Abstract: A hunting glove includes a forefinger sheath which is formed by combining a back-side cover pre-oriented towards the thumb, a fourchette inwards pre-curved towards the palm and a thenar-side cover shorter than the forefinger length so as to form a forefinger sheath pre-oriented in a style suitable for triggering a gun smoothly and precisely.

Abstract: A glove for use in billiards which can be worn on either hand of the player to cover the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of the hand. A first member of the glove is formed with a thumb portion, index finger portion, middle finger portion and hand portion. A second member symmetrical to the first member is formed with a thumb, index finger, middle finger and hand portions corresponding to those of the first member. A slit opening is formed in each hand portion extending in close proximity to the junction between the thumb and index finger. The two members are stitched together along the edges with straight edge stitching except for the hand portions which remain open to accommodate ring and little fingers. An elastic band and fastener are stitched to one of the members. The material of the members is soft and stretchable to accommodate a range of hand sizes and has tiny openings formed therein for ventilation and comfort.

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: A work glove comprises an outer shell having finger and thumb portions, a foam pad attached to the shell and covering the palm and the frontal areas of the thumb and finger portions thereof. The pad has a plurality of spaced apart holes and contours defining the finger and thumb joints and a fabric lining covering at least the inner surface of the foam pad.

Abstract: A protective hand pad fabricated from a sleeve of elastic fabric, and a preformed pad element. The sleeve is initially cut from an endless tube of the elastic fabric. A thumb hole is cut into the sleeve adjacent one end, and the preformed pad element is inserted into the sleeve so the desired outer surface of the pad element is visible through the thumb hole. The sleeve is then stitched to the opposite ends of the pad element along its end edges, as well as along its side edges, so that the pad element is joined to the sleeve but so that the sleeve remains open at both ends. The sewn together sleeve and pad is then turned inside out so that the desired outer surface of the pad element is exposed as an exterior surface of the protective hand pad. In use, a wearer inserts his hand into the sleeve so that the pad element is oriented above or on top of the back of the wearer's hand, and so that the wearer's thumb extends through the thumb hole in the sleeve.

Abstract: A glove comprises a palm portion (2) with a first finger section (5) intended for the index and a second finger section (6) intended for the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger. The index section (5) is formed of a material piece, which before the assemblage of the glove was separate from the palm portion for the rest and has portions in one piece therewith projecting upwardly along the sides of the index. The second finger section (6) has portions formed in one piece therewith projecting upwardly along the side of the middle finger exposed to the index. The index section is hanging together in one piece with a material section (9) which at the palm side projects so as to cover that region (4), where the thickened bone sections at the joint between the base phalanx bone of the index and the corresponding metacarpus bone are intended to be located. (FIG. 2).

Abstract: The method of fabricating a baseball glove from a single sheet of paperboard, and the resulting baseball glove.

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: A golf glove is provided wherein the lateral sides of outer and inner wall members of finger compartments thereof are respectively sewn together as twisted in a direction opposite to the direction of and in an amount substantially equal to the amount of twist of said finger compartments that occurs with respect to fingers when a golf club is gripped with the glove.

Abstract: A flexible sheet material shaped article comprises a thermoplastic material having a plurality of spaced breathing apertures extending through the thickness thereof, each breathing aperture filled with a porous fibrous material. The flexible sheet material shaped article is formed by utilizing a vertical mold, and hanging a plurality of spaced strands of porous fibrous material from the top of the mold. The mold has a plan or cross-sectional shape corresponding to the shape of the article being provided. The mold is then filled with liquid thermoplastic material, and after cooling a slab of thermoplastic material with strands of fibrous material is produced. The slab is then sliced in a dimension perpendicular to the dimension in which the strands extend, and to the desired thickness to provide the flexible sheet material shaped article.

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 comprising a palm portion having side portions (4, 5) projecting upwardly along the outer sides of the glove. To permit a curving of the palm portion in the area of the knuckle joints, the upwardly projecting side portions (4, 5) are in said knuckle joint area provided with a cut (13) that is widened in the assembled condition of the glove. To achieve in this connection the required pliability and flexibility of the glove, the back portion is extended with respect to corresponding parts of the palm portion of the glove.

Abstract: The invention relates to a padded glove (1) whose back is fitted with at least one padding. The outer portion of the back of a glove consists of an integral layer (2) which is made of a soft material, preferably cellular plastic and which is designed with at least one protrusion (3-7) jutting out of the level of said layer (2).

Abstract: A disposable hand care product comprising first and second glove side elements fabricated of a relatively thin plastic film material, each of these elements having oppositely extending finger receiving areas and juxtapositioned palm receiving areas, these side elements being disposed in face-to-face aligned relationship and being sealingly interconnected to one another around the entire periphery thereof so as to define a pair of glove members arranged in wrist-to-wrist connected relationship, a hand care product disposed interjacent these side elements, and separating means permitting convenient separation of the pair of glove members from one another and simultaneously providing access into the interior of the member so that a person can insert his or her hands into these members and thereby have skin contact with the hand care product disposed therewithin.

Abstract: There is provided a method for retaining the shape of gloves e.g. leather golf gloves with one or more curved fingers by placing a glove on an electrically heated form having a shape corresponding to the curved gloves, with a sheet of paper between said form and the interior of the glove, for a sufficient time to retain the shape of the glove, especially the curvature of the fingers thereof.

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: An improved golf glove in which the wearer can grip a golf club more firmly. The palm portions of the fingers are made to be shorter than the back portions and the palm portion of only the thumb portion is longer than its back portion.

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: A hand covering comprising a blank of material including front and back portions secured together along perimetral edges to form an enclosure having an access opening. The front and back portions include respective radially projecting portions extending laterally so that when the radially projecting portions are secured together, a hollow thumb covering is formed which is flexed to project from the front and back portions when a hand of a user is inserted into the closure. The hand covering can be in the form of a mitt, glove or puppet.

Abstract: The invention provides a mitt for baseball use. Vegetable oil, such as castor oil or the like, is permeated under a heating operation into the ball-catching portion of the leather on the ball-catching side. A polyurethane resin layer is provided on the reverse face of the vegetable oil permeated portion of said leather, said polyurethane resin layer being formed through the application of the polyurethane resin immediately after a second heating operation of the leather and after said heating operation has been completed.

Abstract: A baseball glove, usable by both right-handed and left-handed players, is formed from a symmetrical blank cut in one piece from a strip of leather or similar sheet material, or from a pair of such blanks, defining one or more single centrally positioned finger stalls flanked by a pair of wings either of which can be shaped into a combination thumb stall and web while the other accomodates the remaining finger or fingers. In one embodiment the web is connected by lacing with the central group, designed to receive the index finger; in another embodiment, six or seven stalls are shiftably interlinked by a single lace, with one or two stalls forming the web on being closely juxtaposed with an adjoining thumb stall. When the glove has front and rear sheets formed from separate blanks, their heel portions may be loosely held together by a wristband.

Abstract: This disclosure is of a lined work glove which is manufactured utilizing adhesives or heat sealing techniques to eliminate sewing. This type of glove can be used in applications where hot mill gloves or terry cloth gloves are currently being used for hand protection.

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: Two layers or cloth or other material are quilted together by embroidery stitching to outline on the material multiple rows of repetitive glove body shapes. The multiple pre-stitched glove bodies thus formed integrally with the quilted material layers are separated from the material by die cutting around the margins of the glove bodies slightly outside of the stitching lines which delineate them in the quilted material. Cuffs are attached to the separated pre-stitched glove bodies by conventional procedures, followed by turning the gloves inside-out and inspecting the finished gloves. Manual labor commonly involved in sewing glove body pieces together and closing glove bodies is eliminated.

Abstract: Genuine leather fabric in the piece comprising a plurality of geometrical sections cut from genuine leather left over scrap, said sections being of selectively predetermined configurations and being secured to each other in end-to-end and side-by-side relation to form a continuous piece which defines said genuine leather fabric in the piece having ornamental characteristics imparted thereto by said secured together sections of predetermined geometrical configuration. The resulting fabric can then be cut in accordance with conventional patterns to form the panels which are assembled and finished into completed articles, such as gloves.

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

Abstract: A hand covering or glove having a flexible two-piece body with a plurality of discrete abrading units disposed on the hand covering to permit free flexing thereof. Each abrading unit is a discrete one-piece molded synthetic organic resin member with an abrasive front surface and a smooth rear surface secured to the front piece of the two-piece hand covering. Preferably, the two-piece hand covering is secured at the periphery thereof by heat sealing and the abrading units are also heat sealed to the front piece of the construction.

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 series of latex rubber gloves for medical use in which a limited number of sizes comfortably fit a major portion of the general population. The glove sizes are positioned against the hand size distribution of the general population so the glove sizes are spaced further apart relative to palm circumference, and are spaced closer together relative to hand length. The gloves of this series have a comfortable stretch range of between 4 and 20% at palm circumference, and a comfortable stretch range of 1.5 to 10% relative to hand length.

Abstract: Genuine leather fabric in the piece comprising a plurality of geometrical sections cut from genuine leather left over scrap, said sections being of selectively predetermined configurations and being secured to each other in end-to-end and side-by-side relation to form a continuous piece which defines said genuine leather fabric in the piece having ornamental characteristics imparted thereto by said secured together sections of predetermined geometrical configuration. The resulting fabric can then be cut in accordance with conventional patterns to form the panels which are assembled and finished into completed articles, such as gloves.

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

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel glove of the type in which the glove material for covering the palm of the hand is integral with the material for covering the index and small fingers, the glove material for covering the second and third fingers being cut separately. In the glove of the invention, panel sections integral with the bases of the stalls for the second and third fingers are provided for covering the back-hand side canted area of the crotch between adjacent fingers.

Abstract: Disposable plastic film gloves are prepared from strip film material in two layers which are heat sealed in the outline of the five fingers of a glove and simultaneously die cut to remove the material between the fingers and to the side and base of the respective gloves. The gloves are formed in a strip with the three center fingers of each glove fitting the curved base or wrist opening of the adjacent glove. The heat seal at the fingers adjacent to the wrist opening of the next glove is arranged with a perforation or serration outside the heat sealed portion in the wrist portion of the succeeding glove. This structure permits a strip of gloves to be rolled or provided in reversed overlapping layers for continuous dispensing and permits each glove to be pulled off from the succeeding one with all of the intermediate portions cut out and the wrist opening completely open and ready for use.

Abstract: A protective glove for protecting hands against cuts, burns, and injury to cold, etching, vibrations, friction and shock. The glove has a palmar hand portion and a palmar thumb portion. A dorsal hand rear portion and a dorsal thumb portion are connected to finger stall portions. Palmar and dorsal finger stall sections are in the form of a single integral piece of material in which the two dorsally extending and longitudinal edges are joined together along the mid-part of the dorsal side of the finger so as to avoid obstructing and irritating seams. The shape of the dorsal finger section of each finger stall portion conforms to the curvature of the dorsally joined edges which are extendable to provide sufficient space for the knuckle and finger joints upon a gripping movement of the hand. A protecting piece covers the palmar hand portion and at least the adjacent portions of the palmar side of the finger stalls.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of gloves comprising: pre-coating a light-weight textile fabric substrate on one side only when a foamed dispersion consisting of a synthetic rubber and polyvinyl chloride; curing the dispersion; superposing two plies of the pre-coated fabric with their pre-coated surfaces in contact; welding together the two pieces of fabric along a welding zone in the shape of the outline of a hand; cutting out the shape thus defined using a shaped knife through the welding zone; turning the so-formed glove-shell inside out to bring the pre-coating to the outside; placing the inverted glove-shell onto a form in the shape of a hand; and dipping the form and the precoated outer surface of the glove shell mounted on the form into a liquid plastics material to provide an impervious outer coating, such outer coating being prevented from striking through into the fabric due to the pre-coating of the fabric.