US 11,925,221 B2
Protective device for use with a glove having textured grip
James L Hull, Malvern, OH (US)
Assigned to SUMMIT GLOVE INC., Minerva, OH (US)
Filed by Summit Glove Inc., Minerva, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,894.
Application 16/723,278 is a division of application No. 15/843,426, filed on Dec. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,980,295, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 17/874,894 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/874,762, filed on Jul. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,825,887.
Application 17/874,762 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,278, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, abandoned.
Application 15/843,426 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/384,499, filed on Dec. 20, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/384,499 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/624,047, filed on Feb. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,888,733, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Application 14/624,047 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/947,423, filed on Jul. 22, 2013, abandoned.
Application 14/624,047 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/874,894, filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Application 17/874,894 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/695,509, filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 17/695,509 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/533,968, filed on Nov. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,641,894.
Application 17/533,968 is a continuation of application No. 16/135,266, filed on Sep. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,219,253, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 16/135,266 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/185,097, filed on Jun. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,143,248, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/181,967, filed on Jun. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400784 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 13/08 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01); A41D 19/015 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/082 (2013.01) [A41D 13/081 (2013.01); A41D 19/0006 (2013.01); A41D 19/01505 (2013.01); A41D 19/01529 (2013.01); A41D 19/01576 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
attaching a glove liner to a glove mold, the glove liner comprising a first finger sleeve and a thumb sleeve, and the glove liner defining a thumb-crotch region that extends from a palmar side to a dorsal side between the first finger sleeve and the thumb sleeve of the glove liner;
applying a colored layer in the thumb-crotch region;
curing the colored layer within the thumb-crotch region, wherein the colored layer is liquid impermeable after curing;
connecting a protective member to the glove liner in the thumb-crotch region;
heating and stirring an aqueous polymeric emulsion;
foaming the aqueous polymeric emulsion;
dipping the glove liner, the colored layer, and the protective member into a tank containing the aqueous polymeric emulsion that has been heated, stirred, and foamed, wherein the protective member is fully submerged into the aqueous polymeric emulsion within the tank while dipping the glove liner and protective member;
removing the glove mold that carries the glove liner, the colored layer, and the protective member from the tank; and
curing the aqueous polymeric emulsion on the glove mold above the glove liner, the colored layer, and the protective member in the thumb-crotch region to result in a glove having a textured outer layer defining a grip surface in the thumb-crotch region above the protective member that is above the colored layered and glove liner and is adapted to assist with grip ability for a boundary layer of oil or grease on the grip surface, wherein curing the aqueous polymeric emulsion on the glove liner above the protective member within the thumb-crotch region to result in the glove having the textured outer layer defining the grip surface above the protective member further comprises forming a shape in the textured outer layer having a configuration that opens outward and is located above the protective member and above the colored layer;
wherein forming the shape in the textured outer layer having a configuration that opens outward and is located above the protective member further comprises:
forming an edge that defines a lateral ridge in the textured outer surface above the protective member, wherein the lateral ridge is aligned in direction that extends around a circumference of the first finger sleeve or the thumb sleeve on the glove.