# US 6,618,861 B2 · Medical gloves with watch viewing capabilities

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- Number: US 6,618,861 B2
- Document ID: US6618861B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 09/956,345
- Filed: 2001-09-20
- Published: 2002-09-26
- Granted: 2003-09-16
- Earliest claimed: 2000-12-28
- Assignees: Microflex Corporation
- Inventors: Nathan M. Saks; Jian Jim Tao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6618861B2

## CPC

- A41D 19/0044: {Cuff portions}
- A41D 19/0027: {Measuring instruments, e.g. watch, thermometer}
- A61B 42/00: Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
- A61B 42/10: Surgical gloves
- A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A method of multiple dipping to make gloves with a clear wrist portion, which allows glove wearers to see through the transparent wrist portion and tell time with the gloves on, is disclosed. The method is applicable to all the common materials to make gloves, or coat gloves, via dipping: including natural rubber latex, nitrile rubber latex(carboxylated or non-carboxylated), polychloroprene latex, polyisoprene latex, polyurethane latex, polyvinyl chloride and their blends, or mixtures thereof. The invention provides procedures to make compounds, which are both transparent and opaque, as well as dipping sequences for the materials. Products, with the added feature of a transparent wrist portion, are provided without sacrificing performance and without increasing production cost.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A glove having a clear wrist portion and an opaque portion running from fingertips to a palm of the glove wherein the glove is produced by the steps of:
(i) forming the glove by dipping a form mold in a dipping tank to form a first layer of a coagulant coating on the form mold;
(ii) forming a second clear coating layer over the first layer by dipping the form mold in a second dipping tank, the clear coating forming the innermost layer; and
(iii) forming a third opaque coating layer over the second coating layer by dipping the form mold in a third dipping tank to a partial depth from fingertips to palm of the form mold.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A glove as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of dipping the form mold into a fourth dipping tank, between the first dipping tank and the second dipping tank, containing a diluted coagulant with mold releasing agent to a partial depth.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A glove as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the step of dipping the form mold into a fifth dipping tank between the second dipping tank and the third dipping tank, into a diluted dipping coagulant without a mold release agent to a partial depth.

### Claim 4

A glove, comprising:
a finger portion,
a palm portion extending from said finger portion and forming a bottom of said glove,
a back portion extending from said finger portion and forming a top of said glove,
a wrist portion integral with, and extending from, said palm portion and said back portion, and
wherein the entire said wrist portion allows more transmission of light than said palm and back portions.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The glove of claim 4, wherein said wrist portion is transparent and said back and palm portions are non-transparent.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The glove of claim 5, wherein said back and palm portions are opaque.

### Claim 7

A glove, comprising:
a finger portion,
a palm portion extending from said finger portion and forming a bottom of said glove,
a back portion extending from said finger portion and forming a top of said glove,
a wrist portion integral with said palm portion and said back portion,
a transparent layer extending the entire length of the glove from said finger portion to said wrist portion,
a non-transparent layer extending only a partial length of the glove, said partial length being the finger portion and said palm portion, and
the portion of the glove extending from said palm being transparent.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The glove of claim 7, wherein said non-transparent layer is opaque.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The glove of claim 7, wherein said transparent layer is the innermost layer of said glove.