PUNCTURE-RESISTANT GLOVE

摘要

The glove has a palmar portion (1), a dorsal portion (2), four fingers (4,5,6,7) and a thumb (3), and comprising a puncture-resistant cap (8) for the thumb and a puncture-resistant finger cap (9,10,11,12) for each fingers. There is a puncture- resistant outer intermediate protector for an intermediate phalange of each finger, each intermediate protector being connected to a respective one of the finger caps by a respective first hinged connection, and spaced from the respective finger cap by a flexible web member on a face remote from the first hinged connection. There is a puncture-resistant outer proximal protector for a proximal phalange of each respective finger, each proximal protector being connected to a respective intermediate protector by a second hinged connection and spaced from the respective intermediate protector by flexible web material; on a face remote from the second hinged connection. There is furthermore a plurality of first puncture- resistant inner shield elements for each finger, each inner shield element being provided internally of a respective finger so as to span a respective space between adjacent ones of the intermediate protectors and the proximal protectors and/or between a respective one of the intermediate protectors and a finger cap. A puncture-resistant outer palmar shield is provided for shielding the palmar portion, the palmar shield being spaced from each of the outer proximal protectors and from said thumb by flexible web material; and there is at least one puncture- resistant inner shield element provided internally of the glove so as to span spaces between espective outer proximal protectors and the outer palmar shield, and between the thumb and the outer palmar shield, the flexible web material permitting flexing of respective joints of the user's hand and fingers.