Hand utility interface

摘要

A hand utility interface (1) as illustrated in figure (1) has a medially symmetric body providing two lateral finger channels (2a) and two medial finger channels (2b) extending from a palm part (8) whereby it can be used by either left or right hand. The interface (1) is fabricated from a thin self supporting resilient membrane so that when the fingers of a hand “H” are pressed down into the finger channels (2a, 2b) the interface gently grips the fingers thereby attaching itself to the hand for use. The interface is sufficiently flexible to reflect the flexure of the fingers of the hand “H”. The structure of the interface is such that extension and spreading of the fingers effects single handed discarding of the interface.

主权项

1. A hand utility interface comprising at least two finger channels, each finger channel having side walls and an open top and being sized and shaped to receive one finger of a user's hand, the finger channels acting to releasably grip the hand utility interface to the user's hand when fingers of the user's hand are pressed through the open tops of the at least two finger channels, wherein the hand utility interface is fabricated from a self-supporting resilient membrane that is a thin sheet that is molded so that a first part of the thin sheet defines a first thin side wall of a first said finger channel, a second part of the thin sheet defines an opposing thin side wall of the first said finger channel, a third part of the thin sheet defines a first thin side wall of a second said finger channel, a fourth part of the thin sheet defines an opposing thin side wall of the second said finger channel and a further part of the sheet forms a bridge part that bridges between the first said finger channel and the second said finger channel at a height between a side wall of the first finger channel and a side wall of the second finger channel.