Hand-wear article with cutaneous sensory elements
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorJason C. Cohen
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Abstract
A hand-wear article heightens the neurosensory response of the skin of the wearer. The article includes a substrate having a skin-facing surface and a plurality of cutaneous sensory elements located on the substrate. The sensory elements are configured to have a sharpness frequency in the range of about 100 Hz to about 1,000 Hz and a height in the range of about 0.1 microns to about 1000 microns.
Claims22
A hand-wear article for heightening the neurosensory response of the skin of the wearer, the article comprising a substrate having a skin-facing surface and a plurality of cutaneous sensory elements located on the substrate, the sensory elements being configured to define a surface roughness having a sharpness frequency in the range of about 100 Hz to about 1,000 Hz and a height in the range of about 0.1 microns to about 1000 microns, a compressible member overlying at least a portion of the skin-facing surface of the substrate and being compressible from an uncompressed condition to a compressed condition, in the uncompressed condition the compressible member generally hiding the plurality of cutaneous sensory elements to inhibit contact of the sensory elements with the skin, the sensory elements being exposed in the compressed condition of the compressible member for contact of the sensory elements with skin.
A hand-wear article for heightening the neurosensory response of a wearer's skin, the article having a skin-facing surface and comprising a compressible member and a plurality of cutaneous sensory elements, the compressible member being compressible from an uncompressed condition to a compressed condition thereof, said compressible member and said sensory elements being arranged relative to each other and to the skin-facing surface of the article such that in the uncompressed condition the compressible member generally hides the plurality of cutaneous sensory elements to inhibit contact of the sensory elements with the skin, the sensory elements being exposed in the compressed condition of the compressible member for contact of the sensory elements with the wearer's skin.
A hand-wear article for heightening the neurosensory response of the skin of the wearer, the article comprising a substrate having a skin-facing surface and a plurality of cutaneous sensory elements located on the substrate, the sensory elements comprising irregular shaped particles having peaks, outward facing edges, and other sharp surfaces configured to define a surface roughness having a sharpness frequency in the range of about 100 Hz to about 1,000 Hz, the particles having a height in the range of about 0.1 microns to about 1000 microns.
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