Slip-resistant medical grip glove
OwnerDelicia A. Smallsinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is an improved medical or surgical glove. The glove may be constructed from any of a selection of resiliently flexible materials. The glove is of the type having four finger enclosures and four fingertips, a thumb enclosure and thumbtip, a hand portion with a palm surface and a backhand surface, and a wrist portion having an opening through which a user's hand is inserted. The disclosed glove features a variety of patterns of raised and/or textured sections on the exterior surface of the glove to provide enhanced gripping capability to a wearer. The medical or surgical glove may also be sterilized and may be color-coded to identify the specific material of which a glove is fabricated.
Claims21
An improved medical or surgical glove being fabricated from any of a selection of resiliently flexible materials of varying thicknesses, and said glove of the type having four finger enclosures including four fingertip portions, a thumb enclosure including a thumbtip portion, a hand portion having a palm surface and a backhand surface, and a wrist portion having a proximal end joining the hand portion and having a distal end comprising an expandable opening through which the hand of a person may be inserted, wherein the improvement comprises:
- (a) a pattern of raised, textured material of the same type material as the glove, fabricated at particular locations on the exterior surface of said glove;
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- (b) a removal tab affixed to the wrist portion of said glove.
An improved medical or surgical glove being fabricated from any of a selection of materials selected from the group consisting of latex, vinyl, and nitrile, said materials of varying thicknesses, and said glove of the type having four finger enclosures including four fingertip portions, a thumb enclosure including a thumbtip portion, a hand portion having a palm surface and a backhand surface, and a wrist portion having a proximal end joining the hand portion and having a distal end comprising an expandable opening through which the hand of a person may be inserted, wherein the improvement comprises:
- (a) a pattern of raised, textured material of the same type material as the glove, said pattern fabricated at particular locations on the exterior surface of said glove;
- (b) a removal tab affixed to the wrist portion of said glove;
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- (c) said material having been treated with gamma ray radiation, thereby rendering said material of said glove sterilized.
An improved medical or surgical glove being fabricated from any of a selection of materials selected from the group consisting of latex, vinyl, and nitrile, said materials of varying thicknesses, and said glove of the type having four finger enclosures including four fingertip portions, a thumb enclosure including a thumbtip portion, a hand portion having a palm surface and a backhand surface, and a wrist portion having a proximal end joining the hand portion and having a distal end comprising an expandable opening through which the hand of a person may be inserted, wherein the improvement comprises:
- (a) a pattern of raised, textured material of the same type material as the glove, fabricated at particular locations on the exterior surface of said glove;
- (b) a removal tab affixed to the wrist portion of said glove;
- (c) said material having been treated with gamma ray radiation, thereby rendering said material of said glove sterilized;
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- (d) an amount of absorbable dusting powder applied to the internal surfaces of said glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.