Patent ID: 11925221
Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. 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;
connecting a protective member to the glove liner positioned in the thumb-crotch region;
heating and stirring an aqueous polymeric emulsion;
foaming the aqueous polymeric emulsion;
dipping the glove liner 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 and the protective member from the tank; and
curing the aqueous polymeric emulsion on the glove mold above the glove liner 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 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;
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.