Protective glove with a removable liner

Abstract

A heat resistant and liquid impermeable glove for the food service industry that has an outer shell and an inner liner that are detachably securable to one another. The liner is insertable into the shell and is detachably secured thereto by one or more securements. Each of the shell and the liner have a front and a back that are joined together and form a hollow interior therebetween. Each of the shell and liner has a peripheral edge which surrounds an opening to the hollow interior and has digit shaped extension that receive the fingers and thumb of a worker. A first securement is applied to an exterior surface of the liner proximate its peripheral edge and to an interior surface of the shell proximate its peripheral edge. A second securement is applied to the exterior surface of the digit-shaped extensions of the liner and to the interior surface of the digit-shaped extensions of the shell. The first and second securements comprise first and second layers of complementary mating fastener material. This fastener material may be of the hook and loop type or of the self-mating reclosable type.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]This invention generally relates to gloves. More particularly, the invention relates to a protective glove used in the fast food industry. Specifically, the invention relates to a glove for use by workers operating equipment containing heated liquids and the glove includes a heat resistant and liquid impermeable outer shell having a removably secured liner therein.[0003]2. Background Information[0004]In the food services industry workers are frequently exposed to heated surfaces and liquids that may cause severe injury and burns. It has therefore become common for workers dealing with hot liquids, such as oil used in fryers, to wear protective clothing including heat resistant gloves. The gloves in question need to prevent radiant heat from the hot liquid from burning the skin of the worker. The gloves also need to be liquid impermeable to prevent hot liquid that splashes onto the gloves from soaking into the glove and causing...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The device of the present invention comprises a heat resistant and liquid impermeable glove for the food service industry that has an outer shell and an inner liner that are detachably securable to one another. The liner is insertable into the shell and is detachably secured thereto by one or more securements. Each of the shell and the liner have a front and a back that are joined together and form a hollow interior therebetween. Each of the shell and liner has a peripheral edge which surrounds an opening to the hollow interior and has digit shaped extension that rece

Problems solved by technology

In the food services industry workers are frequently exposed to heated surfaces and liquids that may cause severe injury and burns.

They are, however, extremely expensive and as a result of this, the same gloves are shared by all of the workers that operate the fryers.

This causes a variety of problems.

Firstly, the gloves may become dirty in a first shift and then have to be worn by workers in subsequent shifts.

Secondly, if one of the workers that shares the gloves develops some sort of transmittable skin disorder, such as eczema or dermatitis, the remaining workers that share those gloves may catch the disorder.

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