ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,862, issued on Feb. 24.
"Self-tensioning and releasable gripping gloves" was invented by Harley Luplow (Harbor Springs, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A releasable gripping glove is provided having one or more flexible artificial tendons extending through a finger section of a glove body. The flexible artificial tendon is configured to maintain a structurally articulated configuration when the finger section is articulated. Each tendon includes locking teeth that engages with a releasable locking tab extending form a locking mechanism configured to engage the locking teeth when the finger section is articulated. A release mecha...