ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,635, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SHOWA GLOVE Co. (Himeji, Japan).

"Glove" was invented by Hosei Yonemitsu (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention is a glove including a glove main body knitted with a yarn made of fiber, the glove main body including: a main body portion; five finger-receiving portions each having a bottomed cylindrical shape; and a cylindrical cuff portion, wherein the main body portion is formed into a bag shape to cover a palm and a dorsal side of a wearer's hand, the five finger-receiving portions extend from the main body portion to cover each of a first finger to a f...