Alarming and entertaining glove

• US 5,177,467 A
• Filed: 12/09/1991
• Issued: 01/05/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tsao Chung-Piao
• Original Assignee: Tsao Chung-Piao
• Inventors: Chung-Piao, Tsao
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Application Number:
  US07/804,037
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573, 340/574, 340/693, 340/432, 200/DIG. 2
• US Class Current: 340/574
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0157 with luminous or reflective means protective garments with reflective or luminous safety means A41D13/01
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/004 using portable personal devices hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellent gases or chemicals F41H9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 200/02 Body attached switches
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

An alarming and entertaining glove includes a plurality of illuminators and buzzers mounted on a glove body electrically connected to an audio and optical driving circuit secured on the glove body, and at least one trigger switch formed on an inside surface portion of the glove preferably formed on an inside surface portion of any finger sheath and electrically connected to the audio and optical driving circuit, whereby upon a grasping of a wearer'"'"'s hand or closing of the wearer'"'"'s fingers with the hand, the trigger switch will be actuated to spread a warning sounding and to illuminate the illuminator for both audio and optical alarming purpose or for music sounding for entertaining purpose.

Claims

1. An alarming and entertaining glove comprising:

a glove body having a plurality of finger sheathes including a thumb sheath juxtapositionally formed on said glove body;

a plurality of illuminators and buzzers respectively formed on said glove body, each said illuminator secured on a back portion of said finger sheath of the glove body;

an audio and optical driving means mounted on said glove body electrically connected with said illuminators and said buzzers, and electrically connected with a power source to be powered by said power source secured on said glove body, said driving means operatively actuating an alarm or musical sounding through said buzzers and operatively illuminating said illuminators; and

at least one trigger switch secured on an inside surface of each finger sheath of said glove body, which is operatively actuated when grasping the finger sheathes and the glove body on an article or grasping for forming a fist to start operation of said driving means for sounding said buzzers and illuminating said illuminators upon a grasping of said glove body and said finger sheathes.

2. A glove according to claim 1, wherein said trigger switch is a pressure-sensitive switch operatively actuated to start and operate said driving means when the glove body and finger sheathes are grasped.

3. A glove according to claim 1, wherein said trigger switch is a micro-switch having a spring-loaded push button normally protruding outwardly from the switch for switching off the driving means and being depressed for actuating said driving means.