Abstract A pair of work gloves in which each glove of the pair is reversible so as to permit its being worn on either the right hand or the left hand. The glove is fabricated from a pair of blanks sewn together along their periphery to form the glove. The glove blanks are fabricated from a knitted terry cloth fabric and are assembled so that when the glove is everted to place the seams on the inside, the smooth surfaces of the base fabric are on the interior of the glove and the terry pile surfaces are on the exterior of the glove. A knitted cuff is joined to the blanks around the wrist opening and a reinforcing path is cemented to the pile surface of the completed glove in the crotch between the thumb stall and the index finger stall of the glove. The reinforcing patch is likewise knitted terry cloth with the smooth surface inwardly and the pile surface outwardly. The patch is generally oval and is cut from the knitted material so that the minor axis of the oval is substantially parallel to the machine direction of the knitted fabric and in a similar manner the blanks making the body of the glove are cut so that the finger stalls are substantially parallel to the machine direction of the fabric so that when the components are assembled the body blanks and the reinforcing patch are assembled with their wales parallel to one another.
In a work glove which is identical when viewed from the front and from the back, so as to be worn on either the right hand or the left hand, the body of said glove comprising a knitted terry cloth fabric having a base structure smooth on one side and a pile surface on the other side, the smooth side being disposed interiorly of the glove and the pile surface being disposed on the exterior of the glove, the glove including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls including an index finger stall adjoining the thumb stall to provide a crotch therebetween; the improvement comprising reinforcement including at least one patch of knitted terry cloth material secured to each glove in said crotch, said patch being mounted by means of an adhesive layer on the under surface of the patch throughout its entire area and of a thickness to thoroughly bond to the pile elements on the pile surface of the glove in the crotch without penetrating into the base fabric structure underlying the pile surface, whereby the pile elements of the glove in the crotch area serve as flexible connectors securing the reinforcement to the glove body throughout the entire area of the reinforcement.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a work glove which is identical when viewed from the front and from the back, so as to be worn on either the right hand or the left hand, the body of said glove comprising a knitted terry cloth fabric having a base structure smooth on one side and a pile surface on the other side, the smooth side being disposed interiorly of the glove and the pile surface being disposed on the exterior of the glove, the glove including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls including an index finger stall adjoining the thumb stall to provide a crotch therebetween; the improvement comprising reinforcement including at least one patch of knitted terry cloth material secured to each glove in said crotch, said patch being mounted by means of an adhesive layer on the under surface of the patch throughout its entire area and of a thickness to thoroughly bond to the pile elements on the pile surface of the glove in the crotch without penetrating into the base fabric structure underlying the pile surface, whereby the pile elements of the glove in the crotch area serve as flexible connectors securing the reinforcement to the glove body throughout the entire area of the reinforcement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A glove according to claim 1 wherein the reinforcement patch is composed of a knitted terry cloth material having a knitted construction similar to the knitted terry cloth material of the body of the work glove, and wherein further the patch is generally oval in outline and the wale lines thereof extend parallel to the minor axis of the ellipse forming the oval outline.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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In a work glove according to Claim 1 in which the glove includes identical palm and back portions wherein said patch extends equally to overlie the palm and back portions in line with the index finger stall at the base thereof and equally overlies the front and the back of the thumb stall when said glove is flattened.