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US 4,809,365 AGranted
Glove configuration and method
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsFung-Bor Chen, Wu-Nan Huang, Carl M. Rogers
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Abstract
Disclosed is a glove configuration and method for making same of a thin flexible film. The glove and form having an ambidextrous shape useful for either the left or right hand use and a cuff configuration which resists rolldown. The configuration of the cuff includes a corrugated portion and a broadly fluted portion. The former giving increased strength and thickness and the latter providing a place to improve the ease with which the glove may be stripped from its dipping form.
Claims10
A glove form used in a dipping operation comprising:
- a hand shaped portion being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally through the middle thereof and being designed for ambidextrous applications,
- a cuff portion connected to said hand shaped portion and having a concaved flute-like area extending longitudinally beneath the locale where the thumb joins said hand portion for providing a stripping slot to aid in removal of a finished glove from the form,
- a series of semi circumferential corrugations extending laterally about said cuff portion forming uninterrupted grooves from said concaved flute-like area on one side thereof and around the wrist covering cuff portion to the other side of said concaved flute-like area to provide reinforcement preventing glove cuff rolldown during use and to inhibit off flow of coagulant or glove forming material during manufacture.
A glove made by a dipping operation comprising:
- a hand shaped portion being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally through the middle thereof and being designed for ambidextrous applications,
- a cuff portion connected to said hand shaped portion and having a concaved flute-like area extending longitudinally beneath the locale where the thumb joins said hand portion for providing a stripping slot to aid in removal of a finished glove from the form,
- a series of semi circumferential corrugations extending laterally about said cuff portion forming uninterrupted grooves from said concaved flute-like area on one side thereof and around a wrist covering cuff portion to the other side of said concaved flute-like area to provide reinforcement preventing glove cuff rolldown during use and to inhibit off flow of coagulant or glove forming material during manufacture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.