Shear Management Gloves

Abstract

A glove provides high palm shear force and reduced finger shear force when pulling elongated articles such as a rope, a rod, and the like. A high shear material is applied to a glove palm and a low shear material is applied to inner glove finger surfaces. The fingers are still used to grasp the elongated article, but the shear pulling force on the fingers is reduced and the shear pulling force on the palm is increased. In one embodiment, the high shear material on the palm is a silicone material and the low shear material on the inner finger surfaces is a ballistic material.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A shear management glove comprising:
 a glove body;   glove fingers extending from the glove body; and   low friction material attached to inner surfaces of the glove fingers, the low friction material configured to cover nearly all of a surface of the glove fingers making contact with an elongated article when the glove is worn while grasping the elongated article, the low friction material reducing shear forces between the glove fingers and the elongated article.   
     
     
         2 . The shear management glove of  claim 1 , wherein the low friction material reaches down nearly to bases of the glove fingers. 
     
     
         3 . The shear management glove of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the glove is an open finger glove; and   the low friction material reaches up nearly to ends of the glove fingers.   
     
     
         4 . The shear management glove of  claim 3 , wherein the low friction material reaches down proximal to the bases of the glove fingers. 
     
     
         5 . The shear management glove of  claim 4 , wherein the low friction material reaches nearly the widths of the glove fingers 
     
     
         6 . The shear management glove of  claim 5 , wherein the low friction material is a ballistic material. 
     
     
         7 . The shear management glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove includes four fingers, the low friction material residing on the inner surfaces of each of the four fingers. 
     
     
         8 . The shear management glove of  claim 7 , wherein the four fingers are open fingers. 
     
     
         9 . The shear management glove of  claim 1 , further including a high friction material attached to a glove palm of the glove. 
     
     
         10 . The shear management glove of  claim 9 , wherein the high friction material reaches up to within about ¼ to ½ inch from the bases of the fingers. 
     
     
         11 . The shear management glove of  claim 10 , wherein the high friction material reaches down to within about ¼ to ½ inch from a base of the glove thumb. 
     
     
         12 . The shear management glove of  claim 11 , wherein the high friction material reached nearly to an end of the glove thumb. 
     
     
         13 . The shear management glove of  claim 12 , wherein the high friction material reached across the glove palm to nearly a side opposite to the glove thumb. 
     
     
         14 . The shear management glove of  claim 13 , wherein the high friction material is a silicone material. 
     
     
         15 . The shear management glove of  claim 13 , wherein the high friction material is a polyurethane silicone blend. 
     
     
         16 . The shear management glove of  claim 9 , wherein the high friction material on the palm has about four times the grip of the low friction material on the fingers. 
     
     
         17 . The shear management glove of  claim 9 , wherein the high friction material on the palm communicates about four times the shear force of the low friction material on the fingers. 
     
     
         18 . A shear management glove comprising:
 a glove body;   glove fingers extending from the glove body;   low friction ballistic material attached to inner surfaces of the glove fingers, the low friction material configured to cover nearly all of a surface of the glove fingers making contact with an elongated article when the glove is worn while grasping the elongated article and reducing shear forces between the glove fingers and the elongated article; and   high friction silicone material attached to a glove palm of the glove, the high friction material configured to cover nearly all the glove palm making contact with the elongated article when the glove is worn while grasping the elongated article and increasing shear forces between the glove palm and the elongated article, the high friction material communicating about four times the shear force to the palm that the low friction material communicates to the fingers.   
     
     
         19 . A shear management glove comprising:
 a glove body;   open ended glove fingers extending up from the glove body;   an open ended glove thumb extending laterally from the glove body;   low friction material attached to inner surfaces of the glove fingers, the low friction material reaching:
 up nearly to ends of the glove fingers; 
 down proximal to bases of the glove fingers; and 
 nearly the widths of the glove fingers; and 
   high friction material having about four times the grip of the low friction material attached to a glove palm of the glove, the high friction material reaching:
 up to within about ¼ to ½ inch from the bases of the glove fingers; 
 down to within about ¼ to ½ inch from a base of the glove thumb; 
 nearly to an end of the glove thumb; and 
 across the glove palm to nearly a side opposite to the glove thumb.