Glove attachment for touch sensitive data entry

• US 20090066658A1
• Filed: 09/12/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steven R. Earl
• Original Assignee: Steven R. Earl
• Inventors: Earl, Steven R.
• Application Number:
  US11/854,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20090066658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads

Abstract

An attachment to a glove enables electronic data entry on a touchscreen by a person wearing the glove. The attachment is a plate comprising a main body (110) and at least two bendable prongs (120) extending from the main body (110). Each bendable prong has a pointed end (121) capable of being inserted through a finger extremity of a glove and being bent within the glove towards the main body (110) to secure the main body to the finger extremity such that a user'"'"'s finger in a glove touches a prong. The device further comprises a coating (111) on the plate that is electrically conducting such that a user touching a prong is electrically connected to the main body. The coating has a softness and consistency that tends to minimize scratching an electronic touchscreen upon contact with a touchscreen.

Claims

1. A device attachable to a glove to enable electronic data entry on a touchscreen by a user wearing the glove comprising,

(a) a plate comprising a main body and a plurality of bendable prongs extending from the main body, wherein each of said prongs has a pointed end capable of being inserted through a finger extremity of a glove and being bent within the glove towards the main body to secure the main body to said finger extremity such that a user'"'"'s finger in a glove touches a prong;

and,

(b) a coating on the plate that is electrically conducting such that a user touching a prong is electrically connected to the main body, and wherein the coating has a softness and consistency that tends to minimize scratching an electronic touchscreen upon contact with a touchscreen.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the coating is made of a material selected from a group consisting of a thermosetting epoxy powder, TEFLON, resin, and polymer.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the plate has a thickness in a range of about 0.4 to 0.5 millimeters;

the main body has a diameter in a range of about 8 to 10 millimeters; and

each bendable prong has a length in a range of about 5 to 7 millimeters measured from the main body and a width of about 1 to 2 millimeters.