Workman's Glove

Abstract

A glove is provided which may be adapted for use by a workman performing a variety of tasks such as sanding, buffing, polishing, waxing, scrubbing, cleaning, and drying, among others. In particular, it includes the typical features of a glove, such as palm, finger, and thumb compartments. It is additionally fitted with means for releasably securing a plurality of textured pads to the palmer surface of each compartment, and the texture of the pads may be chosen according to the workman's task at hand. The textured pads may also be placed in a particular manner on the surface of the glove so that a workman's dexterity and fine motor capabilities are not impeded during work. Moreover, prescribed arrangements may ensure that a workman is capable of optionally removing and replacing the textured pads on the surface of the glove without having to remove his hand from the glove itself.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove for a human hand comprising:
 a body having a palmer side and a dorsal side, the body comprising a palm compartment, a thumb compartment, and a plurality of finger compartments, wherein each of the thumb and finger compartments extend from the palm compartment, and the compartments are together configured to define a continuous inner surface to receive a hand;   one or more textured pads releasably securable to the outer palmer side of the palm compartment;   a plurality of additional textured pads that individually correspond to the outer palmer side of one each of the thumb and finger compartments and that are releasably securable to their respective thumb or finger compartments on at least one point distal and at least one point proximate to the palm compartment; and   a means for releasably securing each of the textured pads to their respective points on the palm, thumb, and finger compartments.   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the means for releasably securing the plurality of textured pads comprises hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the textured pads comprise a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side releasably securable to the means for releasably securing each of the textured pads. 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 3 , wherein the bottom side comprises hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 3 , wherein the top side of the textured pads comprises material chosen from wood, leather, canvas, cotton cloth, plastic, felt, paper, sheepskin, impregnated rubber, canvas composition, wool, aluminum abrasives, silicon carbide abrasives, or a combination of the same. 
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 5 , wherein the chosen material is adapted to polish, sand, clean, scrub, dry, buff, wax, and/or absorb additional material of or on a chosen surface. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the glove comprises a resilient material capable of withstanding the stress of repeated use. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein the resilient material comprises natural or synthetic leather, canvas, cotton or polyester blended chore, or a combination of the same. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textured pads are adapted for a single use. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textured pads are adapted for multiple uses over time.