Patent ID: 8959663
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A glove construction to reduce wrinkling of the glove on a hand, the glove comprising: (a) a palm portion adapted to be positioned to cover the palm of the hand of a wearer, the palm portion formed of a glove-making material and having at least one cutout section formed therein across the palm portion, the cutout section dividing the palm portion into a finger portion and a thumb portion and having a peripheral edge; and (b) at least one replacement section secured to the palm portion, wherein the at least one replacement section has a thickness less than that of the cutout section and at least one side having a peripheral length approximately equal to that of a corresponding edge of the at least one cutout section to which the at least one replacement section is secured but an oppositely contoured peripheral shape than the edge of the at least one cutout section, wherein the at least one side of the at least one replacement section is stretched to conform the peripheral shape of the at least one side of the at least one replacement section to the peripheral shape of the edge of the at least one cutout section prior to the at least one replacement section being secured to the palm portion, and wherein the at least one replacement section contracts after attachment to the palm portion to provide a pre-curved shape to the palm portion that conforms to the shape of a relaxed hand of a wearer.