Method of making a protective glove
AssigneeTech 21 Licensing Limited
InventorsJames Alexander Gardner, Haim Geva
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Abstract
A method for making a protective glove. The method comprises forming a glove body (2) from flexible material, with a front layer and a rear layer with an opening between the layers to allow access for the hand into an internal space within the glove. A last (3) is inserted into the glove body (2) to stretch the glove body and to hold the rear layer in the stretched form without creases. The glove and last are placed on a 3D printer bed (21), and 3D protection features (1) are printed onto the rear layer.
Claims6
A method for making a protective glove, the method comprising forming a glove body from flexible material, the glove body comprising a front layer and a rear layer with an opening between the layers to allow access for the hand into an internal space within the glove;
- inserting a last into the glove body to stretch the glove body and to hold the rear layer in the stretched form without creases, wherein the last has a peripheral face extending, in use, between the front and rear layers of the glove, the peripheral face having a groove to receive, in use, a seam on the glove;
- placing the glove and last on a 3D printer bed;
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- 3D printing protection features onto the rear layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.