Laminated glove, device and method of making same
AssigneeWells Lamont Industry Group LLC
InventorsJason Smid, Kenneth LeVey, Caitlin Boyle
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Abstract
A layered, laminated glove includes an outer layer, a membrane formed from a liquid-resistant, air permeable material positioned on an inner surface of the outer layer and a liner formed from a moisture absorbing material. The liner is positioned on an inner surface of the membrane. The outer layer, membrane and liner are laminated to form a single glove. The glove includes a plurality of fingertip portions in which the outer layer, membrane and liner are substantially fully laminated throughout. The glove may include a 3D pattern formed in one or more layers of the laminate. The glove may include an enlarged knuckle section. A hand mold and system for making the gloves and a method are also disclosed.
Claims14
A system for making a layered, laminated glove, comprising:
- a hand mold having a shape of a hand having fingers, a thumb, a palm opposingly facing a back of the hand and a wrist region, the hand mold being formed from a thermally conductive material and having an open internal cavity, and a heating/cooling system having a supply side and a discharge side and a series of open-ended fluid conveying channels in fluid communication with the open internal cavity, wherein a heating and/or a cooling fluid is conveyed into the supply side and into the open internal cavity and is discharged from the hand mold through the discharge side;
- a fluid supply for supply the heating and/or the cooling fluid;
- a fluid discharge for receiving the heating and/or the cooling fluid discharged from the hand mold;
- a vacuum bag for positioning over a glove on the hand mold;
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- a vacuum supply.
A system for making a layered, laminated glove, the system comprising:
- a hand mold comprising:
- a unitary mold having a shape of a hand having fingers, a thumb, a palm opposingly facing a back of the hand and a wrist region, the mold being formed from a thermally conductive material and having an open internal cavity;
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- a heating/cooling system having a supply side and a discharge side, and a series of open-ended fluid conveying channels in fluid communication with the open internal cavity, wherein fluid is conveyed into the supply side, through the series of open-ended fluid-conveying channels, and into the open internal cavity, and subsequently is discharged from the hand mold through the discharge side;
- a fluid supply for supplying the fluid to the supply side;
- a fluid discharge for receiving the fluid discharged from the hand mold;
- a vacuum bag for positioning over a glove on the hand mold;
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- a vacuum supply for drawing a vacuum in the vacuum bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.