US 11,944,141 B2
Protective glove and methods of making and use thereof
Chaitenya Razdan, New York, NY (US); Rachel Sax Ramos, New York, NY (US); and Lucy Jones, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to CareandWear II, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/048,979
Filed by CareandWear II, Inc., New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029626
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/212961, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,312, filed on May 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235796 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A41D 19/015 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 19/01558 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0006 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glove, comprising:
a dorsal portion, the dorsal portion comprising a first material divided into a first and a second section, the dorsal portion further including:
a fastening device for selectively attaching and detaching the first and second sections of the dorsal portion; and
a fastening device gripping feature attached to the fastening device, wherein: the fastening device is a zipper, the zipper comprising a first pull tab configured to travel along a path formed by a plurality of teeth,
the fastening device divides the dorsal portion into the first and second sections at an angle,
the fastening device comprises a first point on the path closest to a finger portion, and a second point on the path closest to a wrist portion,
the fastening device is configured to be provided in at least an open position and a closed position, the glove having a generally planar configuration when the fastening device is provided in the open position,
the first pull tab is configured to travel along the path continuously downward from the finger portion to the wrist portion and the path extends continuously arcuately from the open position to the closed position, the path curving continuously arcuately from the first point to the second point,
and the first pull tab is at the second point in the closed position; a palmar portion, the palmar portion including:
at least a section comprising a second material; and the wrist portion attached to the dorsal portion and the palmar portion, wherein the wrist portion is selectively movable between an open and a closed position about a wearer's wrist, the wrist portion further including:
a wrist opening gripping feature.