Rhonda E Dufresne

US Patent:

6976274, Dec 20, 2005

Filed:

Jun 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/465152

Inventors:

Rhonda E. Dufresne - Lunenburg MA, US

International Classification:

A41D019/00

US Classification:

21616, 359517

Abstract:

A new safety glove for allowing a user, such as a police officer or a road worker, to direct traffic more easily. The inventive device includes a hand cover having an interior hand space, a front or palm panel and a back or dorsal panel the two panel being fastened to each other on three sides to form the interior hand space and open on one side to form a wrist opening into the interior hand space. The exterior surfaces of the palm and rear panels are brightly and reflectively or retro-reflectively colored; the palm panel being red and the rear panel being green. A pocket, with a closure, in one of the panels is provided to carry a self-contained warming device for keeping the user's hand warm. The palm panel may bear a brightly colored octagonal stop sign including the word “STOP”. The fingers portions of the panels might have a reflective or retro-reflective arrow shape pointing to the finger ends, to increase the visibility of the fingers as they point in a direction.