Reinforced glove and method for forming the same
AssigneeAnsell Edmont Industrial, Inc.
InventorsHarold F. Plemmons, James R. Peet
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Abstract
A knitted glove including a thumb and a body, a crotch defined between the thumb and the body, and a thickened knitted portion along at least a portion of the crotch. The present invention is further directed to a method and apparatus for forming such a knitted glove.
Claims13
A glove having a front ply, a back ply, a thumb, and an upper palm, said thumb having an inner edge adjacent said upper palm and said upper palm having an inner edge adjacent said thumb, said front ply having at least one wale extending along at least one of said inner edges which is interknitted with at least one wale of said back ply to form a reinforced section.
A knitted glove comprising a thumb and a body, a crotch defined between said thumb and said body, and a thickened knitted portion along at least a portion of said crotch.
A method for forming a glove, comprising the steps of:
- a) knitting a glove having a front ply, a back ply, a thumb, and an upper palm, the thumb having an inner edge adjacent the upper palm and the upper palm having an inner edge adjacent the thumb;
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- b) interknitting the front and back plies to one another along at least one of the thumb inner edge and the upper palm inner edge.
A method for forming a glove, comprising the steps of:
- a) knitting a glove having a thumb and a body of a first thickness;
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- b) knitting a crotch portion between the thumb and the body of a thickness greater than the first thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.