SUPPORT ACCESSORY FOR THE BACK OF THE HAND

Abstract

The glove signalling accessory is a contribution to the safety of people who do any activity at night or in dark environments. It allows any glove or hand to have a piece of reflective or backlit material adapted to it that does not interfere with the functionality of the glove and that adds visibility to a part of the human body, allowing indication or signalling by means of gestures, so that the material that is visible in the dark will increase the safety and the possibilities of non-verbal communication. The originality and functionality of the design of this accessory will make it possible to improve the safety of users of public roads at a very reasonable cost. It also allows participants in sports events to be identified by their hands and can be used as a support for advertising material.

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8. A support accessory for the back of the hand comprising: a first support piece having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein a first elastic band is provided at said distal end and a second elastic band provided at said proximal end; and a second piece affixed to said first support piece, wherein said first support piece is configured to be secured to one of: a user's hand and a hand glove, so that said first elastic band is secured around at least one of finger of the user and the second elastic band is secured around a user's wrist.

9. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said first support piece is made from a flexible material.

10. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said first support piece is made from a textile material.

11. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said second piece is made from a reflective material.

12. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said second piece comprises identifying, advertising or backlit areas.

13. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said second piece is removable from said first support piece.

14. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said first support piece (1) has a length according to a length of a back side of said the user's hand or the hand glove.

15. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein said first support piece has a rectangular configuration.

16. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein adjustment means are provided to adjust the length of said first and second elastic bands.

17. The support accessory of claim 8, further comprising a display that allow the user to view information, messages or images.

18. The support accessory of claim 17, wherein the information, messages or images are transmitted to the display either autonomously or by a wireless connection to other devices or directly to data a network.

19. The support accessory of claim 8, further comprising a pocket between the first support piece and the second piece.

20. The support accessory of claim 8, wherein different transversal seam lines are provided on said first support piece to indicate the location of the second elastic band for attaching to the user wrist.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] To complement the description that is being made and for a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, this descriptive report is accompanied, as an integral part of the same, by a set of plans where, for illustration and without limitation, the following has been set out:

[0024] FIG. 1 shows a representation corresponding to the two parts participating in the accessory of the invention, the support piece being seen with the elastic bands for adjustment and fastening as well as the piece of reflective material in position to be fixed to the support piece by any conventional means.

[0025] FIG. 2 shows a perspective of the practical application of the accessory on the external side of a glove, although it could also be arranged on the internal face of the same.

[0026] FIG. 3 shows a perspective of the practical application of the accessory arranged directly on the hand.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0027] In view of the figures described, the accessory of the invention is built by the association of two pieces (1) and (2), the first of them preferably constituted by a textile material and with an essentially rectangular configuration, where the support piece (1) receives the fixture either by sewing, heat sealing or any other means, or even by means that allow the independence of the piece of reflective material (2) on the support (1), to form the accessory as a whole and in where the support piece (1) of a logically flexible nature as a textile, will be of a suitable size and configuration to cover the back of the hand between the fold of the wrist and the proximal interphalangeal joint, with elastic bands at its ends (3) and (3), in the first case for attachment to one, two, or even three fingers of the glove (4) and therefore of the user, while the elastic band (3) is intended for attachment to the wrist.

[0028] Both elastic bands (3) and (3) will have means of adjustment (5), such as buckles or any other appropriate means, for adjustment to the contour of the fingers and that embraces the wrist to which it is fixed, while the piece of reflective material, which can be made of plastic, fabric or any other appropriate material, will have areas such as bands or characters that provide the reflective, backlit, identifying or advertising character, seeing, for example, in the figures how the reflecting piece (2) has two reflective side bands (2).