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US3683420A
US3683420A US96450A US3683420DA US3683420A US 3683420 A US3683420 A US 3683420A US 96450 A US96450 A US 96450A US 3683420D A US3683420D A US 3683420DA US 3683420 A US3683420 A US 3683420A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D19/00—Gloves
    • A41D19/0055—Plastic or rubber gloves
    • A41D19/0068—Two-dimensional gloves, i.e. obtained by superposition of two sheets of material
    • A41D19/0072—Two-dimensional gloves, i.e. obtained by superposition of two sheets of material made of one layer of material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B42/00—Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B42/00—Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
    • A61B42/10—Surgical gloves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/48—Wearing apparel
    • B29L2031/4842—Outerwear
    • B29L2031/4864—Gloves

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  • Larkin Attorney-Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher ABSIRACT A hospital glove consisting of two thin sheets of thermoplastics material cut to shape and heat sealed round the edges to form a glove with a thumb recess, an index finger recess and a single recess for the other three fingers.
  • the glove extends up to the wearers elbow.
  • the shape of the glove differs from that of a normal hand in that it is approximately twice as wide in the region corresponding to the hand.
  • the present invention relates to a glove which can principally be used as a hospital glove.
  • Throw-away gloves made of polyethylene film are extensively used; however, these known gloves can for practical purposes not be used in the cases indicated above because they are somewhat difficult to take ofl, and the protection which they offer is inadequate; furthermore they do not allow voluminous dangerous waste to be isolated.
  • a glove the length of which is that of a normal adult hand and forearm, having a sleeve portion, a first separate recess for the thumb, a second separate recess for the index finger, and a third single recess for the other three fingers of the hand, said third recess being twice the width of the three fingers of said hand, the part of the glove corresponding to the palm being twice the width of the palm of said hand, the length of the palm portion and of said recesses being that of the corresponding palm, fingers and thumb of said hand.
  • the thumb recess forms an angle of between 40 and 70 with the index finger recess.
  • the bare hand now grips the other glove by the top of the sleeve and pulls it in the direction of the fingers.
  • the glove turns inside out with the greatest of ease and entirely covers the dressing and the other glove which were held by this hand.
  • the fingers can then relax their grip, and the hand is withdrawn from the glove while the whole of the glove and of the dressing are enveloped by the glove which has been turned inside out and are isolated from any external contact. They can no longer be brought into contact with other objects. Only the face of the glove which has been turned inside out can remain in contact with them and all risk of infection is hence eliminated.
  • the packet formed by the gloves and the dressing can be thrown away without special precaution.
  • the glove may, of course, be used for other purposes; the case quoted however clearly shows that the glove according to the invention is above all particularly valuable for the disposal of dangerous or dirty waste.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate respectively the gloves of examples 1 and 2.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Two high pressure polyethylene films of 60 microns thickness are superposed, welded byapplying a heated template, and cut along the contour shown in FIG. 1.
  • the glove consists of a sleeve 1, a recess for the thumb 2, and a recess for the index finger 3, and a recess for the three other fingers 4.
  • the length of the glove is measured from the tip of the index finger recess to the edge of the sleeve along a line b perpendicular to the edge of the sleeve; the width of the glove at the base of the thumb recess is measured along the line a passing through the middle point M.
  • Th xi of th thumb rec ss is the line passing through the invention, two thermoplastic films of thickness between 20 and 200 microns, and preferably 25 to 80 microns, are superposed; they are combined by hotwelding following the external outline of the glove and are cut along this outline, it being possible to carry out these two operations simultaneously.
  • thermoplastic film it is possible to use a film of any customary thermoplastic, polyethylene films and plasticized polyvinyl chloride films being preferred.
  • the glove according to the invention has the advantage that it can be put on without difficulty and easily taken off by turning inside out, or by pulling on one of the finger recesses.
  • the dressing is taken off by means of the two gloved hands and it is then held in one hand while with the same hand the other glove is gripped by one of the the tip of the thumb recess and the intersection of lines a and b.
  • the axis of the glove is the straight line passing through the base of the edge of the index finger recess on the side towards the recess for the said three other fingers and through the middle point of the distance between the base of the thumb recess and the edge of the glove on the side of the recess for the said three other fingers.
  • the edge d is parallel to the axis of the glove
  • the edge 0 forms an angle of 15 with the edge d
  • the axis of the thumb forms an angle of 55 with the axis of the glove.
  • the sizes are as follows (measured on the flat glove): the width at the base of the thumb recess a 200 mm; the total length b 480 mm; the length of the sleeve M up to the rounded part of the recess for the three fingers is 400 mm; the length of the side c of the sleeve from the base of the thumb recess is 340 mm; and the width of the sleeve e 280 mm.
  • the other respective dimensions are those shown in the figure.
  • Two identical such gloves constitute a pair of gloves according to the invention.
  • the gloves placed in a closed cardboard box, may be sterilized by the action of 'y -rays.
  • Such gloves can be used in surgery.
  • EXAMPLE 2 A sleeve of high pressure polyethylene, pigmented white, obtained by extrusion-blowing, and of 30 microns thickness, is used. The two faces of this sleeve are welded and cut simultaneously by applying a heated template in accordance with the contour shown in FIG. 2
  • a glove is obtained which can be equally well put on either hand.
  • the glove possesses a sleeve 1, a recess for the thumb 2, a recess for the index finger 3, and a recess for the three other fingers, 4.
  • the dimensions of the glove are measured as in the previous example.
  • the axis of the thumb recess forms an angle of 43 with the axis of the glove.
  • the recess for the three fingers forms an angle of 22 with the axis of the glove.
  • the glove When flat, the glove has the following dimensions: total length b 490 mm; width at the base of the thumb a 190 mm; thumb recess: width at the base 60 mm, length 70 mm; recess for the index finger: width at the base 45 mm, length 75 mm; recess for the three fingers: width at the base 90 mm, length 80 mm; sleeve: length from the base of the thumb recess 320 mm, width e 265 mm, angle between the sides d and c 15.
  • This glove can be used as a throw-away glove for replacing bandages and pemiits easy use of scissors and tweezers.
  • a glove for a normal adult human hand adapted to be worn while removing a surgical dressing and to be easily removed and wrapped about the dressing for disposal thereof, said glove comprising a palm portion at least about twice the width of the palm of the said hand, a thumb stall, an index finger stall and a third stall for the remaining three fingers which is at least about twice the width of the three fingers, and a sleeve portion flaring outwardly from adjacent the thumb stall into an open ended elongated sleeve of gradually increasing cross-section which is adapted to fit loosely about the palm and forearm.
  • thumb recess forms an angle of between 40 and with the index finger recess.
  • a glove according to claim 1 made of a heatwelded thermoplastics film of between 20 and 200 microns thickness.

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US4107840A (en) * 1977-06-06 1978-08-22 Rub-A-Venture Abrasive hand covering
US6279165B1 (en) * 2000-05-24 2001-08-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Kohchi Gripping glove
US6298491B1 (en) * 1998-07-07 2001-10-09 B. M. Polyco Limited Disposable gloves
US6520925B1 (en) * 2000-09-06 2003-02-18 Calvin Thibodo, Jr. Splint system for the thumb
USD479632S1 (en) 2002-05-31 2003-09-09 Thomas Martin Protective thumb covering
US7251839B2 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-08-07 Quickie Manufacturing Company Cleaning mitt
US20070199130A1 (en) * 2006-02-24 2007-08-30 Gray Brent M Endoscopy glove
USD610791S1 (en) 2009-09-11 2010-03-02 Yoon Chol Chang Big toe pinky toe sock
US20100263107A1 (en) * 2009-04-17 2010-10-21 Ping-Hung Wang Recovering Sleeve Adopted For A Hand Or A Foot
US20120054943A1 (en) * 2010-09-08 2012-03-08 Jian Tao Method for producing thin film gloves using the cutting and sealing process and glove produced therefrom
WO2020001673A1 (fr) * 2018-06-25 2020-01-02 Imeco Gmbh & Co. Kg Dispositif pour recouvrir une main et son procédé de fabrication

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US2643388A (en) * 1949-11-14 1953-06-30 Ervin G Johnson Hose mitten
US2773264A (en) * 1953-06-09 1956-12-11 Lewis E Nover Protective covering for the hands
US2976540A (en) * 1956-07-12 1961-03-28 Lyndon C Sutherland Physician's examination hand mitt
US3025403A (en) * 1959-02-11 1962-03-13 Charleston Rubber Company Seamless article
US3028576A (en) * 1958-06-02 1962-04-03 Ethicon Inc Methods and apparatus for making thin plastic gloves
US3059241A (en) * 1960-05-04 1962-10-23 Seamless Rubber Co Dipped plastic glove
US3391406A (en) * 1965-01-25 1968-07-09 Piercan Latex France Glove
US3541609A (en) * 1968-10-09 1970-11-24 Ackwell Ind Inc Glove

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US2643388A (en) * 1949-11-14 1953-06-30 Ervin G Johnson Hose mitten
US2773264A (en) * 1953-06-09 1956-12-11 Lewis E Nover Protective covering for the hands
US2976540A (en) * 1956-07-12 1961-03-28 Lyndon C Sutherland Physician's examination hand mitt
US3028576A (en) * 1958-06-02 1962-04-03 Ethicon Inc Methods and apparatus for making thin plastic gloves
US3025403A (en) * 1959-02-11 1962-03-13 Charleston Rubber Company Seamless article
US3059241A (en) * 1960-05-04 1962-10-23 Seamless Rubber Co Dipped plastic glove
US3391406A (en) * 1965-01-25 1968-07-09 Piercan Latex France Glove
US3541609A (en) * 1968-10-09 1970-11-24 Ackwell Ind Inc Glove

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4107840A (en) * 1977-06-06 1978-08-22 Rub-A-Venture Abrasive hand covering
US6298491B1 (en) * 1998-07-07 2001-10-09 B. M. Polyco Limited Disposable gloves
US6279165B1 (en) * 2000-05-24 2001-08-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Kohchi Gripping glove
US6520925B1 (en) * 2000-09-06 2003-02-18 Calvin Thibodo, Jr. Splint system for the thumb
USD479632S1 (en) 2002-05-31 2003-09-09 Thomas Martin Protective thumb covering
US7251839B2 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-08-07 Quickie Manufacturing Company Cleaning mitt
US20070199130A1 (en) * 2006-02-24 2007-08-30 Gray Brent M Endoscopy glove
US20100263107A1 (en) * 2009-04-17 2010-10-21 Ping-Hung Wang Recovering Sleeve Adopted For A Hand Or A Foot
USD610791S1 (en) 2009-09-11 2010-03-02 Yoon Chol Chang Big toe pinky toe sock
US20120054943A1 (en) * 2010-09-08 2012-03-08 Jian Tao Method for producing thin film gloves using the cutting and sealing process and glove produced therefrom
US8572765B2 (en) * 2010-09-08 2013-11-05 Foodhandler, Inc. Thin film gloves
WO2020001673A1 (fr) * 2018-06-25 2020-01-02 Imeco Gmbh & Co. Kg Dispositif pour recouvrir une main et son procédé de fabrication

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