Glove with removable fingertips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9554603-B2
Application number	US-201414542208-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2014
Priority date	Nov 15, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A glove, having a finger sheath comprising multiple pieces of fabric held together by seams; and reinforcements for the seams so that part of the sheath can be removed by cutting without the seams unraveling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glove, comprising:
a finger sheath comprising multiple pieces of fabric held together by seams; and
reinforcements for the seams so that part of the sheath can be removed by cutting without the seams unraveling; wherein the reinforcements for the seams comprise reinforcing stitching across the seams, wherein the reinforcing stitching comprises threads extending substantially perpendicularly across the seams.

2. The glove of claim 1 , wherein the finger sheath is a thumb sheath.

3. The glove of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcements for the seams includes a strip of reinforcing material extending up at least a portion of the sheath.

4. The glove of claim 3 , wherein the strip of reinforcing material comprises leather material.

5. The glove of claim 3 , wherein the strip of reinforcing material comprises a nonwoven material.

6. The glove of claim 3 , wherein the strip of reinforcing material ends proximate to a position for a first joint of a wearer's finger in the sheath.

7. The glove of claim 6 , wherein the strip of reinforcing material extends (i) from proximate to a position for a first joint of a wearer's finger in the sheath, and (ii) toward a cuff of the glove to cover at least a portion of the back of the hand of the glove.

8. The glove of claim 3 , wherein the strip of reinforcing material extends across multiple finger sheaths of the glove.

9. The glove of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing stitching is inside the sheath.

10. The glove of claim 1 , wherein the seams comprise a single needle tack stitch.

11. The glove of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcements for the seams comprises glue.

12. The glove of claim 1 , further comprising a cut line disposed on the sheath and indicating a position at which the sheath may be cut for removal of a portion of the sheath without the seams unraveling.

13. A glove comprising:
a finger or thumb sheath comprising multiple pieces of fabric held together by seams formed by one or more first threads; and
reinforcing stitching comprising one or more second threads extending substantially perpendicularly across the one or more first threads so that a part of the sheath on the distal side of the reinforcing stitching can be removed without the seams on the proximate side of the reinforcing stitching unraveling.

14. The glove of claim 13 , further comprising a strip of reinforcing material extending at least along a portion of a back of the sheath.

15. A method comprising:
providing a glove having a finger sheath comprising multiple pieces of fabric held together by a seam extending along a length of the finger sheath; and
reinforcing the glove to prevent unraveling of the seam when a distal portion of the finger sheath is cut for removal, reinforcing the glove comprising at least adding stitching substantially perpendicularly across the seam of the finger sheath.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein reinforcing the glove further comprises:
attaching a reinforcing strip of material along at least a proximate portion of the finger sheath.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising marking a cutline on the sheath to indicate a position at which the finger sheath can be cut for removal of a portion of the finger sheath distal to the cut without causing the seam to unravel.

Assignees

• 5 11 Inc

Inventors

• Mccourt Michael

Classifications

• A41D19/01576 Primary

  made of a patchwork of different materials · CPC title

• A41D19/00

  Gloves (brush bodies shaped as gloves A46B5/04; gloves for washing the body A47K7/02; gloves for domestic washing or cleaning A47L13/18; surgical gloves A61B42/10; swimming gloves A63B31/02; as accessories for games or sports, e.g. baseball, boxing or golf gloves A63B71/14; gloves for glove-boxes B25J1/02) · CPC title

• A41D19/04

  Appliances for making gloves; Measuring devices for glove-making · CPC title

• A41D19/02

  Arrangements for cutting-out, or shapes of, glove blanks · CPC title