US 11,925,222 B2
Safety glove with fingertip protective member
James L. Hull, Malvern, OH (US)
Assigned to SUMMIT GLOVE INC., Minerva, OH (US)
Filed by Summit Glove Inc., Minerva, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/695,509.
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.
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.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/181,967, filed on Jun. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192287 A1, Jun. 23, 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 13/087 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0006 (2013.01); A41D 19/0051 (2013.01); A41D 19/0096 (2013.01); A41D 19/01505 (2013.01); A41D 19/01517 (2013.01); A41D 19/01558 (2013.01); A41D 2400/70 (2013.01); A41D 2600/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
attaching a glove liner to a glove mold;
connecting a protective member to the glove liner and positioning the protective member distally from an interphalangeal joint line, wherein the protective member is harder than glove liner;
heating and stirring an aqueous polymeric emulsion;
foaming the aqueous polymeric emulsion;
dipping the glove liner and 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 and protective member from the tank;
curing the aqueous polymeric emulsion on the glove liner above the protective member to result in a glove having a textured outer surface defining a grip surface above the protective member that is adapted to assist with grip ability for a boundary layer of oil or grease on the grip surface, wherein the protective member is harder than the cured aqueous polymeric emulsion defining the grip surface, wherein curing the aqueous polymeric emulsion on the glove liner above the protective member to result in the glove having the textured outer surface defining the grip surface above the protective member further comprises forming a shape in the textured outer surface having a configuration that opens outward and is located above the protective member;
wherein forming the shape in the textured outer surface 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 a finger sleeve on the glove.