Protective glove having inspection port

Abstract

A protective glove for a firefighter or for an emergency worker has an outer shell, an intermediate liner providing a moisture barrier, and an inner liner providing a thermal barrier. The outer shall has an inspection port, which is openable and closeable and which when opened enables portions of at least one of the liners to be visually inspected through the inspection port. The inspection port may be located along a margin of an open end of the protective glove or along a seam of the protective glove. Alternatively, the outer shell may have a flap, which is positionable between a position wherein the inspection port is closed by the flap and positions wherein the inspection port is opened. The protective glove has releasable fasteners, such as hook-and-loop fasteners, for releasably fastening portions of the protective glove to one another so as to close the inspection port.

1 . For a firefighter or for an emergency worker, a protective glove having an outer shell and a liner, which is an intermediate liner if the protective glove also has an inner liner, the protective glove having an inspection port, which is openable and closeable and which when opened enables portions of the liner or portions of at least one of the liners, if the protective glove has an intermediate liner and an inner liner, to be visually inspected through the inspection port.  
   
   
       2 . The protective glove of  claim 2 , wherein the inspection port is located along a seam of the protective glove and wherein the inspection port when opened enables portions of the liner or portions or both liners, if the protective glove has an intermediate liner and an inner liner, to be visually inspected through the inspection port.  
   
   
       3 . The protective glove of  claim 2 , wherein the protective glove has an open end, through which a wearer can insert one hand and can withdraw the hand, wherein the inspection port is located along a margin of the open end, and wherein the inspection port when opened enables portions of the liner or portions of both of the liners, if the protective glove has an intermediate liner and an inner liner, to be visually inspected through the inspection port.  
   
   
       4 . The protective glove of  claim 2 , wherein the outer shell has the inspection port and wherein the outer shell has a flap, which is positionable between a position wherein the inspection port is closed by the flap and positions wherein the inspection port is opened.  
   
   
       5 . For a firefighter or for an emergency worker, a protective glove having an outer shell, an intermediate liner, and an inner liner, the protective glove having an inspection port, which is openable and closeable and which when opened enables portions of the intermediate liner and portions of the inner liner to be visually inspected through the inspection port.  
   
   
       6 . The protective glove of  claim 5 , wherein the inspection port is located along a seam of the protective glove.  
   
   
       7 . The protective glove of  claim 5 , wherein the protective glove has an open end, through which a wearer can insert one hand and can withdraw the hand, and wherein the inspection port is located along a margin of the open end.  
   
   
       8 . The protective glove of any one of claims  2  through  7 , wherein the protective glove has means for releasably fastening portions of the protective glove to one another so as to close the inspection port.  
   
   
       9 . The protective glove of  claim 8 , wherein the fastening means comprise hook-and-loop fastening means.  
   
   
       10 . The protective glove of  claim 4 , wherein the protective glove has means for releasably fastening the flap in the position wherein the inspection port is closed by the flap.  
   
   
       11 . The protective glove of  claim 10 , wherein the fastening means comprise hook-and-loop fastening means.