US 12,070,088 B2
Glove matrix and method of making gloves
Pai-Mei Tseng, Somerset, NJ (US); Chih Jen Hsu, Closter, NJ (US); Jyh-Yao Raphael Li, Parisippany, NJ (US); and Kelvin Yang, Madison, NJ (US)
Assigned to INTEPLAST GROUP CORPORATION, Livingston, NJ (US)
Filed by Inteplast Group Corporation, Livingston, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,650.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386721 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 42/40 (2016.01)
CPC A41D 19/0068 (2013.01) [A61B 42/40 (2016.02); A41D 2400/52 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glove matrix containing a multiplicity of disposable gloves comprising:
a first sheet of material;
a second sheet of material overlain with the first sheet of material to form a web, the web being elongate and having a machine direction parallel to a length of the elongate web and a cross machine direction perpendicular to the machine direction; and
a first plurality of glove patterns in the web, each glove pattern of the first plurality of glove patterns including first finger receptacles sized and shaped to receive fingers of a human hand, each of the first finger receptacles having a distal end, the first plurality of glove patterns being frangibly connected to the web whereby each glove pattern is configured to be detached from the web to form a glove for one hand;
a second plurality of glove patterns in the web, each glove pattern of the second plurality of glove patterns including second finger receptacles sized and shaped to receive fingers of the human hand, each of the second finger receptacles having a distal end, the second plurality of glove patterns being frangibly connected to the web whereby each glove pattern is configured to be detached from the web to form a glove for one hand;
wherein the second plurality of glove patterns is arranged opposite the first plurality of glove patterns in the cross machine direction of the web and a plurality of the first finger receptacles of one of the first glove patterns is located opposite a plurality of the second finger receptacles of one of the second glove patterns in the cross machine direction, the distal ends of the plurality of first finger receptacles being located adjacent to the distal ends of the plurality of second finger receptacles.