US 7,908,673 B2 · Glove with interior grasping element for inversion

Abstract

An invertible glove includes a hand portion having at least two digit portions configured to cover at least two digits of a hand of a wearer of the glove and a palm portion configured to cover a palm of the hand of the wearer of the glove. The hand portion includes an exterior surface for handling an object and an interior surface for abutting the hand of the wearer of the glove. The hand portion further includes a grasping element that extends from the interior surface of at least one of the digit portions and is configured to be grasped by a digit of the hand of the wearer of the glove for facilitating inversion of the glove when the hand is removed from the glove. A glove is inverted by pulling on the grasping element as the hand is removed from the glove.

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Dependent claims

A method for assembling a glove, comprising:

(a) providing a first glove form comprising a layer of pliable material;
(b) providing a second glove form comprising a layer of pliable material, wherein the second glove form includes a grasping element that comprises a portion of the layer of pliable material of the second glove form;
(c) overlaying the first and second glove forms and seaming the first and second glove forms together along a periphery thereof to form the glove;
and
(d) turning the glove outside-in such that the grasping element is disposed within an interior of the glove;
(e) wherein the grasping element defines an opening such that the grasping element may be grasped and pulled by a digit of a hand of the wearer of the glove for facilitating inversion of the glove when the hand is removed from the glove.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Glove with interior grasping element for inversion

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Glove with interior grasping element for inversion

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Abstract

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