Glove that conforms to different finger sizes

Abstract

A glove is provided with stretchable zones or sections on the finger portions of the glove to allow adjustable form fitted receipt of a wearer's fingers, while conforming to varying finger lengths of different wearers so that the glove finger portions do not extend beyond the tips of the wearer's fingers.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This non-provisional patent application is based on provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 323,244 filed Apr. 15, 2016.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to gloves and, more particularly, to a glove having finger portions that are adjustable in length to accommodate different hand sizes and finger lengths of users.DISCUSSION OF THE RELATED ART[0003]Men's and ladies' gloves typically come in sizes small, medium, large and extra large. While these size categories generally accommodate the varying hand sizes of the general population, the glove size is designed to accommodate a particular hand size, and not a specific finger length. In order to ensure that gloves fit onto the hands of most people of the same hand size, the length of glove fingers are often longer than the user's finger length. This results in extra material at the end of the finger portion of the glove extending beyond the tips of the wearer's fingers. In fact...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The present invention is directed to a glove having individual finger portions that conform to varying finger lengths of different users in order to provide a proper fit without excess material of the finger portions extending beyond the tips of the wearer's fingers. In a preferred embodiment, each of the finger portions of the glove includes a section of elastomeric stretchable material at least partially encircling the finger portion. This section or zone of stretchable material may be located at the base, the middle or near the tip of the finger portion. The section of elastomeric material allows the finger portion to extend in length in response to an outward force exerted by the wearer's finger tip against an interior distal end of the finger portion of the glove when the user fits the gloves onto their hand. In another embodiment, a section of elastomeric stretchable material spirals around each finger portion to allow the finger portion to extend in length, as necessary, in order to accommodate different finger lengths of wearers. In a further embodiment, one or more of the finger portions may include two or three sections of stretchable material between the base and the tip.

Problems solved by technology

This results in extra material at the end of the finger portion of the glove extending beyond the tips of the wearer's fingers.

The excess glove material extending from the ends of the finger portions can be annoying, distracting and inhibit the intended function of the glove.

For instance, excess material extending from the finger portions of a golf glove when worn on a golfer's hand will interfere with the proper grip of the golf club.

This excess material on the ends of the fingers of the golf glove can also be annoying and interfere with the golfer's concentration.

Moreover, excess material extending from the ends of the fingers of a work glove can present a safety hazard.

In particular, the excess material extending beyond the tips of a wearer's fingers of a work glove can get caught in machinery or become pinched between two objects, resulting in possible injury to the worker.

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