ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,937, issued on April 21.

"Training gloves for teaching children to type" was invented by Christine Hovest (Findlay, Ohio) and Patricia Donkers (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A typing training system includes a first glove. The first glove can include a main body having finger sheaths. Each of the finger sheaths can be configured to receive a finger from a user. The main body can further include a dorsal side and a palmar side. The dorsal side can have a first set of characters disposed thereon. The palmar side can have a second set of characters disposed thereon. Each character of the first set and the second s...