US 6,886,185 B2Granted

Hosiery protective glove

OwnerEstella Wreninventor

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Abstract

A protective glove is set forth. It is constructed to protect snag prone garments and especially hosiery. It is intended to be worn by a person donning or doffing such garments to protect those garments from rough skin, fingernails and jewelry on the hand or wrist that may be worn on either hand. It may also be worn by persons working with the delicate materials in industry. The glove is generally of a mitten configuration constructed from one or two pieces of a slick finish fabric or synthetic material and joined on the edges with a coating on the exterior side of the pieces except on the finger and thumb tip area which gives greater grip control without snagging the garments. The coating provides a non-snagging gripping area to allow the user to control the garment especially while donning while having the slick fingertip and thumb tip to allow a smoothing action to prevent folds and wrinkles.

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Dependent claims

A glove for covering the hand of the wearer that will accommodate jewelry worn by the user and low mobility or malformity of the digits to protect garments made of delicate snag prone materials while donning or doffing the garments, said glove made from slick finish cloth or synthetic material having a first side and a second side, comprising:

a first piece comprising;
a palm section,
a finger section,
a thumb section;
and
a second piece comprising;
a mirror image of the profile of the first piece of the same material;
a coating applied to one side of the first and one side of the second piece providing a gripping means on the exterior of the glove, said coating comprising;
a material with a coefficient of friction higher than the glove material and having physical properties allowing application by silk screen methods, flexibility and adhesion to fabric, and
having pigment coloration for printing of advertising and decorative images, and
applied in manner to avoiding putting coating on the finger and thumb tip area;
said first and second piece joined at the edges to fit said hand so that the coating is exposed on the exterior of the glove.

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