A tool holder; the tool holder includes garment(s) wearable on a hand and a set of tool holding-means. The set of tool holding-means are configured to attach a plurality of tools and a plurality of tool accessories to the garment(s). The tool holder is useful for providing a wearer of the garment(s) with essential tools needed for an activity or a job.

A visual aid system, device, and/or method that utilizes a first camera located at a first position on a first part of a hand on a person and eyewear including a heads up display where the eyewear being in communication with the first camera to provide data for display on the heads up display located in the eyewear.

A tactile feedback glove for use in an extravehicular activity (EVA) environment by an astronaut is described. The tactile feedback glove is formed by a glove having an outer layer, a second layer and inner bladder, wherein the inner bladder encloses a gas environment suitable for an astronaut's hand. A force sensor is attached to a fingertip of each finger of the glove on an inner surface of the outer layer to sense the pressure applied at the associated fingertip. A haptic feedback device is attached to the fingertip of each finger of the glove on an outer surface of the inner bladder. Each haptic feedback device is adjacent to each associated force sensor and positioned to provide tactile feedback for the associated finger. A visual feedback device is also attached to an outer surface of the outer layer of the glove in a visual field of the astronaut. A controller receives a signal from each force sensor indicative of the force applied by the wearer at the associated fingertip, and sends a feedback signal to drive each haptic feedback device and the visual feedback device to provide tactile and visual feedback to the wearer when the signal from one of the force sensors meets preprogrammed levels.

An article of manufacture with several rows of lights extending up each finger is disclosed. The article of manufacture provides a wearable work light using a glove for use on a thumb and fingers of a worker's hand, and an enclosed casing coupled to the outside of the glove containing an enclosed circuit. The enclosed circuit includes a battery with anode and cathode terminals for energizing an enclosed circuit, a switch having an open position and a closed position connecting the cathode terminal of the battery to the enclosed circuit, one or more power lines connecting the anode terminal of the battery to positive input connections to a plurality of LEDs electrically coupled to one of the power lines, and a return line connecting the negative connections of the plurality of LEDs to the switch. The plurality of LEDs is energized to emit light when the switch is in its closed position.

A tactile feedback glove for use in an extravehicular activity (EVA) environment by an astronaut is described. The tactile feedback glove is formed by a glove having an outer layer, a second layer and inner bladder, wherein the inner bladder encloses a gas environment suitable for an astronaut's hand. A force sensor is attached to a fingertip of each finger of the glove on an inner surface of the outer layer to sense the pressure applied at the associated fingertip. A haptic feedback device is attached to the fingertip of each finger of the glove on an outer surface of the inner bladder. Each haptic feedback device is adjacent to each associated force sensor and positioned to provide tactile feedback for the associated finger. A visual feedback device is also attached to an outer surface of the outer layer of the glove in a visual field of the astronaut. A controller receives a signal from each force sensor indicative of the force applied by the wearer at the associated fingertip, and sends a feedback signal to drive each haptic feedback device and the visual feedback device to provide tactile and visual feedback to the wearer when the signal from one of the force sensors meets preprogrammed levels.

There is provided a haptic glove apparatus including a glove-shaped base portion and at least one actuator disposed on the base portion. The at least one actuator includes a driving force applying portion extending in a first direction and expanding or contracting in the first direction, and an elastic support portion disposed to surround the driving force applying portion and expanding or contracting in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction according to the expansion or the contraction of the driving force applying portion.

A capacitive imaging glove includes electrodes implemented throughout the capacitive imaging glove and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) such that a DSC receives a reference signal generates a signal based thereon. The DSC provides the signal to a first electrode via a single line and simultaneously senses it. Note the signal is coupled from the first electrode to the second electrode via a gap therebetween. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the first electrode. Processing module(s), when enabled, is/are configured to execute operational instructions (e.g., stored in and/or retrieved from memory) to generate the reference signal, process the digital signal to determine the electrical characteristic of the first electrode, and process the electrical characteristic of the first electrode to determine a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and generate capacitive image data representative of a shape of the capacitive imaging glove.

A personal safety device including a wearable garment, a housing disposed in the wearable garment, a retractable blade disposed in the housing wherein the retractable blade having a retracted position and extended position, and a biasing element disposed in the housing and biasing the retracted blade to the retracted position.

An article of clothing operable for induction heating may include a wearable covering positionable on a wearer, the wearable covering comprising conductive material extendable on at least a first side portion wearer and conductive material disposed on a second opposite side portion of the wearer with the portion of the wearer disposed therebetween, and the wearable covering operable to simultaneously warm a first side portion of the wearer and the opposite second side wearer upon positioning the wearable covering in a passageway in an energizable coil. A method may include obtaining a wearable covering having conductive material, inserting the wearable covering into a passageway in an energizable coil, warming the wearable covering in response to induction heating of the wearable covering in the passageway in the energizable coil, and removing the wearable covering from the passageway in the energizable coil.

A releasable gripping glove is provided having one or more flexible artificial tendons extending through a finger section of a glove body. The flexible artificial tendon is configured to maintain a structurally articulated configuration when the finger section is articulated. Each tendon includes locking teeth that engages with a releasable locking tab extending form a locking mechanism configured to engage the locking teeth when the finger section is articulated. A release mechanism is provided to engage and disengage the locking mechanism. A thumb release rod is positioned within a thumb portion and connected to the release mechanism. The articulating of the finger section releasably locks the flexible artificial tendon in the articulated position, which is releasable through relaxing of the thumb portion.