Foul-weather sport glove and method

Abstract

A weather-resistant glove for wear particularly by operators and passengers of open-air sport motor vehicles includes an outer glove shell and in inner glove liner, each having an elongate gauntlet cuff portion. The gauntlet cuff portion has an inner gauntlet and an outer gauntlet cooperatively defining a water catch basin, from which a drain opens outwardly of the glove at or near the lowest point of this basin while the user's hands are in a typical downwardly angled position on the sport motor vehicle. Water dribbling along a leeward side of the user's arms and into the gauntlets of the gloves will be caught in the water catch basins and is then drained outwardly of the glove without wetting the user's hands.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A water resistant glove comprising: a water resistant outer glove shell having a hand portion and a gauntlet cuff portion joining at a wrist portion of the glove, with said gauntlet cuff portion including an elongate outer gauntlet cuff, and an inner cuff also of water resistant material sealingly attaching within said outer gauntlet cuff part adjacent to a wrist of the glove, said outer and said inner cuffs cooperatively defining a water catch basin, and a drain opening outwardly from said water catch basin adjacent to said wrist of the glove.  
     
     
         2 . The water resistant glove of  claim 1  wherein said outer gauntlet cuff part is of conical shape to flare upwardly along the forearm of a wearer of the glove, said inner cuff is substantially of straight cylindrical shape and flares less than said outer cuff part.  
     
     
         3 . The water resistant glove of  claim 2  wherein said inner cuff is provided with an elastic band adjacent to its opening to urge the inner gauntlet cuff near its opening toward the wearer's forearm.  
     
     
         4 . The water resistant glove of  claim 1  wherein said outer gauntlet cuff part is of conical shape to flare upwardly along the forearms of the wearer of the glove, said inner gauntlet cuff part also being of conical shape to similarly flare upwardly along the forearms of the wearer.  
     
     
         5 . The water resistant glove of  claim 4  wherein said inner gauntlet cuff part is provided with a flexible resilient lip seal member adjacent to the opening of this cuff part, said lip seam member being cooperable in water-resistant relationship with a sleeve of an outer garment worn by a wearer of said glove.  
     
     
         6 . The water resistant glove of  claim 1  wherein said drain includes a grommet opening outwardly on said glove from said water catch basin.  
     
     
         7 . The water resistant glove of  claim 1  wherein said outer gauntlet cuff part includes an elongate slit opening extending from a distal end of the gauntlet cuff part toward but short of said band portion of the glove, and a closure device for selectively opening and closing this slit opening whereby, when said opening of said outer gauntlet cuff part is opened the gauntlet cuff part is easily turned inside out to invert partially over the hand portion of the glove.  
     
     
         8 . A glove for use by an operator of an open sport motor vehicle, which vehicle positions the forearms and hands of the operator generally in a downwardly angled position, the glove being especially configured to resist water running downwardly along a sleeve of an outer garment of the operator and entering the inside of the gloves to wet the operator's hands, said glove comprising: 
 a water proof outer glove part having a hand portion and a gauntlet cuff portion with a flaring outer gauntlet cuff part extending upwardly along the operator's forearm and over a sleeve of the operator's outer garment;    an inner liner part of the glove also having an inner gauntlet cuff part extending upwardly along the operator's forearm and cooperating with said outer gauntlet cuff part to define a water catch basin therebetween, said water catch basin receiving water running downwardly along the sleeve of the operator's outer garment, said inner gauntlet cuff part and said outer gauntlet cuff part being sealingly united at a lower extent thereof generally adjacent to and above the operator's hand, and a drain extending from said water catch basin outwardly of said glove to draining away received water.    
     
     
         9 . A method of preventing the hands of an operator of an open-air sport motor vehicle, which vehicle positions the forearms and hands of the operator generally in a downwardly angled position, from getting wet because of water running downwardly along an outer garment over the operator's forearms and then entering the inside of the gloves to wet the operator's hands, said method comprising steps of: 
 providing a pair of gloves each with a water proof outer glove part having a hand portion and a gauntlet portion with a flaring outer gauntlet cuff part extending upwardly along the operator's forearm and over a sleeve of the outer garment;    providing each glove with an inner liner part also having an inner gauntlet cuff part extending upwardly along the operator's forearm;    utilizing said inner and outer gauntlet cuff parts of each glove to cooperatively define a water catch basin therebetween; and sealingly uniting said inner gauntlet cuff part and said outer gauntlet cuff part at a lower extent of said water catch basin generally adjacent to and above the operator's hands to prevent water in said water catch basin from flowing into said hand part;    utilizing said water catch basin of said gloves to receive water running downwardly along the sleeves of the operator's outer garment; and    providing a drain extending from each said water catch basin outwardly of said glove to draining away water received therein.    
     
     
         10 . A water resistant glove to be worn with a jacket in rain and wet outdoor weather conditions, said glove having a hand portion with fingers and a thumb and a gauntlet cuff portion, said glove being especially constructed and configured to cooperate with a jacket sleeve for resisting entry into the glove hand portion of water running downwardly along the jacket sleeve, said glove comprising: 
 a water resistant outer glove shell having a hand portion with fingers and a thumb, a wrist portion, and a gauntlet cuff portion joining said wrist portion of the glove;    said gauntlet cuff portion including an elongate outer gauntlet cuff part, and an inner cuff part also of water resistant material sealingly attaching within said outer gauntlet cuff part adjacent to said wrist of the glove;    said outer and said inner cuffs cooperatively defining a water catch basin circumscribing a forearm of a wearer above the wrist; and    a drain opening outwardly from said water catch basin adjacent to said wrist of the glove.    
     
     
         11 . The water resistant glove of  claim 10  wherein said outer gauntlet cuff part flares outwardly as it extends upwardly along a forearm of a wearer of the glove, said gauntlet cuff part flaring sufficiently that said gauntlet cuff part may be inverted over the wrist and hand portion of the glove by turning said gauntlet cuff part inside out and leaving said inner cuff part exposed in preparation to putting on said glove.  
     
     
         12 . The water resistant glove of  claim 10  wherein said inner cuff part is substantially coextensive in length and is no longer than said outer gauntlet cuff part.  
     
     
         13 . The water resistant glove of  claim 10  further including a pad of abrasion resistant material securing to said gauntlet cuff part, whereby the forearm of the wearer is shielded from abrasion by said abrasion resistant pad.  
     
     
         14 . The water resistant glove of  claim 13  wherein said outer gauntlet cuff part defines an elongate slit opening extending from a distal end of said outer cuff part toward but short of said wrist portion of said glove, a fastener providing for said elongate slit opening to be selectively opened and secured closed, and said gauntlet cuff part being configured to be turned inside out partially over the wrist and hand portions of the glove when said fastener is opened and said elongate slit opening is opened to allow said gauntlet cuff part to flare.