Patent ID: 9707715
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A41D,A61B,B29C,B29K,B29L

Claim:
1. A glove comprising: a first hand-shaped panel defining a periphery; a second hand-shaped panel also defining a periphery, the second hand-shaped panel having been welded to the first hand-shaped panel about the peripheries of the hand-shaped panels in a manner that forms a hollow opening for receiving a hand, the glove including a seam where the first hand-shaped panel has been welded to the second hand-shaped panel, the hand-shaped panels each being comprised of a non-laminated, elastic multi-layer film having three layers, the multi-layer film comprising a middle layer positioned in between a first layer and a second layer wherein the middle layer has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the first layer and the thickness of the middle layer is greater than a thickness of the second layer, the first layer of each hand-shaped panel forming an exterior surface of the glove, the second layer of each hand-shaped panel forming an interior surface of the glove, and wherein the non-laminated, elastic multi-layer film is made from a thermoplastic elastomer such that the middle layer, the first layer, and the second layer are all made from the same thermoplastic elastomer, and wherein although each layer contains the same thermoplastic elastomer, each layer of the multi-layer film includes a different composition of ingredients, the second layer being different than the middle layer by the second layer containing a friction-reducing additive, the friction-reducing additive comprising filler particles present in the second layer sufficient so that the second layer has a static coefficient of friction of 0.3 or less, the first layer being different than the middle layer by the first layer containing a gripping or anti-blocking agent, the first layer containing the thermoplastic elastomer combined with the gripping or anti-blocking agent, the second layer comprising the thermoplastic elastomer combined with the friction-reducing additive comprising the filler particles, the multi-layer film having a total thickness of 8 mils or less.