Patent ID: 7229670

Claim:
A method of making a glove using an apparatus comprising a generally hand-shaped mandrel and a stencil member having a plurality of apertures therethrough, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a generally hand-shaped glove having inner and outer surfaces, a palm surface, a thumb, and four fingers, including an index finger; (b) placing said glove over the mandrel to form a glove having a first, generally planar surface; (c) superimposing the stencil over said first surface of said glove; (d) depositing a multiplicity of dots of a polymer emulsion on said first surface of said glove by forcing the emulsion through said apertures formed in said stencil to form an uncured first precursor; (e) curing said polymer emulsion to form a first cured precursor; (f) removing said first cured precursor from the mandrel, turning the first cured precursor inside-out to form an inside-out first cured precursor and placing said inside-out first cured precursor over the mandrel to form an inside-out first precursor having a second, generally planar surface; (g) superimposing the stencil over said second generally planar surface of said inside-out first cured precursor; (h) depositing a multiplicity of dots of a polymer emulsion on at least a portion of said second generally planar surface of said inside-out first cured precursor by forcing the emulsion through said apertures formed in said stencil to form an uncured second precursor; (i) curing said polymer emulsion deposited on said inside-out first cured precursor to form a second cured precursor; and (j) removing said second cured precursor from said mandrel.