Glove with flexible joints

• US 6,760,923 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2003
• Issued: 07/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: OriGen Biomedical
• Original Assignee: OriGen Biomedical
• Inventors: Tate, Albert M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Welch, Gary L.
• Application Number:
  US10/361,990
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 215/9, 2 1/6, 2 2/0, 216/11, 216/12, 216/13, 216/14, 216/15, 216/16, 216/17
• US Class Current: 2/159
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0062 made of one layer of material
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof

Abstract

A glove having a body portion of elastomeric material, a plurality of digit portions integrally formed with the body portion and extending outwardly therefrom, and a thumb portion extending outwardly on one edge of the bottom portion. A flexion is formed in the body portion and extends only partially around the root area of the thumb and onto the palm side and the backhand side of the body portion. The flexion is integrally formed with the body portion and has an area projecting outwardly of a surface of a body portion.

Claims

1. A glove comprising:

a body portion comprised of an elastomeric material, said body portion having a palm side and a backhand sides, said body portion having an opening at a bottom thereof;

a plurality of digit portions integrally formed with said body portion and extending outwardly therefrom, said plurality of digit portions being in spaced relationship to each other; and

a thumb portion extending outwardly on one edge of said body portion, said thumb portion having a root area contiguous with said body portion, said thumb portion being integrally formed with said body portion, said body portion having a flexion extending only partially around said root area of said thumb and extending onto to said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion, said flexion being integrally formed with said body portion and having an area projecting outwardly of a surface of said body portion, said thumb portion having a top adjacent said plurality of digit portions, said flexion having a width at said top of said thumb portion that is greater than a width of said flexion at a bottom of said thumb portion.

2. The glove of claim 1, said thumb portion having a bottom adjacent to said opening of said body portion, said flexion being interrupted adjacent to said bottom of said thumb portion.

3. The glove of claim 2, said flexion being interrupted on said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion at said bottom of said thumb portion.

4. The glove of claim 1, said flexion having an inverted U-shaped cross-section.

5. The glove of claim 1, said thumb portion extending from said body portion in a plane extending between said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion.

6. The glove of claim 1, said flexion being curved so as to have a concavity facing said thumb portion.

7. The glove of claim 1, further comprising:

a knuckle blister integrally formed on said body portion adjacent to and below said plurality of digit portions, said knuckle blister formed on said back hand side of said body portion, said knuckle blister projecting outwardly of the surface of said body portion.

8. A glove comprising:

a body portion comprised of an elastomeric material, said body portion having a palm side and a backhand sides, said body portion having an opening at a bottom thereof;

a plurality of digit portions integrally formed with said body portion and extending outwardly therefrom, said plurality of digit portions being in spaced relationship to each other;

a thumb portion extending outwardly on one edge of said body portion, said thumb portion having a root area contiguous with said body portion, said thumb portion being integrally formed with said body portion, said body portion having a flexion extending only partially around said root area of said thumb and extending onto to said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion, said flexion being integrally formed with said body portion and having an area projecting outwardly of a surface of said body portion; and

a knuckle blister integrally formed on said body portion adjacent to and below said plurality of digit portions, said knuckle blister formed on said palm side of said body portion, said knuckle blister projecting outwardly of the surface of said body portion.

9. The glove of claim 8, further comprising:

a second knuckle blister integrally formed on said body portion adjacent to and below said plurality of digit portions, said second knuckle blister formed on said backhand side of said body portion opposite in location to said knuckle blister formed on said palm side of said body portion, said second knuckle blister projecting outwardly of said surface of said body portion, said knuckle blisters being unconnected to each other at a first edge and a second edge of said body portion between said palm side and backhand side.

10. The glove of claim 9, each of said knuckle blisters having a width at a center of said body portion that is greater than a width of the knuckle blister adjacent said first and second edges.

11. The glove of claim 8, said elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of rubber, latex, vinyl and nitrile.

12. A glove comprising:

a body portion formed of an elastomeric material, said body portion having a palm side and a backhand side;

a plurality of digit portions integrally formed with said body portion and extending outwardly therefrom, said plurality of digit portions being in spaced relationship to each other; and

a thumb portion extending outwardly on one edge of said body portion, said body portion having a flexion formed therein and extending adjacent to said body portion around said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion, said flexion being discontinuous on said body portion adjacent a bottom of said thumb portion, said flexion being curved so as to have a concavity facing said thumb portion, said flexion integrally formed with said body portion and projecting outwardly of a surface of said body portion, said thumb portion having a top adjacent said plurality of digit portions, said flexion having a width at a top of said thumb portion that is greater than a width of said flexion at said bottom of said thumb portion.

13. The glove of claim 12, the discontinuity of said flexion having a portion on said palm side and a portion on said backhand side.

14. The glove of claim 12, said flexion having an inverted U-shaped cross-section.

15. The glove of claim 12, said thumb portion extending from said body portion in a plane extending between said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion.

16. A glove comprising:

a body portion formed of an elastomeric material, said body portion having a palm side and a backhand side;

a plurality of digit portions integrally formed with said body portion and extending outwardly therefrom, said plurality of digit portions being in spaced relationship to each other;

a thumb portion extending outwardly on one edge of said body portion, said body portion having a flexion formed therein and extending adjacent to said body portion around said palm side and said backhand side of said body portion, said flexion being discontinuous on said body portion adjacent a bottom of said thumb portion, said flexion being curved so as to have a concavity facing said thumb portion, said flexion integrally formed with said body portion and projecting outwardly of a surface of said body portion;

a first knuckle blister integrally formed on said body portion adjacent to and below said plurality of digit portions, said first knuckle blister formed on said palm side of said body portion, said first knuckle blister projecting outwardly of the surface of said body portion; and

a second knuckle blister integrally formed on said body portion adjacent to and below said plurality of digit portions, said second knuckle blister formed on said backhand side of said body portion, said second knuckle blister projecting outwardly of the surface of said body portion.

17. The glove of claim 16, each of said first and second knuckle blisters having a width at a center of said body portion that is greater than a width of the knuckle blister extending outwardly from the center of said body portion.