Seriously, around November, December I was over a friends house and she gave me these mutli-colored gloves that i put on instantly becase i had none of my own and it was cold out side. The gloves had a hole in the thumb part from wear and tear they were those cheap cotton gloves that you can get at the local dollar store. Well anyhow i had this idea that there should be some gloves made that allows owners of touch screnn devices be enabled to use them without taking their gloves off in thecold winter weather. I was not seriously thinking of actually makingh an invention at that time I guess becasue of lack of knowledge, but any how, I was recently in N.Y. over the weekend and one of my friends that lives in the city is always talking about this GREAT new idea she came up with so i decided to tell her about my glove idea she really liked it told me i should pursue it and she would also. I did and i found out that on January 2, 2009 Apple filed an aplication for a patent on guess what the IGLOVE exactly what i was going to call this glove I had the whole marketing plan and everything. When i first read the article about the patent I have to admitt i was pissed for about two days then upset to the point of wanting to cry. Though out of this I do realize that if I came up with an idea that was good enough for apple to steal then what else lies hidden in this Brain of mine.
THIS IS FROM AN ARTICLE I FOUND
Apple's latest patent brilliance: the iGlove
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By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Music and Media, 2nd January 2009 22:12 GMT
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The US Patent and Trademark Office yesterday released Apple's most recent application, in which the company files for patent protection for ... wait for it ... a glove.
No, not a Power Glove. Patent #20090000010 is for what Apple calls a High tactility glove system designed to aid users in operating their multi-touch devices - think iPhones - in frigid weather.
"I love patent #20090000010. It's so bad!"
As the application says, "When users, in cold weather, wear thick or bulky gloves ... the loss of tactile feedback to the user may prevent the user from properly operating the electronic device, and may lead to frustration. Alternatively, if the user has to remove his gloves ... the user's hand may become cold and uncomfortable, which may also lead to user frustration."
Fair enough. We don't want those poor iPhone users up in Frostbite Falls to be frustrated, do we?
Apple's glovely solution is two-layer "system" with an outer insulating layer and an internal conductive layer. In the fingertips of the outer layer there are "apertures" through which the user may thrust his or her desired digit so that it might appropriately caress a multi-touch display while still protected by the inner layer.
These apertures, according to the application, may be closed by an elastic ring or cap in order to "to prevent rain from reaching the liner through the aperture, or to prevent cooling of the user's fingers through the aperture."
Considerate, don't you think?
Also, check out the flow-chart (right) filed with the patent, which describes the series of activities a user must engage in to enjoy the benefits of this boon to mankind. Sorta brings you back to your first Basic-programming class, doesn't it?
Frankly, we had to examine the date on this application publication to ensure that it wasn't intended to be filed exactly three months in the future. After examination of the document, however, we feel comfortable in assuring you that it is, indeed, authentic.
