Heated glove and method of manufacturing
OwnerCupid Roberts, Kayla Stevensinventors
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Abstract
A heated glove comprising a glove body that includes a pair of body sections formed from a substrate material, with each body section having a substantially mirror image shape as the other body section. The glove body further includes elongate heating elements formed from a conductive material and attached to the outer surface of each body section with a couching stitch and in accordance with a predetermined layout pattern that is a substantially mirror image of the layout pattern of the other heating element. The pair of matching body sections are then attached together to form the glove body with the heating elements being substantially aligned in registration with each other.
Claims15
A heated glove, comprising:
- a glove body including a pair of matching body sections each formed from a textile material with a palm portion and a series of finger portions;
- an elongated heating element formed from an electrically conductive material applied in a predetermined heating element application pattern and secured to an outer surface of each body section by a plurality of couching stitches;
- wherein each body section of the pair of matching body sections has a substantially mirror image configuration and the heating elements are applied thereto in a substantially mirror image construction, such that the heating elements are substantially aligned in registration with each other as the body sections are joined together;
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- a power source coupled to the heating elements to supply power thereto sufficient to cause the heating elements to produce a desired thermal output for heating the glove body.
The heated glove of claim 10, wherein the insulation material further comprises a liquid silicone applied to the outer surfaces and cured to form a flexible insulation layer encapsulating the heating elements.
A method of making a heated glove, comprising
- laying down an elongate heating element of an electrically conductive material onto an outer surface of each of a series of body sections according to a predetermined heating element application pattern, and as the elongate heating is applied, attaching the heating element to the body sections with a series of couching stitches applied by a couching sewing application;
- wherein corresponding ones of the body sections form a substantially mirror image sections, each with an elongate heating element applied in matching heating element application patterns;
- joining first and second matching body sections to form a glove body having the heating elements attached thereto being substantially aligned in registration with each other;
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- coupling free ends of each elongate heating element of each body section to a power transmission line for connection of the elongate heating elements to a power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.