Patent ID: 7832020
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A41D,A62B

Abstract:
1. A protective glove for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker, the glove comprising: an outer shell; a moisture barrier layer inside of the outer shell; a thermal insulating liner inside of the moisture barrier layer; a dead air space located inside of the outer shell, the dead air space maintained by structure provided between two facing surfaces of the glove; wherein one of the outer shell, the moisture barrier layer, and the thermal insulating liner comprises a series of elongate ridges, the ridges engaged against an adjacent surface to maintain the dead air space; wherein each of the ridges comprises a fold; wherein each of the folds has crease and a pair of side walls extending from the crease and attached to each other to retain the fold in the thermal insulating liner; and wherein each finger of the glove has one of the ridges extending the length of the finger.