Finger puppet novelty hand garment

Abstract

The invention is an article of manufacture comprising a glove or mitten having a thumb region and a forefinger region and a character disposed across the middle finger and thumb regions. The character is placed such that the top of the character's face and mouth is across the middle finger region, and the bottom of the mouth is across the thumb region. The mouth is therefore open when the thumb region and middle finger region are not touching each other, and is closed when the thumb region and middle finger region are touching.

1 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a) a glove or mitten having a thumb region and a middle finger region; and   b) a character face disposed across the thumb and middle finger regions.   
   
   
       2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the glove or mitten is for a right hand. 
   
   
       3 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the glove or mitten is for a left hand. 
   
   
       4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is embroidered on to the glove or mitten. 
   
   
       5 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the glove or mitten is made from a material selected from the group consisting of wool, cotton, nylon, rubber, synthetic rubber, plastic, leather, or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       6 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is at least partially formed from external ornamentation representing facial features, and the facial features are selected from the group consisting of eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, whiskers, teeth, horns, antlers, hats or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       7 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the character face is formed using a combination of embroidery and external ornamentation. 
   
   
       8 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is printed across the thumb and forefinger regions. 
   
   
       9 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is selected from the group of animals, holiday faces, dinosaurs, cartoon characters, Prince, or Princess. 
   
   
       10 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face has a silly expression, a happy expression or a scary expression. 
   
   
       11 . The article of  claim 9 , wherein the face is an animal face, and the animal face is a cat face, a bunny face, or a bear face. 
   
   
       12 . The article of  claim 9 , wherein the face is a holiday face, and the face is selected from the group consisting of Santa, Frosty the Snowman, a reindeer, a witch, a pumpkin or a ghost. 
   
   
       13 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is stitched onto the mitten or glove. 
   
   
       14 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the character face is adhered to onto the mitten or glove using an adhesive. 
   
   
       15 . A pair of gloves or mittens made according to  claim 1 . 
   
   
       16 . A method of inducing children to wear their gloves, comprising:
 affixing a character face to the thumb and forefinger regions of a pair of gloves.   
   
   
       17 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a) a glove or mitten having a thumb region and a forefinger region; and   b) an inanimate scene, the inanimate scene becoming complete when the thumb region touches the forefinger region.   
   
   
       18 . The article of  claim 17 , wherein the glove or mitten is made from a material selected from the group consisting of wool, cotton, nylon, rubber, synthetic rubber, plastic, leather, or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       19 . The article of  claim 17 , wherein the thumb region has a touch point and the forefinger region has a touchpoint, and the scene is completed when the forefinger region touchpoint and the thumb region touchpoint touch. 
   
   
       20 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a) a glove or mitten having a thumb region and a forefinger region; and   b) an inanimate scene, the inanimate scene becoming complete when the thumb region does not touch the forefinger region.   
   
   
       21 . The article of  claim 20 , wherein the glove or mitten is made from a material selected from the group consisting of wool, cotton, nylon, rubber, synthetic rubber, plastic, leather, or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       22 . The article of  claim 21 , wherein the scene is two dimensional or three dimensional