Glove with fingertip regions having a different appearance to a rest of the glove

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10869512-B2
Application number	US-201816208955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2018
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, a palm region, and a digit region. The glove may be fabricated of nitrile rubber that is free of or essentially free of zinc, sulfur and accelerators to reduce allergic reactions in populations required to frequently wear protective gloves. A band region that partially or fully encircles a user's finger knuckles may be provided for easier finger bending. Texturing may be provided on glove surfaces that are used to grip articles. The fingertip regions on the front surface of the index and middle finger regions may be un-textured or smooth to enable a user to take a patient's pulse. These fingertip regions may be of reduced or smaller diameter and circumference so as to pull the glove material tightly around the tips of the user's finger and thereby applying pressure thereto so that even a faint pulse in a patient may be detected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A glove comprising:
a wrist region;
a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region;
a thumb region, an index finger region, a middle finger region, a ring finger region and a little finger region all extending outwardly from the palm region and each having:
a fingertip region that extends from proximate a tip thereof to proximate where a first knuckle of a user's thumb or finger will be located when the glove is worn; and
a remaining portion that extends from a lower end of the fingertip region to the palm region;

wherein at least a front surface of the fingertip region of one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is provided with a first texture and an associated remaining portion of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is provided with a second texture.

2. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of the index finger region.

3. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region and the middle finger region.

4. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region, the middle finger region and the thumb region.

5. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region and the thumb region.

6. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region and the little finger region.

7. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein one or both of the palm region and the wrist region is provided with one of the second texture, a third texture, and no texture.

8. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region is of one of a reduced circumference and a smaller circumference relative to a circumference of the associated remaining portion of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region; and wherein the one of the reduced circumference and the smaller circumference is of a size that results in the one or more of the fingertip regions being pulled taut over a respective one or more of a user's thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger inserted into the glove, and results in a pressure being applied to the respective one or more of the user's thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger.

9. The glove as defined in claim 8 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of the index finger region.

10. The glove as defined in claim 8 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region and the middle finger region.

11. The glove as defined in claim 8 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region, the middle finger region and the thumb region.

12. The glove as defined in claim 8 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the index finger region and the thumb region.

13. The glove as defined in claim 8 , wherein the fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger is the fingertip region of each of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region and the little finger region.

14. The glove as defined in claim 8 , further comprising a step-down from the circumference of the associated remaining portion of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region to the one of the reduced circumference and the smaller circumference of fingertip region of the one or more of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region.

15. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wrist region, the palm region, the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region and the little finger region are comprised of a material that is free of or essentially free of elements, components and compounds that cause hypersensitivity and allergic reaction in people who wear the glove.

16. The glove as defined in claim 1 , wherein the glove is fabricated from one of a medium acrylic nitrile, a high acrylic nitrile, neoprene, and natural rubber.

17. The glove as defined in claim 15 , wherein the material is nitrile rubber.

18. The glove as defined in claim 16 , wherein the nitrile rubber is free of or essentially free of zinc and/or sulfur and/or accelerators.

19. The glove as defined in claim 15 , wherein the material includes an elastomeric polymer.

20. The glove as defined in claim 16 , wherein the high acrylic nitrile includes about 45% solids.

Assignees

• Summit Glove Inc

Inventors

• Hull James L
• Pearen Christopher J
• Thatcher Ronald J

Classifications

• B32B25/08

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• A41D19/0082 Primary

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• A41D19/01547

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• B32B2437/02

  Gloves, shoes · CPC title

• A41D19/0058

  Three-dimensional gloves · CPC title