US2279100A - Powder-applying mitt or glove - Google Patents

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April 7, 1942.

H. WORTH Erm.

POWER-APPLYING MITT OR GLOVE Filed Sept. 18, 1941 Patented Apr. 7, 1942 UNITED Y POWDER-APPLYING MITT '0R GLOVE Henry worth and Michael n. Goldsmith, New York, N. Y.

Application September 1 Claim.

This invention relates to mitts or glovesfor use in applying toilet powderstor other powdered material to the body after the bath, or for use for other purposes for which the article may be .usefully adapted. y

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensively constructed mitt or glove provided with ay powder-containing pocket in which the powder may be placed, and provided also with a hand-receiving pocket in which the hand is inserted so that the mitt or glove when applied against the body will cause the powder to be ejected and spread on the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a. glove of the character described, a powder applicator surface or face, of powder pervious material and wholly flatgand wrinkleless for its entire area so that its application against the body, when applying the powder is uniform and non-irritating and equal distribution of the applied powder will result.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in a mitt or glove of this character, means for contracting theback ply of 4the article about the wrist of the user, without aecting the general contour, the normally fiat condition of the powder-applicator face, and without disturbing the closure means for the powderreceiving pocket.

The inventionalso contemplates the provision of an improved means for closure of the powder-receiving pocket wherein detachable fastener elements in co-operative relationship are Wholly located within and concealed lby portions of the powder-containing pocket, said fastener elements being carried'by inturned ap portions on the sides of the powder-containing pocket.

Various other important objects are attained by the invention, a more particular description of which will appear hereinafter and be set forth in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, Fig. 1 is a front or face view of a mitt or glove for powder-application, constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a view of the back face of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view On the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The improved glove or mitt as shown in the drawing is primarily composed of three sections or plies of fabric, the several layers being sub- 1941, Serial No. 411.324

preferably composedfof. a relatively loosely woven pile fabric, such asV light-weight corduroy of a stantially of similar outline. I'hat indicated at I powder-pervious nature so that the powder contained in the powder-holding pocket, of which 'the layer I forms a part, will sift through the layer I `onto thebody ,of the Auser when the glove or mitt is lightly patted against. the body. At 2 is vshown the intermediate or central layer of the mitt, the same being also composed ofV textile fabric, but of relatively closely woven nature, or of any other flexible material impervious to .powder. Thus, the powder-holding pocket 3 is composed of the two united layers or plies I and 2 between which the powder l is held and through one of which, namely, the front layer I, the powder l is ejected and distributed.

The third layer or ply lconstitutes the back of the mitt and co-operates with the intermediate layer 2in forming the hand-receiving pocket 6 in which the hand of the user is disposed when the mitt is in use. 'The peripheral edge portions of the. three layers or plies yare secured together in anysuitable manner, as by the line of stitching` 1, .the sameextending around the great- .er portion of the peripheries of the three plies, `but leaving a certain portion thereof unsecured to thereby provide the entrance opening l for the hand-receiving pocket, as well as the powderfilling opening 9 for the powder-holding pocket 3.

Adjacent to its top edge, or near the entrance opening 8 of the hand-receiving pocket, the back layer 6 is gathered or shirred as at II, such gathering or shirring being eiected by one or vmore ply 5 of the glove and in none of the other plies, so that said other plies, and particularly the front ply I, is perfectly at and wrinkleless and when it is applied to the body it will lie flat thereagainst and smoothly and evenly apply the powder over the surface of the body without causing irritation or irregular distribution of the powder. It will be noted also that the shirring or gathering occupies but a, relatively small portion of the back ply of the mitt, and that therefore the eriibracement of the wrist `of the user is light but suiiiciently rm to hold the glove on the hand.

-The opening l to the powder-holding pocket 3 is normally closed bymeans of flap portions I 2 and I3. that indicated at I2 constituting an integral, inturned continuation of the face layer l.

while that indicated at I3 constitutes a similar inturned continuation of the upper end of the intermediate ply 2. These two inturned nap portions I2 and I3 face one another and are providedwith the co-operating snap fastener elements I4 and I5, or equivalent detachable fastener.means whereby the opposed faces of the two naps may be held together in intimate contact within the powder-holdingpocket and the opening to said powder-holding pocket thus closed to prevent spilling or lossof the powderv y contents of said pocket.

'Ihe arrangement of the closure means thus described, for the powder-holding pocket, is such that the closure means is completely concealed within` the pocket; the inturned flap portions I2 and I3 prevent loss of the powder, and since they and the fastener elements therefor are concealed within the pocket, a smooth, uninterrupted powder-applying surface on the front lI of the mitt is attained. Moreover, it will be additionallyl noted that said fastener means for the entranceto the powder-holding Vpocket are wholly disposed within the powder-holding pocket and do not extend within or encroach upon the interior of the hand-receiving pocket so that the hand may therefore be readily slid into and out of the hand-- receiving pocket without disturbing the closure means. This is of particular importance since the mitt is most often used after the bath and while the hands are damp so that ease in donning and removing the mitt is not only desirable but essential.

To use the device, the snap fastener elements Il and I5 are separated and the powder 4 is poured within the pocket 3. Snap fastener elements are then engaged to close 'the mouth 9 of the pocket 3.

pocket 6 and the flat, wrinkleless face I of the The hand is now inserted in.

mittl is patted lightly over the body. Since the powder cannot pass through the intermediate powder-impervious layer or ply. 2 it will be forced through the interstlces ot the layer I and distributed over the body. When the powder in pocket I is consumed, the pocket is refilled and again used in the manner described.

While we have described one embodiment of the invention, it is obvious thatA the same is not I to be restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover al1 structures coming within the sco of the annexed claim. i

What we claim is:

A mitt for the application of powder comprising, three mitt-shaped sections of fabric having their edges united for the greater portion of their peripheries, one of said sections being composed of qa powder-pervious pile fabric and constituting an applicator face layer for the mitt, the second section being of lighter and thinner material and constituting a back layer for the mitt, said back layer being shirred to contract it around the A retaining baiiies wholly disposed within the powder-containing pocket and permitting free entry of the hand into and removal from'the powdercontaining pocket.

HENRY WORTH. MICHAEL D. GOLDSMITH.

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