Glove with optional insert

Abstract

A riding glove having particular application to be worn over the hand of one riding a bicycle to warm the fingers and thumb of the rider in cold or windy weather conditions. The riding glove includes an optional inner insert having relatively long finger and thumb sleeves into which the rider slides his fingers and thumb. A conventional outer glove member having relatively short finger and thumb sleeves, through which the longer finger and thumb sleeves of the inner insert are received, is pulled over the inner insert. The outer conventional glove member can be worn over the rider's hand in combination with or independently of the inner insert.

1 . A glove to cover a hand of a wearer, comprising:
 an inner glove member to be located over the wearer's hand, said inner glove member including a plurality of finger sleeves within which to receive respective fingers of the wearer and a thumb sleeve within which to receive the thumb of the wearer; and   an outer glove member to be located over said inner glove member, said outer glove member including a plurality of finger sleeves that are shorter than the finger sleeves of said inner glove member, such that the finger sleeves of said inner glove member extend outwardly of and past the finger sleeves of said outer glove member, said outer glove member also including a thumb sleeve that is shorter than the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member, such that the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member extends outwardly of and past the finger sleeve of said outer glove member.   
     
     
         2 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein said outer glove member is slidable over the top of and slidable off said inner glove member. 
     
     
         3 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein the finger sleeves and the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member are sized to surround and enclose the finger tips and the thumb tip of the wearer. 
     
     
         4 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein said inner glove member is manufactured from fleece to warm the wearer's fingers and thumb. 
     
     
         5 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein said inner glove member has a length when said inner glove member is located over the wearer's hand which starts at the wearer's palm and ends at the wearer's finger and thumb tips, and said outer glove member has a length when said outer glove member is located over said inner glove member which runs from the wearer's wrist to the bottoms of the wearer's fingers and thumb, such that said inner glove member is shorter than said outer glove member. 
     
     
         6 . The glove recited in  claim 5 , wherein said outer glove member has a fastening strap adapted to be tightened around the wearer's wrist to hold said outer glove member on the wearer's hand and over said inner glove member. 
     
     
         7 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein said inner glove member includes an entrance opening through which the wearer's fingers and thumb are slidable for receipt by the finger and thumb sleeves of said inner glove member. 
     
     
         8 . The glove recited in  claim 7 , wherein said inner glove member is sized so that the entrance opening thereof surrounds the wearer's hand at a location above the wearer's wrist and below the wearer's fingers. 
     
     
         9 . The glove recited in  claim 7 , wherein said inner glove member is sized so that when the inner glove member is located over the wearer's hand, the entrance opening thereof extends across the palm at the front of the wearer's hand. 
     
     
         10 . The glove recited in  claim 1 , wherein the finger sleeves and the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member are closed so as to completely cover the finger and thumb tips of the wearer. 
     
     
         11 . A method for using a glove to cover and protect a wearer's hand from cold and windy weather, said method comprising the steps of:
 sliding an inner glove member over the wearer's hand, said inner glove member including a plurality of finger sleeves within which to receive respective fingers of wearer and a thumb sleeve within which to receive the thumb of the wearer;   sliding an outer glove member over said inner glove member, said outer glove member including a plurality of finger sleeves that are shorter than the finger sleeves of said inner glove member and a thumb sleeve that is shorter than the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member; and   pulling said outer glove member towards the wrist of the wearer, such that the finger sleeves of said inner glove member extend outwardly of and past the finger sleeves of said outer glove member, and the thumb sleeve of said inner glove member extends outwardly of and past the thumb sleeve of said outer glove member.   
     
     
         12 . The method recited in  claim 11 , comprising the additional steps of sliding said outer glove member off said inner glove member, sliding said inner glove member off the hand of the wearer, and sliding said outer glove member over the hand of the wearer for covering the wearer's hand independently of said inner glove member.