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Protecting and grip-enhancing deviceRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, MittensProtecting and grip-enhancing device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20050278827, Protecting and grip-enhancing device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND [0001] This application relates to devices, such as potholders, oven mitts and similar devices for protecting a user's hand or other surfaces from contact with hot or cold articles, such as cooking pots, pans, lids, handles, grills, grill tools and the like. [0002] Heretofore, thermal protective devices, such as potholders, mitts and the like, have been formed of suitable cloth or textile materials, such as cotton, the amount of thermal protection being afforded being essentially proportional to the thickness of the material. However, such cloth devices provide relatively poor temperature control, are subject to scorching or burning, and are not water-repellent or stain-resistant. Also, they can tend to be relatively slippery in use. Accordingly, it has been known heretofore to provide such cloth devices with coverings or coatings of thermally-insulating and/or grip-enhancing materials over all or portions of the outer surfaces of the devices. Alternatively, it is known to provide devices made entirely of such thermally insulating and/or grip-enhancing materials. However, such devices may tend to be relatively stiff or inflexible in use because of the nature of the material used or the additional thicknesses of the materials used, and may lack moisture control if formed of essentially non-absorbent and/or non-breathable materials. Thus, such devices may not provide optimal combinations of thermal insulation and grip-enhancing characteristics. SUMMARY [0003] There is disclosed herein an improved protecting and grip-enhancing device which avoids disadvantages of prior devices while affording additional structural and operating advantages. [0004] An aspect of the disclosure is the provision of a device with both effective thermal insulation and improved grip enhancement, wherein the grip enhancement results from improved frictional or non-slip characteristics and/or improved flexibility to enhance dexterity. [0005] Another aspect is the provision of a device of the type set forth which is double-sided and reversible. [0006] Another aspect is the provision of a device of the type set forth which has improved patterns of thermally insulating and grip-enhancing features. [0007] Certain ones of these and other aspects may be attained by providing a protecting and grip-enhancing device comprising an inner body formed of a first material and having opposite outer sides, a thermally insulating outer body formed of a second material secured to at least one outer side of the inner body and continuously covering a substantial portion thereof, and hinge structure joining two adjacent regions of the device to facilitate folding of the adjacent regions relative to each other along the hinge structure. [0008] Other aspects may be attained by providing a device of the type set forth, wherein the outer body includes a first region having a first thickness and a second region peripheral to the first region and having a second thickness less than the first thickness. [0009] Still other aspects may be attained by providing a device of the type set forth, wherein the outer body includes a plurality of alternating raised ribs and open-ended channels. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0010] For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of the subject matter sought to be protected, there are illustrated in the accompanying drawings embodiments thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, the subject matter sought to be protected, its construction and operation, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated. [0011] FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a mitt in accordance with a first embodiment; [0012] FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken generally along the line 2-2 in FIG. 1; [0013] FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of a mitt in accordance with another embodiment; [0014] FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in FIG. 3; [0015] FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a potholder in accordance with another embodiment; [0016] FIG. 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of a circled portion designated 6 in FIG. 2; [0017] FIG. 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of a circled portion designated 7 in FIG. 2; [0018] FIG. 8 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of a circled portion designated 8 in FIG. 4; and [0019] FIG. 9 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of a circled portion designated 9 in FIG. 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0020] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 6 and 7, there is illustrated a hand protecting and grip-enhancing device in the nature of a mitt 10, which includes a body assembly 11 arranged to define a pocket 12 (FIG. 2) having a finger-receiving portion 13 for receiving all of a user's fingers, a thumb-receiving portion 14 and a wrist-receiving portion 15, the latter portion being open to permit insertion of the user's hand. The mitt 10 is designed to be reversible, having opposite outer sides 16 and 17 (FIG. 2) which are substantially identical, so that the mitt can be worn on either hand. FIG. 1 shows the side 16 of the mitt 10, which would be the side engaging a user's palm if the mitt is worn on the user's left hand. It will be appreciated that the opposite side 17 would be the palm-engaging side if the mitt were worn on the user's right hand. Continue reading about Protecting and grip-enhancing device... 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