Patent ID: 6024970
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A glove for removing lint, comprising:a glove for disposing on a user's hand, the glove comprisinga palm surface, and a back surface, the palm surface and the back surface forming the glove, the glove further comprising a top end and a bottom end, the glove having an opening at the bottom end, the opening defining an inner retaining space, the inner retaining space sized to hold a user's hand when inserted into the inner retaining space, the inner retaining space further comprising an aperture sized to permit a user's thumb to extend therethrough, a finger compartment for holding the glove about all of a user's fingers, a wrist compartment for at least a portion of a user's wrist, and holding means for holding the wrist compartment about a user's wrist,wherein the palm surface of the glove has connected thereto a pad having a plurality of sheets of material, each of the plurality of sheets of material having an adhesive disposed thereupon such that the adhesive is exposed for adhering lint thereto, each of the sheets of material in the pad detachable from the pad,wherein when the glove is disposed upon a user's wrist, the wrist compartment of the glove is held in a firm engagement about a user's wrist via the holding means thereby preventing the glove from sliding off of a user's hand,wherein the aperture of the glove retains the glove in a fixed position on a user's hand when a user's hand is inserted into the retaining space of the glove and a user's thumb is inserted into the aperture such that a user's palm is held adjacent the palm surface and a back of a user's hand is held adjacent the back surface of the glove, the glove is thereby being retained in a non-rotatable position about a user's hand,wherein adhesive on a top sheet of material in the pad of the plurality of sheets of material adheres lint thereto when a user disposes said top sheet of material upon a lint-covered surface, andwherein the top sheet of material is detachable from the pad of the plurality of sheets of material, another sheet of material having adhesive thereon forming a new top sheet of material when the top sheet of material is detached.