. An orthopedic glove comprising:
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a body portion for enclosing a hand of a user; a finger portion attached to said body portion for enclosing a finger of said hand; biasing means disposed along said finger portion for providing a force along said finger portion; and releasable attaching means for releasably attaching said biasing means to said finger portion, said releasable attaching means comprising; first connecting means attached to said finger portion for connecting to said biasing means and comprising; a base portion attached to said finger portion; and an elongated portion extending from said base portion and having a plurality of flared sections thereon; and second connecting means spaced from said first connecting means and attached to at least one of a group comprising said finger and body portions for connecting to said biasing means such that said biasing means extends between said first and second connecting means, said second connecting means comprising; a base portion attached to at least one of a group comprising said finger and body portions; and an elongated portion extending from said base portion of said second portion and having a plurality of flared sections thereon; wherein, said biasing means comprises a resilient tube having opposite open ends disposed over said elongated portions such that said ends are grippingly engaged with said flared sections. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An exercise glove comprising:
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a hand portion defining a hand receiving cavity therein; a plurality of finger portions, each finger portion defining a finger receiving cavity therein in communication with said hand receiving cavity; first connecting means for attaching to a distal end of each finger portion and comprising a base having a flared pin extending therefrom; second connecting means for attaching to at least one of a group comprising said finger and hand portions and comprising a base having a flared pin extending therefrom; and biasing means having first and second ends, and extending along each of said finger portions, said first and second ends of each biasing means being releasably connected to corresponding first and second connecting means, respectively, said biasing means being tensioned for applying a force tending to shorten the distance between said corresponding first and second connecting means, and said biasing means being characterized by an elastomeric tube stretched between said first and second base and having opposite ends adapted for grippingly engaging said flared pins. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An exercise glove comprising:
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a hand portion defining a hand receiving cavity therein; a plurality of finger portions, each finger portion defining a finger receiving cavity therein in communication with said hand receiving cavity; a first connecting means attached to a back portion of a distal end of each finger portion; a second connecting means attached to a back portion of each finger portion adjacent said body portion; biasing means having first and second ends, each of said biasing means extending along a back portion of one of said finger portions, said first and second ends being releasably connected to corresponding first and second connecting means, respectively, said biasing means being tensioned for applying a force tending to shorten a distance between said corresponding first and second connecting means; and an elongated sleeve disposed around each of said biasing means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of applying a force along a finger portion of an exercise glove, said method comprising the steps of:
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attaching a first connector having a flared pin portion thereon to said glove adjacent a distal end of said finger portion; attaching a second connector having a flared pin portion thereon to said glove adjacent a hand portion of said glove; positioning between said first and second connectors an elastomeric tube of a length shorter than a distance between said first and second connectors; and stretching said elastomeric tube and attaching said elastomeric tube to said first and said connectors by sliding opposite open ends of said elastomeric tube on each of said pin portions such that said elastomeric tube is grippingly engaged therewith. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification