Abstract: A protective glove for protection against infection due to puncture or rupture of the glove during surgery formed from two protective layers. The outer layer is formed with substantially the same finger lengths as the inner layer and slightly larger diametrical width than the inner layer. This forms a protective clearance space while providing tactile sensitivity to allow fine surgical techniques to be performed.

Abstract: An elastomeric glove with a raised loop attached to the wrist portion thereof allows for the easier removal of said glove and prevents the user from making physical contact with the external surface of the glove, particularly a concern when the exterior of the glove has become contaminated with a biological or chemical hazard or the like. A hook used in conjunction with each glove during the removal process makes it possible to easily and neatly remove both gloves simultaneously from the hands of the user--leaving each glove inverted for clean handling while said gloves are disposed of.

Abstract: An improved surgical glove. The glove is puncture resistant at selected areas on the glove. The remaining areas of the glove which attached to the puncture resistant areas are elastic and conform to the hand to maintain the puncture resistant areas in position against the hand.

Abstract: A disposable hand covering having a stiffened cuff is disclosed. The hand covering can be used to handle contaminated material and can then be removed by the wearer. The stiffened cuffs allow easy removal without contact with the contaminated outside of the hand covering. When the hand covering is removed, it everts to form a pouch. After eversion of the hand covering, sealing means on the stiffened cuffs allow closure of the pouch. The contaminated outside of the hand covering and any contaminated material which was held by the covered hand is contained within the pouch, allowing for safe disposal of the hand covering and its contents.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite material adaptable to form bodily fluid protection apparel that can alert a wearer that a breach in the apparel has occurred. The apparel comprises a first layer impervious to bodily fluid and a second layer supporting the first layer. The second layer comprises a bodily fluid detection means indicating the presence of bodily fluid. A variety of apparel, including gloves and masks, can be formed. Any one of a number of bodily fluids, including blood, saliva, and semen, can be detected by the detection means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glove configuration and method for making same of a thin flexible film. The glove and form having an ambidextrous shape useful for either the left or right hand use and a cuff configuration which resists rolldown. The configuration of the cuff includes a corrugated portion and a broadly fluted portion. The former giving increased strength and thickness and the latter providing a place to improve the ease with which the glove may be stripped from its dipping form.

Abstract: A glove is provided with a grommet in which is secured one end of a flexible electrically insulating cord, the other end of which is secured to a plastic clamp to be clamped about the dispensing hose or nozzle of a gasoline pump for use in the self-service dispensing of gasoline. The glove has an outer body of water-proof, gasoline-resistant and wear-resistant material and an inner liner of fabric material, between which may be disposed from one to three layers of thermally insulating material, depending upon the climate in which the glove is to be used. The glove is designed for use on either a right or left hand, and the cord attachment may be at either the wrist end or the finger end of the glove.

Abstract: A moisture permeable protector such as gloves, fingerstalls, etc. for protecting hands and fingers at workshop, etc. utilizing a polyurethane film which has excellent moisture permeability. The film is made of polyurethane polymer having a polyoxyethylene content of 15-62% in a polyesterpolyol having a molecular weight of 3000 or less. The moisture permeability (g/m.sup.2,24 hours) of the film is 1500 or higher per 45 micron thickness, and the water absorption swelling ratio is 30% or less.

Abstract: A fruit picking glove comprised of soft material, such as jersey, and having four finger stalls and a thumb stall. The inside end portions of the three inner finger stalls include external foam rubber pads in the region of the distal phalanges of a hand inserted into the glove while the thumb stall includes a pad of foam rubber covering the distal and proximal phalanges. The finger stall of the little finger in its preferred form does not include a pad of foam rubber on the inner or palm portion of the finger stall, but can be included when desired. Such a glove configuration permits fruit, particularly apples, to be hand picked from a tree without any bruising of the fruit while still enabling the picker to feel and quickly remove the fruit during the harvesting thereof.

Abstract: A glove for inhibiting the spread of contagious diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis to a person handling the body fluid of a person infected with the disease. The glove is flexible, stretchable, and relatively thin, and includes at least one layer of relatively thin pockets or chambers containing a sterilizing fluid capable of sterilizing the microbes that produce the disease. If an object cuts through the glove and into a person's hand, the sterilizing fluid will be released to help sterilize the infectious microbes in the region around the cut so that the microbes are rendered ineffective either before reaching the person's hand, after reaching the person's hand, or both. A method of using the glove for medical operaitons is also disclosed.

Abstract: An anti-static glove is formed from a porous cloth-type material having the palm inner thumb, and inner finger surfaces covered by a cutout of thin anti-static polyvinyl chloride film. the glove may be used in handling vinyl phonograph records without causing buildup of static charges thereon. The cutout is attached by stitching or by adhesive.

Abstract: There is provided a multicolored gauntlet with at one design seal applied to the inner surface of a selected area of the gauntlet. The gauntlet having three different color portions. The multicolored gauntlet is prepared by partially immersing a mold into a body of transparent or translucent resin to form a main body of the gauntlet on the mold, after the removal of the mold from the resin, applying at least one design seal to a selected area of the main body, partially immersing the mold into a body of colored adhesive to color a portion of the main body, after the removal of the mold from the colored adhesive, applying a paste layer to a substantial portion of the main body including the selected area and colored portion and flocking fibers on the paste layer.

Abstract: A penetration-resistant surgical glove is disclosed which consists of a thin latex of synthetic rubber foundation glove having a front surface overlay of thin, pliable and limp material composed of a large number of tightly interlaced fibers or filaments of high strength adhesively attached to the face or palmar surface of the foundation glove. The surface overlay of thin, pliable and limp material is shaped to conform to the thumb, fingers and palm of the foundation glove and serves to prevent penetration of the glove by a sharp object. The foundation glove with its protective overlay of penetration-resistant material may be provided with an over-coat of rubber in the form of a second glove, as by dipping in liquid latex, drying and vulcanizing in the conventional manner.The over-coat of latex rubber provides a hermetic seal over the surface of the foundation glove and its protective overlay.

Abstract: A flexible, elastic glove for medical use has multiple layers, wherein each outermost layer is removable after use and can be discarded. The glove is formed by coating a hand mold with elastomeric material and thereafter applying a protective film including a release agent and then repeating the process to form a desired number of additional, contiguous but separable glove layers. In use, the outermost layer can be stripped away when contaminated to expose the next clean layer, so that the multi-layer glove serves to reduce the number of infections caused by cross contamination of organisms medical procedures.

Abstract: There are provided moisture-permeable, antistatic, and oil-resistant work gloves made of film of water-insoluble, hydrophilic polyurethane resin having hydrophilic groups and/or hydrophilic segments in the main chains and/or side chains. They are produced by applying an organic solvent solution of water-insoluble, hydrophilic polyurethane resin having hydrophilic groups and/or hydrophilic segments in the main chains and/or side chains, to the surface of a glove form or the surface of a glove form on which is put a glove substrate, drying the applied solution, and stripping the deposit film from the form.

Abstract: The use of oxidized cellulose as a medical lubricant is disclosed wherein oxidized cellulose is employed as a mold release agent or a donning powder in the manufacture of surgical gloves as well as in other applications; medical devices and, particularly, a surgical glove, are provided having finely divided oxidized cellulose powder on the surface in a lubricity imparting coverage.

Abstract: A glove comprising two elastic sheet materials, at least one of which consists essentially of a selected elastic polyurethane nonwoven fabric, in particular, relatively thin, is elastic, air and moisture permeable, dimensionally and texturally stable, nonslip and dustproof. It comfortably fits on the hand, substantially allowing fingers to move freely and retaining an exquisite sense of touch, and is particularly useful as a work or sport glove for slip-prevention and/or dustproofing purposes.

Abstract: An improved surgical glove is provided that contains a smooth latex skin coated onto the front surface of the glove so that surgical tape will not stick thereto. A textured contoured flap is pivotly secured to tips of the finger portions of the glove while another textured contoured flap is pivotly secured to tip of the thumb portion of the glove so that when the flaps are flipped over to cover completely the latex skin, the hand of a person wearing the glove can increase its grip to hold various items.

Abstract: An apparatus enhances the sense of touch when placed between the fingertips of the user and the object being touched. The apparatus comprises a liquid lubricant inside a sealed enclosure. The enclosure is formed of a pliable, elastic material having a wall thickness of about 0.005 to 0.020 inches. The liquid lubricant is present in an amount sufficient to fully coat the interior of the enclosure, but which also permits the enclosure to be flattened with at least about 75 percent of the surface area of one side in contact with the other side.

Abstract: A permanently tackified leather glove having its inner surface detackified with a solution containing nitrocellulose and silicone resins and process for making same as well as the leather therefor.

Abstract: A latex article such as a glove or girdle having a halogenated outside surface to a first degree and a halogenated inside surface to a second degree thereby providing different slippery coefficient surfaces on the outside and the inside of the article without the need of powders, resins or exterior finishes.

Abstract: A method to impart increased lubricity to the surface of a polymeric substrate includes contacting the substrate with a solution of a hydrophilic polymer in a solvent and heating the substrate to evaporate the solvent. The substrate retains a coating of the hydrophilic polymer, which, when dry, has about the same lubricity as the uncoated substrate. When wet, the coating becomes significantly more lubricious than when dry. The invention includes articles which have a lubricious surface when wet prepared by the method of the invention.

Abstract: An improved abrasion and cut resistant surface is provided for work gloves, work shoes and like wearing apparel. The surface of the invention provides a porous surface particularly useful in work environments where it is necessary for a workman to use gloves, but which gloves are breathable and have moisture absorbing properties. The surface of the invention is a foam surface laminated to a substrate. The foam, prior to lamination, may be foamed with varying amounts of air depending upon the degree of abrasion resistance required. The foaming may be by mechanical or chemical means.

Abstract: A skin-contacting lubricating layer formed from a hydrogel polymer bonded to a rubber article (such as a surgeon's glove) is treated by means of surfactant material (such as a bactericidal cationic surfactant which preferably has a 6-18C alkyl or alkenyl group, such as an N-hexadecyl group) or a long chain fatty amine so as to substantially improve the lubricity of the layer with respect to damp skin.The hydrogel polymer is preferably a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) with methacrylic acid (MAA) or with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA) or with both MAA and EHA. Such a hydrogel polymer has improved lubricity to dry skin and, if used for this purpose, need not be treated with a surfactant or fatty amine to improve the lubricity with respect to damp skin.

Abstract: An improved abrasion and cut resistant surface is provided for work gloves, work shoes and like wearing apparel. The surface of the invention provides a porous surface particularly useful in work environments where it is necessary for a workman to use gloves, but which gloves are breathable and have moisture absorbing properties. The surface of the invention is a foam surface laminated to a substrate. The foam, prior to lamination, may be foamed with varying amounts of air depending upon the degree of abrasion resistance required. The foaming may be by mechanical or chemical means.

Abstract: There is provided a flexible rubber or article having a coating of a hydrophilic hydrogel polymer. The coating is applied to at least one surface of the article prior to heat vulcanization of the article and prior to curing of the polymer to impart lubricant and moisture transmission properties after vulcanization and curing thereof. A solution of a trivalent cationic salt may be applied to the article prior to or simultaneously with the application of the polymer so as to provide for improved adhesion of the polymer to the article after curing. A powderless solution of an emulsion or a surfactant is applied to the article after curing to reduce the surface tack of both the surface of the article which has been coated by the polymer and the surface opposite such polymer-coated surface.

Abstract: An improved surgical glove, powdered to serve as a lubricant, is provided by using a polyol powder as the lubricant. The use of a polyol powder as the powdering agent for use on surgical gloves avoids the problem of starch peritonitis that has been reported upon in medical literature.In one preferred application, polyol powder is dusted onto the side of the glove that will be the glove exterior, or patient-contact surface of the glove when used. Alternatively, polyol powder is dusted onto both surfaces of the glove.

Abstract: A glove for use in a low particulate environment, such as a manufacturing area for electronic equipment, has an external shell composed of polyvinyl chloride or elastomeric material. The external shell has a hand portion and a gauntlet portion. The hand portion is internally lined with flock while the gauntlet portion is unlined.

Abstract: A protective material for use in articles of apparel such as golves, leggings, sleeves, aprons and the like. The protective material comprises a base layer composed of textile material, an intermediate layer composed of a cut-resistant material having intermeshing strands defining pores therebetween and an outer layer composed of solid, elastomeric material which retards penetration by liquid. The elastomeric material covers and is bonded to the base layer which prevents passage entirely therethrough by liquid, elastomeric material but permits partial penetration. The solid, elastomeric material extends through the pores of the intermediate layer and encapsulates the strands thereof. A method for producing the protective material comprises dipping an article composed of base layer and intermediate layer into a bath of liquid, elastomeric material preferably after absorbing into the base layer a coagulant for the liquid elastomeric material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved sports glove, for use in a game such as racquetball, having a front portion comprised of a strong, substantially inextensible material such as leather, and a rear portion made from a perspiration absorbing material, such as terry cloth. The glove also includes an integral wrist portion which is made of the same perspiration absorbing material as the rear portion, and attached to this wrist portion is a wrist support band which is wrapped around the wrist and secured by a piece of Velcro. Reinforcing pads may be placed on the front portion of the glove in positions particularly susceptible to wear. A very smooth elastic material may also be inserted between the front and rear portions of the fingers so as to provide the fingers with greater freedom of movement. This very smooth elastic material should be of a size smaller than the rear finger portions and larger than the front finger portions so as to impart a natural curvature to the glove fingers.

Abstract: Methods are provided for producing protective work gloves and other wearing apparel, having a variety of different protective and surface characteristics, as desired, without any separate cutting, knitting or sewing operations, and wearing apparel so produced by such methods. The method includes, for example, developing a work glove including its liner in a series of steps applied sequentially to a single form moving through a production line. The method eliminates the need for a separate operation for producing fabric liners including cutting, sewing and the manual loading of each individual liner on a form for subsequent dipping and coating operations. The resulting gloves may be moisture impervious or breathable, and have a variety of textured surfaces for various uses.

Abstract: An improved slip and/or skid resistant surface is provided for work gloves, work shoes, floor coverings in work areas and the like. The surface of the invention provides a porous gripping surface particularly useful in greasy and oily environments where it is necessary for a workman to be able to grip mechanical devices or loose objects having a coating of oil or grease. The surface of the invention is a foam surface laminated to a substrate. The foam, prior to lamination, may be foamed with varying amounts of air depending upon the degree of abrasion resistance required. The foaming may be by mechanical or chemical means.

Abstract: An improved abrasion and cut resistant surface is provided for work gloves, work shoes and like wearing apparel. The surface of the invention provides a porous surface particularly useful in work environments where it is necessary for a workman to use gloves, but which gloves are breathable and have moisture absorbing properties. The surface of the invention is a foam surface laminated to a substrate. The foam, prior to lamination, may be foamed with varying amounts of air depending upon the degree of abrasion resistance required. The foaming may be by mechanical or chemical means.

Abstract: A skin-contacting coating of a lubricating hydrogel polymer bonded to a rubber article (such as a surgeon's glove) is treated by means of surfactant material (such as a bactericidal cationic surfactant which preferably has an N-hexadecyl group) or a long chain fatty amine so as to substantially improve the lubricity of the coating with respect to damp skin.The hydrogel polymer is preferably a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) with methacrylic acid (MAA) or with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA) or with both MAA and EHA. The copolymer contains HEMA and MAA is a molar ratio of 1 to 10:1 of HEMA and EHA in a molar ratio of 2.5 to 10:1. Such a hydrogel polymer has improved lubricity to dry skin and, if used for this purpose, need not be treated with a surfactant or fatty amine to improve the lubricity with respect to damp skin.

Abstract: A porous glove for use especially by workers and motorcyclists made of fabric material with a coating layer, the coating layer has sharp projections in the shape of broken bubbles whereby the glove provides tenacious grip. In addition, a method for making the improved porous glove is provided.

Abstract: A glove formed of rubber or plastics material, especially an examination or surgical glove devoid of a roll-down preventing beaded edge and containing a structured surface at the cuff region. The structured surface is formed at the outer side or surface of the glove by non-connected raised portions, whereas the structured surface is formed at the inside or inner surface of the glove by mirror-image, non-connected recesses or depressions. The mold for fabricating the glove contains non-connected recesses at the cuff region.

Abstract: A flexible, tear resistant, protective glove, particularly for use near live wires or equipment, is of unitary structure, having an inner layer of natural rubber, particularly suited for high voltage protection, and an outer layer of urethane elastomer bonded thereto and giving tear and abrasion resistance. Bulges are formed across the back of the main portion of the glove and across the back at each finger and the thumb, to provide excess material which permits ready bonding of fingers and thumb for gripping, without restriction by the glove.

Abstract: An elastomeric surgical glove with an improved ring rolled cuff and a method and apparatus to produce the cuff is disclosed. The ring rolled cuff comprises alternating tightly rolled segments with loosely rolled segments. The ring rolled cuff is made by contacting the uncured glove on the glove form with a plurality of rotating wheels while the wheels are moved on the form from the wrist end of the form toward the hand end of the form. The portions of the cuff in contact with the wheels are tightly rolled, and the remaining portions are loosely rolled.

Abstract: Method of forming a rubber latex glove having a textured interior surface and a textured exterior surface, one of the textured surfaces being transfer textured and the other textured surface being formed by impact spray on a molded rubber latex film with liquid rubber latex droplets while the film is in uncured condition.

Abstract: A surgeon's glove which is free of mold release powder of mineral origin. The glove is "talc free" and contains on a surface a lipo compound and a surfactant for such lipo compound. The glove is manufactured by a process which includes coating a glove form with a coagulant containing the lipo compound and its surfactant in a dispersion which stay with the glove after it is stripped from the mold providing a mold release surface for such glove.

Abstract: A method of making fabric-lined elastomeric articles of wear is disclosed which includes forming an elastomeric article on a form or mold, applying a pressure-sensitive adhesive to the article while on the form, drying the adhesive, applying a lubricant over the adhesive, positioning a preformed liner over the lubricated adhesive, removing the lubricant, and removing the lined article from the form and turning it inside-out.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hand cover such as a glove or mitten having at least a portion of its frontal surface bearing an outwardly exposed thin pad of reticulated plastic foam. Reticulated plastic foam is a non-capillary, open skeletal fibrous structure that is obtained from open cell plastic foam by destroying a substantial quantity of the cell walls with a suitable treatment, leaving an intertwined skeletal fibrous structure. In various embodiments, the thin pad of reticulated foam overlies the palm, the frontal surfaces of the fingers, the entire frontal surface of the hand, or the entire hand. The reticulated foam provides a vastly superior grip to objects such as tools, bats, rackets and the like.

Abstract: A glove is provided for vehicle operators to use in self-service gasoline stations during the dispensing of gasoline into the tank of the vehicle. The glove is designed for use on either a left or a right hand and has a wide entry opening making it easy to insert and/or remove the hand of the user. Both front and back surfaces of the glove are treated to resist gasoline. A clip is provided for securing the glove to a license plate or in a compartment during nonuse.

Abstract: An article of clothing, particularly a glove, which is highly resistant to chemical warfare agents, comprising a fabric substrate, normally pre-shaped to form the article, which is coated with an inner layer of a resilient elastomer, such as natural rubber, deposited from a latex, which adheres to but does not penetrate the substrate, and then coated with an outer layer of a butyl rubber which may contain an inorganic filler. The fabric substrate provides wearer comfort while the combination of an inner layer having a high vapor retention capacity and an outer layer which is resistant to toxic chemicals in liquid form and has a low vapor permeability, provides a high resistance to toxic chemicals for periods of time not heretofore possible.

Abstract: A highly stretchable latex rubber glove for use by physicians during surgery and the like. This glove has fingers, each of which have generally parallel sides, and are ovaled from front to back at a mid joint area of the fingers, and are ovaled from side to side at a tip section in an area of the wearer's finger directly beneath an approximate midpoint of the wearer's fingernail. This finger structure provides added flexibility and tactile sensitivity at tip sections of the glove fingers during delicate manuevers, such as tying sutures, etc. The glove also has an exaggerated undercut thumb ball area to provide improved stretchability diagonally across the glove's palm.

Abstract: A protective mitten or glove which allows a person to have moisture retained on their hands, but allows normal household activities or sleeping without soiling clothing or the surroundings.

Abstract: A surgeon's glove having a surface adapted to fit against the surgeon's hand. A coating of a water-soluble innocuous powder, such as sodium bicarbonate, having a particle size in the range of 2 to 30 microns. The powder is applied to a rubber surgeon's glove during a heat cure cycle while the glove is at a temperature in the range of 170.degree. F. to 210.degree. F., and the glove is sufficiently tacky to stick to a substantial portion of the powder, but not sufficiently wet to dissolve the powder.

Abstract: The disclosure is of an elastomer coated textile boot characterized by a textured or "wrinkle" finish. The disclosure is also of a method of manufacturing an elastomer coated textile boot with a "wrinkle" finish. In a preferred embodiment process, the method comprises forming a boot from a base fabric of a woven or knitted fabric having a fibrous, non-woven bat attached thereto and coating the boot with an elastomer in conventional manner.

Abstract: Plastic, natural or synthetic rubber surgical appliances such as gloves, condoms, drains, catheters and tubing are coated with a nontoxic chemical formulation to inhibit sticking during storage and to ease the installation of the device. The coating disclosed herein is a water soluble nontoxic chemical compound that incorporates Na (sodium) or K (potassium) in varying chemical combinations with carbonates, acetates, bicarbonates, acetate trihydrates and citrate dihydrate.

Abstract: A uniquely contoured glove adapted to tightly conform to a wearer's hand is made by depositing an elastomeric material on a relatively flat glove form having recessed areas covering substantially the entire surface of the hand-forming and finger-forming portions of the form except for a peripheral edge surrounding the recessed areas. The resulting glove, when stripped from the form and reversed, has a hand portion, an open end cuff portion and a plurality of elongated finger-receiving compartments, each of said compartments and said hand portion having a transverse cross-sectional configuration formed by four outwardly curved sections connected by four inwardly curved sections.