Glove construction
AssigneeShelby Group International, Inc.
InventorThomas G. Ragan
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Abstract
A glove is disclosed having a donning assister to enable a wearer of the glove to quickly and easily don a glove on a wearer's hand. In one embodiment, the glove includes a wrist cuff portion, a hem portion positioned at a base of the wrist cuff portion, an at least partially enclosed space formed within the hem portion, and a gripper positioned in the at least partially enclosed space. The at least partially enclosed space is defined by hem stitches and by a pair of laterally opposed stitches positioned on the palm side of the glove anywhere along a circumference of the hem portion between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on the other end.
Claims20
A glove comprising a palm side and a back side, wherein the palm side and the back side are configured to cover a palm side and a back side of a wearer's hand when the glove is worn, the glove comprising:
- a wrist cuff;
- a hem positioned at a base of the wrist cuff, the hem defining a finished edge at the base of the wrist cuff;
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- a glove donning assister comprising an inflexible cylindrical member positioned within the hem and solely on the palm side of the glove between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on another end.
A glove comprising a palm side and a back side, wherein the palm side and the back side are configured to cover a palm side and a back side of a wearer's hand when the glove is worn, the glove comprising:
- a wrist cuff;
- a hem positioned at a base of the wrist cuff, the hem defining a finished edge at the base of the wrist cuff;
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- a glove donning assister comprising a plurality of inflexible cylindrical members positioned side by side and unattached to one another within the hem and solely on the palm side of the glove between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on another end.
A glove comprising a palm side and a back side, wherein the palm side and the back side are configured to cover a palm side and a back side of a wearer's hand when the glove is worn, the glove comprising:
- a wrist cuff;
- a hem positioned at a base of the wrist cuff, the hem defining a finished edge at the base of the wrist cuff;
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- a glove donning assister comprising one or more inflexible cylindrical members aligned within the hem and solely on the palm side of the glove between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on another end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.