Abstract: A golf glove provided with seams extending lengthwise from the middle of the ring and little fingers along the back portion of the glove provided with a groove on each of the back sections of the thumb and index finger with a flexible material so as to provide wearer comfort while at the same time unfolding to the original shape after they are taken off.

Abstract: A health-care glove constituted of thin elastic rubber-like material and having a thumb at one side edge and a pinkie at the opposite side edge. The glove has distinctive visual indicia for immediately indicating to the user, the location of the thumb thereby to enable him to initially pick up the glove and easily apply it onto his hand with the thumb and pinkie in the proper relative sense.

Abstract: A lined glove construction having an outer shell and waterproof liner. The liner has all of its dimensions except one, proportioned to the corresponding dimensions of the hand of the wearer. Only the finger lengths of the liner are longer than the proportioned length of the fingers of the wearer. The liner is located in the glove next to the outer shell. Where the glove includes an inner insulation liner, the added length of the finger parts of the liner is correlated to the thickness of the insulation liner.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved golf glove and method of making same whereby the palmar area is reduced in dimensions in an oval-shaped configuration to eliminate wrinkling or bunching thereat. A close smoother fit of the hand at the palm area is obtained in the crease or fold line areas of the wearer's palm where an overlapped seam is created as manufactured or in modified gloves for improved gripping. The finger and thumb stalls are slightly lengthened by a minimum of about 1/8 inch in the case of the full-glove, and the wrist area is slightly lengthened by a minimum of about 1/2 the maximum width of the oval in both full and half-gloves to ensure a taut fit thereat which is most comfortable and efficient for club gripping.

Abstract: A glove having patterned polyurethane coating adhered to outer surface. The coating is about 1/32 inch high and about 1/16 inch wide to give the glove slip-resistant and gripping properties. The coating is formed from (a) a pre-mixed thixotropic component, a non-thixotropic component in a 2.5 to 1 ratio, and an accelerator, and (b) a cross-linking agent. The method of manufacturing the glove involves applying a mixture of (a) and (b) as a strip to the glove, allowing the strip of coating to wet the fibers and then curing at a low temperature for a relatively short period of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glove, finger stall or the like comprised of a latex or other elastomeric material containing microcapsules. The glove or finger stall is characterized in that the concentration of microcapsules increases progressively from the outer surface, where the concentration equals 0, towards the inner surface of the glove contacting the skin of the user, where the concentration equals 90 to 95% of the microcapsules present.

Abstract: A bonding substance curing only very slowly or not at all in air is applied directly or indirectly to the outside of the palm surface of a glove, in particular a goalie glove. The bonding substance may be coated (directly). However preferably the application shall be indirect in that the bonding substance is admixed to a latex-foam layer fully or partly covering the outside of the palm surface of the glove material.A sports glove, in particular a goalie glove so treated with a bonding substance, is characterized by high adhesion that otherwise cannot be achieved even approximately by mere coating with conventional latex foam. Catching and retaining objects, in particular those with rounded, smooth surfaces such as soccer or hand balls, can be signficantly improved as a result.

Abstract: A glove or mitten of rubber or plastics material having a cleaning article attached to at least the front finger area of said glove or mitten, together with a method of manufacture of said glove comprising the steps of: (a) dipping a former into a vat of latex rubber until the required thickness of rubber adheres to the former;(b) leaching the adhered rubber by dipping former with adhered rubber into a vat of aqueous halogen solution;(c) removing, inverting and replacing the glove or mitten on the former;(d) repeating step (b);(e) removing glove or mitten from the former and placing glove or mitten on a flat surface; and (f) bonding either a cleaning article or a secondary attaching means to at least the front finger area of said glove or mitten.

Abstract: This invention embodies a two component, waterproof, breathable glove and the corresponding method of forming the glove. A homogeneous membrane in regard to its permeability characteristics is attached to a fabric. The membrane is tacky on one surface and wear resistant on the other surface. Using a contoured mold and foam forms the layers for the inner liner are cut and are thermowelded or bonded together to form a three dimensional inner shell of a glove. Then the formed inner shell is attached to an outer glove shell by conventional methods.

Abstract: An improved athletic glove having superior gripping properties is disclosed generally comprising a palm piece and a back piece joined together to fit the human hand. The palm piece is made of a sheet of leather material prepared by a chrome tanning process or synthetic leather material having a substantially continuous layer of silicone s ealant covering the palm side thereof. The layer of sealant is bonded to the palm side and does not penetrate through the palm side to the hand of a wearer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of making a protective garment, a garment produced in accordance with the method, and a strand material used in the method and garment. The strand material comprises cut resistant material such as KEVLAR, aramid, metallic, and combined KEVLAR and metallic strands, or the like, which are extrusion coated with vinyl, polyurethane or other suitable fluid impervious material. Coating the strands with fluid impervious material results in a cut resistant high strength fabric which is resistant to staining. The method comprises manipulating the strand material using substantially conventional textile fabric forming technology such as knitting to form a fabric and a garment, and may include coating the finished garment to achieve enhanced characteristics. One such characteristic which may be achieved is to make a garment fluid impervious, by coating a substrate with fluid impervious materials such as flexible urethane to protect the wearer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in puncture-resistant and medicinal treatment garments. Garments made from fibers such as KEVLAR.RTM. and designed to deter penetration of objects are subjected to an additional brushing step to enhance the fibers' abilities to prevent penetration of sharp needle-like penetrating objects. The fibers may also be coated with an abrasive material to further engage and deflect penetrating objects. In another aspect of the invention, the fibers may be coated with a disinfectant or pharmaceutical agent. The coated fibers, having the improved fiber structure resulting from the brushing step, may be used in fabrics to treat skin conditions, disinfect penetrating objects in puncture-resistant materials, or as a disinfecting prevention fabric for use in textiles in high risk infection areas such as hospitals and public facilities.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of making a protective garment, a garment produced in accordance with the method, and a strand material used in the method and garment. The strand material comprises entwined strands of metallic material such as a multifilament bundle of continuous filament stainless steel and a transistory material such as polyvinyl alcohol or polyester which can be removed by agents which are harmless to the metallic material. The method comprises manipulating the strand material using substantially conventional textile fabric forming technology such as knitting to form a fabric and a garment, and may include coating the finished garment with coating to achieve enhanced characteristics. The garments may be in the form of gloves, sleeves, aprons and the like.

Abstract: A kit comprises a tray with a well for a tourniquet, a dressing to use with a medical device inserted into a blood vessel. An antimicrobial treatment in the well disinfects an area of skin through which the medical device punctures the vessel. A pair of juxtaposed gloves with the finger ends, the hand parts and the cuff portions against one another are rolled up along their longitude from their fingers to their cuffs driving out air entrapped within the gloves. The process of rolling from the fingers to the cuffs leaves the cuffs of each glove at the periphery of the rolled generally cylindrical gloves for access to the inside of each when donning. A method for rolling gloves into a relatively cylindrical package, includes setting the gloves side by side with the finger ends, the hand parts, and the wrist or cuff portions juxtaposed. The finger portions are gathered into an axial bundle and rolled from the finger ends toward the palm or back hand parts driving out air within the gloves.

Abstract: An improved glove (10) is disclosed which forms part of a continuous roll of gloves (12) which is particularly suitable for use with a dispensing machine (28). The machine dispenses one or a pair of the gloves (10) off the roll (12) for use by an individual at a gas station or vegetable section of a grocery store, or the like.

Abstract: A protective glove which may be made from two superposed plastic films or film laminates comprises a palm portion, four finger portions, a thumb portion, and a wrist or sleeve portion. The width of at least one of the finger portions increases from a first value at a first position adjacent to the palm portion to a second maximum value at a second intermediate position where the joint of a finger received in the finger portion is located. Adjacent pairs of the finger portions are substantially mutually spaced, and the sleeve portion is preferably funnel-shaped. A concavely curved edge portion interconnecting the adjacent edge portions of the fourth finger portion and the sleeve portion, define an indentation.

Abstract: A sterile glove donning system in which a tab, or string is intertwined with the rolled up cuff of the surgical glove to be donned. As the glove is removed from the package and the package is pulled generally in the direction of unrolling, and the tab or string unrolls the glove along the wearer's forearm. When donning is complete, the package and attached tab or string is discarded.

Abstract: A glove liner of superior absorbency, comfort and utility is disclosed. The liner is of unitary construction, and includes a substantially tubular body portion of absorbent, stretchable material having a uniform width along its entire length. The body portion includes a side opening sized to accommodate a user's thumb. A second side opening for the user's little finger may also be provided across from the first side opening. At the top of the body portion, multiple finger openings are provided. The entire liner is of seamless construction and minimal weight. The unitary design for the liner is especially suited for mass production, and the final product is highly moisture-absorbent and comfortable.

Abstract: A method of converting sheet material into gloves consisting of the steps of arranging sheet material with two inner plys of thermoplastic between outer plys of tissue. Then, applying heat to one of the outer plys of tissue in the outline of a glove, such that the inner plys of thermoplastic bond the plys of sheet material together to form a glove with an opening along one side to permit hand entry. An apparatus for use in converting sheet material into gloves consisting of a body and an electrically heated metal plate mounted on the body with at least one opening in the shape of a glove. "C" clamps are hinged to the body such that the body may be mounted to a thermally insulated surface and moved between a position where the plate engages the surface, and a position where the plate is spaced from the surface.

Abstract: A protective glove for the electrical industry is produced by the injection molding process by injecting plastic material into an injection mold from two opposite sides via a sprue flange. This sprue flange is cut off from the protective glove after the latter is removed from the mold.

Abstract: A preformed flock lined rubber-like glove has its cuff folded back to expose the flocked lining and is mounted in a rotating support. A spray nozzle deposits a band of the hot-melt adhesive on the flocked lining of the exposed and rotating cuff. The hot-melt adhesive is a combination of a hot-melt adhesive resin and a uniform dispersion of small particles which create heat in the presence of a high frequency magnetic field. The hot-melt adhesive is allowed to solidify to a solid mass. The glove is telescoped downwardly onto a polyethylene sleeve supported on a rigid form and the cuff is unfolded to place the adhesive into engagement with the sleeve. A high frequency unit includes a high frequency coil having a pair of conducting bars at least one of which is movable. The glove and sleeve subassembly is clamped between the conducting bars and the coil is energized from a high frequency source. The fine particles are activated to heat the hot-melt band simultaneously with application of pressure.

Abstract: A glove is formed of plastic films which are sealed together along lateral edges between which is formed a peripheral seal in the form of a contour providing thumb, forefinger and further receptacles. The further receptacle is intended to accommodate three fingers. In this arrangement, interior seals are provided which are in part spaced from the lateral edges and parallel thereto but which merge with the respective lateral edges to form lateral receptacles between which is an opening for the penetration of the hand of the user. The films are processed by bringing two films together and forming the contour seal thereon while forming at the lateral edges a rectilinear seal having on opposite sides thereof the adjacent interior seals of two successive gloves. The successive gloves are made separable by the provision of a line of perforations which are formed in correspondence with the lateral seals.

Abstract: A disposable glove for medical use and the like includes a closed distal end for containing the wearer's fingers, an open proximal end, and a cuff portion at the open proximal end. Adhesive is provided on a portion of the cuff for allowing the portion of the cuff to be removably secured to other portions of the cuff for tightening the cuff when the glove is on the wearer's hand. A method of making the glove is also disclosed.

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: A cold weather sports glove including at least one of the fingers or thumb having an area of low coefficient of friction and at least one opposing finger or thumb having an area of high coefficient of friction. The glove is formed with a layer of compressible neoprene foam rubber which forms the outer surface of the glove having a high coefficient of friction. Nylon pads are coupled to the outer surface of the foam rubber layer at the distal ends of preselected fingers or thumb. The area of low friction, formed by the nylon pads, permits the user to perform activities requiring a relative slipping motion between the user's finger or thumb and the device being used. The area of high friction, formed by the foam rubber layer, permits the user to grasp and release objects with more sensitivity and precision due to its compressibility. In fishing, preferably the thumb and index finger of the glove have areas of low coefficient of friction.

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: A reversible seamless glove made to be worn on either the right or left hand and automatically assuming the proper contour for the respective hand. The glove has a front sheet and a back sheet and either a half stall piece or a gusset. The half stall piece completes the ring finger stall and the gusset completes both the middle finger stall and the ring finger stall. Special stitching including either one thread or two threads is utilized to assist the reversibility of the glove. A specially constructed forchette piece made of minimal size and disposed between the front and back sheets at the outer side of a small finger stall(s) also may be used to assist the reversibility of the glove. Buttons or running stitches and slots may be disposed on the front and back sheets in place of the special stitching or the special forchette to assist the reversibility.

Abstract: An armored glove finger comprises a rib knit tubular member having an open end and an end closed with a seam. The tubular member is adapted to receive a human finger therein with the tip of the finger abutting the closed end and the seam disposed over the fingernail of the finger. The knit tube comprises a fiber of 100 to 650 denier made from a yarn having a tensile strength in excess of 120,000 psi. The armored glove finger resists inadvertent cuts and punctures and may be used in conjunction with conventional gloves or may be incorporated into a glove structure.

Abstract: A glove comprising a palm piece including a thumb portion, a first finger portion and a fourth finger portion, and a straight linear cut connecting the base of the first finger portion and the fourth finger portion at an angle of between about 13 and 19 degrees to a line parallel to a longitudinal axis of the thumb portion, a back thumb piece, a back piece including first, second, third, and fourth back finger portions, and second and third finger pieces are attached together to provide a glove particularly conformed to the shape of the working hand, the hand in action, the hand as it is naturally meant to be used.

Abstract: A flexible fire-retardant and heat insulating inner glove is mounted within and cemented to a flexible, watertight, vapor-permeable plastic glove. A flexible reinforcement element having the outline of the plastic glove, with fingers somewhat longer than the fingers of the plastic glove, is cemented to one face of the plastic glove, in substantial registry therewith, the fingers of the reinforcement element extending beyond the fingers of the plastic glove to provide securement tabs. These securement tabs are stitched or tacked to the tips of the fingers of a reversed (i.e., inside-out) leather glove, which is then pulled over (i.e., reversed so as to be outside-out) the plastic glove and reinforcement element.

Abstract: A disposable glove for medical use and the like includes a closed distal end for containing the wearer's fingers, and open proximal end, and a cuff portion at the open proximal end. A tab having a free end is provided at the cuff portion. Adhesive on a portion of the tab is capable of removably securing the free end of the tab to the cuff portion for tightening the cuff portion when the glove is on the wearer's hand. A method of making the glove is also disclosed.

Abstract: A knitted tubular towel-like band worn around the wrist and lower arm during participation in various sports. Plain knit, relatively narrow welts fit snugly around the wrist and arm to hold a center, relatively wide terry knit portion in place over the lower arm and wrist. The terry knit portion serves both as a wristband to keep the hands dry and as a towel for blotting and absorbing perspiration from the face and forehead during play.

Abstract: A surgical glove (10) includes a ventral side (12) and a dorsal side (14) integrally connected thereto. The sides (12,14) include a thin layer (16) of stretchable air and water impermeable material and the dorsal side (14) includes a layer (18) of flexible armor (18) embedded in the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16). A method of making the surgical glove (10) includes the steps of dipping a mold shell (24) having the configuration of a human hand with a ventral side and a dorsal side (30) into a liquid (34) which is curable to the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16). A hand shaped layer (18) of the flexible armor is disposed on the dorsal side (30) of the shell (24) prior to curing the liquid (34). The shell (24) is dipped into the liquid (34) a second time to embed the fiber (18) within the liquid (34). Finally, the liquid ( 34) is cured to the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16).

Abstract: A glove and method for manufacturing a glove which uses a plurality of panels designed and arranged to be seamed in-the-flat to each other.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an industrial digit glove comprising a hollow tubular-shaped body knitted from a high-tenacity fiber of aramid and nylon yarn wound so as to cover a core of stainless steel wire and spun aramid fiber yarn, and a digit-gripping section at the open end of said holow tubular-shaped body which is rubber-impregnated to prevent the glove from loosening from the finger. This industrial digit glove is manufactured by means of a first process whereby a hollow tubular-shaped body of the required length is knitted using a high-tenacity fiber formed by winding aramid fiber yarn and nylon yarn around a core of stainless steel wire and spun aramid fiber yarn, a second process whereby the curled open end of said hollow tubular-shaped body knitted in the first process is impregnated with fluid rubber, and a third process whereby the hollow tubular-shaped body obtained in the completed second process is hot-air dried.

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: Gloves and other articles are manufactured from a pair of thermoplastic sheets which are drawn along a process line in adjacent, facing relation. A portion of one of the sheets is pushed outwardly to form an outwardly projecting loop, and a thumb-shaped line is formed between adjacent sides of the loop. The loop and adjacent portions of the thermoplastic sheets are then advanced to a finger and hand-forming station, where a thermobonded line of the shape of fingers and hand is formed between the thermoplastic sheets in registry with the thumb-shaped line, while retaining an open wrist portion. One may then cut away the resulting glove at the wrist portion.

Abstract: A glove comprising a glove base, a reinforcing sheet disposed thereon, and a reinforcing film of rubber or synthetic resin as coated on or impregnated into at least said reinforcing sheet, said glove base comprises a plurality of sheet pieces of required shapes sewn together with seams on the inner side thereof, said sheet pieces being soft, flexible closed-cell foamed rubber or plastic sheet pieces, said reinforcing sheet being a knitted or woven fabric laminated at least to the entirety or a part of the exterior surface of the sheet piece covering the palm of the glove, and the seam cavities of sheet pieces formed on the inner side of said glove base having been filled with rubber or synthetic resin.The glove excells in cold protection, water proofness, abrasion resistance, and ease of articulation.

Abstract: The hand covering, in the nature of a glove, is particularly intended for use by women in putting on and taking off panty hose, the glove being segmented into a plurality of sections, a first section enveloping the thumb, a second section enveloping the index finger and a third section enveloping the middle, ring and little fingers, the sections being joined at their base end, with a radius and a plurality of relief cuts being formed at the junction of each base end of the sections with one another, whereby maximum movement of the thumb and index finger is facilitated when the glove is donned and subsequently utilized in putting on and taking off panty hose, the material of the glove being nylon, whereby the user thereof may efficiently employ her fingers to guide, push, pull and grab the panty hose, or other hosiery, onto and over the foot, leg, hip and waist, while simultaneously positioning the seams of the hosiery without snagging or tearing the hosiery.

Abstract: A glove comprising a palm piece including a thumb portion having a longitudinal axis extending substantially parallel to a lower edge of the glove, a first finger portion and a fourth finger portion, and a straight linear cut connecting the base of the first finger portion and the fourth finger portion at an angle of between about 21.degree. and 25.degree. to a line parallel to the lower edge of the glove, a back thumb piece, a back piece including first, second, third, and fourth back finger portions, and a middle piece including second and third finger portions are attached together to provide a glove particularly conformed to the shape of the working hand, the hand in action, the hand as it is naturally means to be used.

Abstract: A glove construction wherein the trank, forchette and thumb piece are stitched together at the outer periphery in the gunn pattern with the liner outside and a water barrier layer inside to form a glove invert with exterior seams; the invert is then reversed to place the barrier layer outside, the liner insert and the seams inverted; an adhesive sealant is then applied along the inverted seams and cured. This reversed glove invert is then placed inside of and secured to an outer shell as of leather.

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: 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 disposable plastic clean up glove is economical to manufacture and easy to use and is made from two sheets of thermo setting plastic sheets joined together by heat sealing into shape and perforated for easy detachment. A fastener cut extends along the outside of the cuff portion and a tie strip extends along the fastener. Once an object is picked up using the glove, the glove is turned inside out to form a container and the fastener closed. The tie strip may be closed for double security and an aroma bubble located on the outside of the glove, now inside of the container, is burst to disinfect and deodorize the held contents.

Abstract: A hand glove includes elastic glove material fashioned to fit the hand of the user. Two palm pieces comprised of generally non-elastic material are sewn along the peripheries of the liner pieces to the elastic material of the glove. The palm pieces are fashioned such that one piece, generally triangular, is attached to form closely spaced, side-by-side stretch lines with the first palm part so that the glove material can stretch and deform in a palm area independently of the palm parts.

Abstract: A finger portion for a glove where the portion comprises two superimposed four-pointed star-shaped pattern pieces where each star forms a finger part. Each pattern piece has a cut out. The pattern pieces are joined together around their peripheries by sewing or sealing in the flat where the line of juncture of the pieces is along lines of non-extension of the fingers formed by the finger portion. The finger portions of one pattern piece are longer than that of the other pattern piece and the pattern piece having the longer finger part is folded to form a tuck when joined to its corresponding finger part of the other pattern piece.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a garment which is three dimensionally molded. The garment in the form of opposing sheets of fabric are fed from bolts of fabric to a molding station wherein a male mold section is provided in the shape of the three dimensional garment desired. A pair of opposing female mold sections close onto the male mold section sandwiching the sheets of fabric into the mold cavities. Heat is applied to mold the fabric sheets into the three dimensional garment. Simultaneously, an ultrasonic seamer cuts and bonds the periphery of the material around the mold. The mold cavity is then opened, portions of the mold are separated and the garment is then lifted off the male mold section.

Abstract: Gloves and other articles are manufactured from a pair of thermoplastic sheets which are drawn along a process line in adjacent, facing relation. A portion of one of the sheets is pushed outwardly to form an outwardly projecting loop, and a thumb-shaped line is formed between adjacent sides of the loop. The loop and adjacent portions of the thermoplastic sheets are then advanced to a finger and hand-forming station, where a thermobonded line of the shape of fingers and hand is formed between the thermoplastic sheets in registry with the thumb-shaped line, while retaining an open wrist portion. One may then cut away the resulting glove at the wrist portion.

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: Clute-cut glove construction is disclosed comprising in part a bottom hand or palm piece including bottom finger pieces, and a separate back piece for each of the bottom finger pieces. Each back piece further comprises a finger portion and a hand portion. Illustratively, each finger portion of each back piece is cut to have a longer longitudinal length than the associated bottom finger piece. Similarly, each finger portion of each back piece is cut to have a wider width than the associated bottom finger piece. Furthermore, the width of each back piece is uniquely cut to vary along the length of the finger and hand portions. During stitching of the back and bottom pieces, each portion of the bottom piece is stretched in order to align the edges of each bottom piece with the edges of its associated back piece.