Protective Gloves

Abstract

The present invention relates to medical gloves, as well as gloves that are used to protect a person's hand from harmful substances. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, protective gloves are provided that comprise four fingers and a thumb portion, wherein the thumb portion comprises a unique mark that visually differentiates the thumb portion from the four fingers. Alternatively, according to other embodiments of the present invention, the protective gloves comprise a small-finger portion, three additional fingers and a thumb portion, wherein the small-finger portion comprises a unique mark that visually differentiates the small-finger portion from the three additional fingers and the thumb portion.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The field of the invention relates to medical gloves, as well as gloves that are used to protect a person's hand from harmful substances, such as abrasive or toxic chemicals or biological agents.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]Latex gloves (both natural and synthetic) are widely used in a variety of industries. For example, protective latex gloves are used in the medical profession, in order to avoid contaminating a wounded area of a patient (and to protect the healthcare provider from infectious diseases that a patient may carry). With these types of applications, it is important to maintain the protective glove in a clean and preferably sterile condition, such that contact between the exterior surface of the glove and a wounded area of a patient will not lead to infection.[0003]The protective latex gloves that are routinely used in the medical profession typically exhibit a single, solid color, such as yellow, blue, or other colors. These gloves are typica...

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Benefits of technology

[0040]There has thus been broadly outlined the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be desc

Problems solved by technology

Because these types of protective latex gloves typically exhibit a single, solid color, it is often difficult to quickly determine the correct orientation of the glove, i.e., it is often difficult to quickly distinguish the thumb portion from the small-finger portion of the glove, which is necessary to apply the glove to a person's hand in its correct orientation.

This leads to undesirable and potentially harmful contamination of the exterior portion of the protective glove, which may cause an infection in a wound of a patient.

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