US2343220A - Curved glove - Google Patents

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Feb. 29, 1944. N 2,343,220

CURVED GLOVE Filed Jan. 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3mm HM/VIw/K,

Feb. 29, 1944. A. MASON 2,343,220

CURVED GLOVE Filed Jan. 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Zlwucmtom MUM Patented Feb. 29, 1944 cuavsn GLOVE Arthur H. Mason, Evanston, 111., assignor to Wells Lamont Corporation, a corporation of Minnesota Application January 17, 1941, Serial No. 374,932

3 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves, and is particularly concerned with the formation of gloves of .curvilinear form. In particular the invention is concerned with the production of gloves wherein certain portions extend in angular relation to other portions.

It is the conventional practic to form gloves of both work and dress type in flat form, whereas in the normal position of the hand the fingers are bent to some degree and extend at an angle to the palm. It is therefore clea that gloves of conventional form are not fashioned to the normal shape of the hand. This is not a serious problem where the gloves are made of light, flexible and more or less stretchable material because in the course of wear the gloves will gradually be adjusted in shape. On the other hand, where the glove is made of stiff material such as certain cheap grades of leather and certain coarse fabrics, and where it is formed of rubberized material the conventional shape of glove is not satisfactory. Not only does the glove not form itself to the hand even after considerable wear, but it is extremely difilcult to bend the fingers.

' The problem referred to has been recognized, and it has been proposed to improve rubberized fabric gloves by vulcanizing with the fingers bent to various degrees. In such practic a fabric glove blank is made in flat form in the conven-.

tional manner, and after being subjected to a rubber coating treatment is put on a form of the desired shape for vulcanization. The vulcanization of the rubber is intended to fix the shape of the glove in the desired curved form. Such practice has been successful to a considerable de ree, but it is obvious, however, that the glove is not as satisfactory as might be desired because it is necessarily distorted out of the flat shape in which it was oridinally out. In particular difficulty has been experienced in the fingers, and particularly at the finger tips. In molding the glove to bend the fingers in the direction of the palm a pull is created lengthwise of th finger backs which results in the finger tip areas rolling rearwardly so as to draw the seams, which normally should extend across the tops of the fingers medially thereof, towards the back face of the fingers and produce a certain amount of wrinkling in the areas of the finger tips.

According to the present invention gloves are made with a special pattern calculated to result in the normal inclination of the glove fingers in relation to the glove palm, and the fingers may be bent to any desired degree more easily than in the case of gloves patterned in fiat form. Whereas in the rubberized gloves just; referred to the shaping of the glove is dependent upon the vulcanization of the rubber, the present inventlon enables these characteristics to be embodied in gloves of stifi leather or fabric which are devoid of rubber. The invention is, however particularly useful in connection with rubberized fabric gloves, and distinguishes over the prior practlces in such field in that the new glove is su1tably shaped to fit the form upon which the same is vulcanized after coating with rubber, with the result that the glove does not subsequently tend to wrinkle and distort. According to the invention the fingers may be readily inclmed to the palm without throwing the seams across the finger tips from their intended medial position rearwardly towardsthe back face of the fingers.

The invention will be understood by reference to the embodiment thereof illustrated in the drawmgs.

In such drawings:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view looking from the back of a glove embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the second finger of the glove of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank for the glove of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view of the main thumb section;

Fig. 6 shows the second finger back section:

Fig. 7 shows the third finger back section; and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of the front and back parts of the second finger in superposed relation to illustrate their common curvature at the finger tip.

The characteristic feature of the invention is that the back length of the glove is of greater length than the front of the glov in such arrangement that there will be a greater length of material at the back of certain or all of the fingers than in the corresponding front portions. In particular, the length of the finger backs measured from the base to the tip of the fingers is made greater than the length of the corresponding front portions.

of the second finger porated in all of the fingers, or only aportion of This feature may be incorof the seam and proper shaping of the finger at the tip areas it is desirable that the curve of the back and front finger sections across the tips should be the same.

The glove shown in Fig. 1 is a work glove made from the patterned parts shown in Figs. 4 through 7, which are composed of cotton or other suitable fabric. The blank 9 of Fig. 4 includes the palm section having integral therewith index finger front [0, second finger front H, third finger front l2, and fourth finger front l3. Also integral with blank 9 are index finger back 20 and little finger back 23, and the inner portion I 4 of the thumb. The rest of the thumb is composed of part 24 of Fig. 5. The second finger back2 I is shown in Fig. 6, and the third finger back 22 is shown in Fig. 7. It will be observed that finger backs 20, 2|, 22 and 23 are wider than the respective finger fronts H), II, l2 and If to provide the sides of the fingers. With this arrangement it will be understood to those skilled in the art that the finger seam, as indicated at 25 in Fig. 2, will be disposed adjacent the palm face of the glove. The back of the glove below the fingers is formed by portions 25 and 2'! of blank 9 and the reduced extensions 28 and 29 of the two middle finger pieces 2| and 22.

According to the invention, to facilitate bendingof the fingers the second finger back 2| is of a greater length a than the length a of the corresponding finger front I I measured from the finger base to the finger tip. Similarly, the third finger back 22 is of greater length 1) than the length l) of the corresponding finger front l2. In the blank shown in Fig. 4 the same relation holds for length of the index finger back 20 in'relation to length c of the corresponding fin ger front Ill. The length d of the little finger back 23 may also be made of greater length than length d of the corresponding finger front), but in the blank of Fig. 4 such lengths are the same. because of the relatively short length of the little finger and the lesser degree of bending to which it is ordinarily subjected.

The difierence in length of the front and back finger sections will necessarily be varied according to the pattern and material of different gloves. Adso, it will vary depending on the degree of finger' bend in relation to the palm which is desired in the finished glove. In the case of a molded rubberized fabric glove, for example, it may be desirable to set the fingers with only a slight bend thereof in relation to the palm, and in such case the difference in length between the back and front finger parts will be less than in a case where it is desired to mold the fingers with a considerably greater bend in relation to the palm.

-As previously explained, the increased length of the finger backs over the finger fronts not only serves to enable the glove finger to assume a natural'bend in relation to the palm in their normal position, but enables this to be done without causing the finger seams across the tips of the fingers to roll rearwardly towards the back face of the fingers. reference to Fig. 2 which illustrates the second finger. Therein point I represents the position of the seam across the finger tip, point 3] represents the finger base at the palm side of the finger, and point 2 represents the finger base at the rear side of the finger. If the finger as in conventional gloves was to extend straight away from the palm the distance between at and y, measuring the front length of the finger, should be the same as the distance between a: and z This will be understood by which measures the back length of the finger. However, to enable the finger to have anormal set as shown curving forwardly towards the palm, it is obvious that the distance between a: and z is longer than the distance between a: and y, and this requires a greater length of finger back. Otherwise if the finger is bent forwardly the finger seam at x would shift rearwardly in order that a sufficient length of fabricv be provided at the back.

To further improve the form of the finger tip where the fingers are to have a normal bent position as shown in Fig. 2, and particularly to prevent wrinkling and distortion in such area, it has been found desirable to shape the back and front finger parts with a common curvature across the finger tips. This is illustrated in Fig. 8 where- I in the front II and back 2| of the second finger are shown in superposed relation. While such parts are of different width, since part 2| also provides the finger sides as well as the back thereof, they are made to the same curvature between points p and q across the tip. Ordinarily such curvature will lie on the arc of a circle, but this is not necessary.

The glove'of Fig. 1 constructed as herein explained is provided with a ribbed knit fabric cuff 33, but obviously it may be provided with a gauntlet cuff if desired. The glove as here described Imay be made into a rubberized fabric glove in the usual manner. Thus, after the glove is completely seamed, it may be provided with a rubber coating 3! as indicated in Fig. and thereafter placed on a curved mold and vulcanized. Fig. 1 illustrates the complete glove after such an operation. By reason of the manner of constructing the fingers, they are able. to assume and be set during the vulcanizing process in the form shown without distortion. The finger seams at the tops will be correctly positioned substantially medially of the fingers as shown at point x in Fig. 2.

While the invention is particularly useful for rubberized fabric gloves, it will be evident the same will have utility in connection with other types of gloves, particularly gloves constructed of heavy and stifi material such as certain grades of the leather.

I claim:

1. A rubber coated fabric glove molded with at least certain of the fingers thereof bent to incline inwardly relative to the palm portion, said bent fingers comprising fabric front and back finger sections and being covered with a vulcanized rubber coating, the front sections of said bent fingers having curved top edges, the back finger sections being of greater width throughout the greater portion of their length than the front finger sections but having curved top edges of the same curvature and width as the top edges of the front finger sections, said front and back sections of the respective bent fingers being seamed together along their top. and side edges, the back finger sections being of sufiiciently greater length from finger base to finger tip than the corresponding front sections that in the bent position in which the fingers are molded the upper edge seaming between the front and back finger sections is disposed across the tops of the fingers intermediate the front and back faces thereof.

2. A rubber coated glove molded with at least certain of the fingers thereof bent to incline inwardly relative to the palm portion, said bent fingers comprising front sections of fiat'formed fabric pieces integral with the palm portion and back finger sections composed of fiat formed single piecesof fabric, the fabric front and back sections of said bent fingers being seamed together along their sides and around their upper edges, the fabric back sections of said fingers being of greater width except in their top portions than the corresponding front finger sections, and also being of greater length from the finger base to the finger tip than the front sections, whereby the fingers normally tend to incline inwardly relative to the palm, and said fingers being rubber coated and molded in the bent position determined by the length diiference between the front and back sections of the fingers wherein the upper edge seaming is disposed across the tops of the fingers intermediate the front and back faces.

3. A molded rubber coated fabric glove including a palm portion, and fingers comprising front and back sections seamed together along their side and around their upper edges, at least certain of the glove fingers being molded in forwarclly bent relation to the palm portion with the seams across the molded upper ends thereof set in a selected position forwardly of the rear finger faces, said bent fingers being of such greater length in their back sections than in their front sections as would tend to shift the seams at the fingertops forwardly of their selected position if the fingers were molded straight, but the length of the finger back sections being so proportioned to the amount of bend molded in the fingers that the fingertop seams occupy their selected position.

ARTHUR H. MASON.

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