US2661476A - Glove - Google Patents

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Dec. 8, 1953 E. L.. BoBBlT-r 2,661,476

GLOVE Filed Nov. so, 1951 E E- 4- INVENTOR Ernei L. alv

BYMMMAQM? ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 8, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLOVE Ernest L. Bobbitt, Wheeling, W. Va.' Application November so, 1951, serial No. 259,211

8 Claims.

. This invention relates to gloves, and more particularly to reversible two-thumb work gloves.

One of the principal problems in the manufacture of gloves is to shape the blanks so that with a minimum number of such blanks sui cient fullness will be obtained in the fingers without unduly increasing the width of the glove through the palm and wrist. In dress gloves wherein cost is not a controlling factor this result is attained through the use of extra blanks,

termed fourchettes, which are tapered inserts set into adjacent side edges of the fingers. Since the principal item of cost in glove manufacture is that of the hand labor required to sew together the various blanks and since the use of fourchettes increases such labor, fourchettes generally are not used in work gloves.

Various constructions are used in work gloves for obtaining, with a minimum number of blanks to reduce labor costs, the aforementioned necesouter side and base of the thumb. In this construction, the finger portions of the three blanks forming the backs of the middle, ring, and little fingers of the glove are wider than the corresponding finger portions of the first mentioned blank. Hence, when the linger portions of these three blanks are stitched to the corresponding finger portions of the aforementioned'first blank,

the necessary fullness is obtained in the fingers without undue widening of the palm. For the same reason,

corresponding front portion. As a result of .this construction, longitudinally along the side edges and around the ends of the fingers are not disposed centrally of such edges, i. e. midway ofthe finger thickness, but instead are disposed nearer the palm side of the fingers. posed on the wearing surface of the fingers with consequent rapid shortening of-the life of the glove when in use.

In order to greatly lengthen theylife of work that portion of the first blank formn ing the back of the forefinger is widerthan the however, the seams which runv which have two thumbs, one for each face of the glove, so that the glove may be worn interfchangeably on either hand. Hence, whenv the gloves have become worn on one face, they may be shifted from one hand to the other and the other, unworn face exposed to wear until the entire glove is worn. out. Gloves of this type present the same problem of suitably shaping and of minimizing the number of blanks to obtain suliicient fullness in the fingers without undue width in the palmv and wrist, and to maintain both labor and material wastage at a minimum.

At the present time the reversible two-thumb work glove most commonly manufactured is made from a first blank that is folded to form both palms, both sides of the forefinger, both sides of the little finger, and one side of the rmiddle and ring fingers. Additionally, this first blank has cut-out, out-turned tabs forming the inside of both thumbs. The other sides of the middle and ring fingers are formed by a second blank which is stitched to the first. Two identilcal thumb blanks are stitched to the thumb tabs and` to the edges of the cut-out portion of the 4first blank to form the outer sides and bases of the two thumbs. In this construction the middle and ring finger portions of the first blank are narrower than the corresponding portions of the second blank used to form the opposite sides of ,these two fingers, in order to obtain the necessary fullness in these lingers without undue increase in the width of the glove through the palm and wrist. The result is that the seams runningalong the side edges and around the ends of the middle and ring fingers are again offset toward one face of the glove with consequent exposure `to wear. The same offset exposed seams Iappear on the forefinger and little finger on the same face of the gloved because the fullness in these fingers is obtained 'by making their opposite-side portions of the first blank Hence, such seams are ex' gloves, reversible gloves have been developed of different width in order to obtain the'nece'ssary fullness in these fingers. Additionally, the other face of the vglove has an exposed seam running transversely across the base of the middle and ring fingers, an area of greatest wear.

, It will thusbe seen that in conventional twothumb work gloves there are exposed seams at the areas of greatest wear of the glove. Further-A more, because ofthe fact that the finger portions of the` blanks forming one side of the fingers are narrower than the iin'ger portions of the blank forming the other side of the ngers, it is very difficult for a seamstress to sew the fingerV blanks together around vtheir peripheries because such blanks cannot be disposed in contiguous overlying :tiguous relationship.

the linger seams are not exposed on either face of the glove.

It is another oiojooi of this invention to pro-v vide a reversible two-thumb workglove which is devoid of transverse seams in the fingers or palms.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a reversible two-thumb work glove hav.- ing a minimum number of symmetrical or identil.o al. corresponding Ilillanksfor fforrning.h both sides of the glove, whereby the ngerv portions ofsuch .blanks may be. stitched together alongthein edges while such blanks are disposed in overlying con- It is still another objeet .this invention to provide areversible two-thumb work glove having a minimum numberof-blanks. thatcan be cutout with a minimumof material wastage.

It is still another Object 0f thisinvention to .provide an improved. reversible two-thumb work glove -which does not. employ fourchettes, in which the linger seams are disposed intermediate the working faces vof the lingers, and .in which only for forming the outer sides of the two thumbs and two seams appear on the workingfaces of the y gloves, such seams running lengthwise of the 4palm of the glove. It is still another object of this invention-to provide a reversible two-thumb Work 'glove for .which the trainingtime for a fabricating seamstress is about three months, and. which canbe sewed up by a trained seamstress in less time than that required toV sew up .conventional type reversible two-thumbfwork gloves.

4 are adapted to be turned outwardly (as is shown by the tab on the right in Figure 1) to form the inner sides of the thumb. Two identical blanks 22 and 24 have end portions 26 for forming both sides of the ring linger, and somewhat tapered portions 28 for forming lengthwise sections of both palms adjacent the base of the ring linger. A fourth blank 30 is symmetrical about a median line- 32 and has end portions 34 for'forming both Sides of the-little'inger. This blank 34 also has tapering portions 36 for forming lengthwise sections of both palms and an edge of the glove, ad- .jacent the base of the little linger. Two identical blanks, which may be termed fifth and sixth blanks,"38 and' 40 respectively, have portions 42 portions 44 for forming the bases of the thumbs. Itfwillbe noted that the first blank I0 is transversely wider through its finger-forming portions Maud I6 thanthrough its. palm-,forming portions I8.. In other words, the sideV edges of the blank l0. are inwardly offset along .the palm- .forming portions I 8. The same is true ofthe second, third, and fourth blanks. Hence, when these blanks arestitched, together, as later described, the fingers of the resulting glove have the. necessaryfullness while the palm and wrist portion of the glove are sufficiently narrow to fit the. .hand properly without bunching of excess material in the palm.. Likewise, it will be noted .that-the, central portions of the thumb blanks .are-transversely. wider than their end portions 42 a nd...44.in. order to, provide fullness about the thumb`V knuckle or base joint of the thumb withollt undesirable fullness about the base of the thumb, i. e. adjacentthe wrist.

. It-alsov will be noted that all of the blanks have straight end edges 45, opposite their respective finger-forming portions, which straight edges are It isafurther object of this inventionto provide an improved reversible two-thumb work glove `that will provide ,one hundredr percent-.more wear than a `conventional single-thumb Work glove at 25 to 30% more cost, such increase incost result.- ing largely fromthe factthat bothfaces of the glove are of double ply as contrasted to. single ply for the backs of single thumbwork gloves.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following specification and accompanying drawings,.in:which:

Figure 1 illustrates -a set of blanks for constructing a glove.` embodying thisinvention.

Figure 2 is a side perspective. view of aglove embodying this invention, taken from the thumb side thereof. AFigure-3 is a palm view of a glove embodying this invention` f Figure 4 is an end view of the fingers of a glove embodying thisinvention.V

' Referring now tothe drawingsthere is` shown in Figure l a set of blanks of appropriate material, such as canvas or others uitableworkffabric, for constructinga glove in accordance with this invention. A iirst-blank I0,- which isfsymmetrical about a-lengthwise median line I2, embodiesend portions I 4 for forming both sides Y of .the forelinger, end portions I6 Afor forming bothsidesbf `the-middleY finger, andportionsA I8 for'forming lengthwise-sections of both palms and an edge-.of

the Yglove adjacent the` thumbs. Each of VVthese aligned, when Vthe blanks are stitched together as later described, so kthat a wrist-forming cuir 41 may be attached thereto.

Inaccordance with the usual practice for sewing up, work gloves, the glove` blanks I 0, 22, 24, 30, 38, and 40 are stitched together with concealed seams, the stitches 46 of which may be seen bythe pulled-apart portion of the seam 48 shown in Figure 3.. Hence, to assemble and stitch the, blanks together to form a glove, the iirst blank I0 is folded upon its median line I2, for example-rearward of the plane of the drawing of vFigure l, softhat each half thereof overlies the other and identical half. Each vhalf of the thus folded `blank I0 is thereupon stitched together around. the edges of the finger-forming portionsl4and I 6. The second and third blanks 22 and 24 .are then superimposed, for example .with theblank 24 on top, and stitched together around the edges of their finger forming portions 26. The fourth blank30 is folded upon its median `line 32 andthe identical halves of the thusfoldedblank stitched together around the edges ofthe ringer forming portions a4. The length'- wise straight edge 50,01v one of the palm forming portions, ,I8 of the first blank I0 is thereupon turned up. and stitched to .the likewise turned up straight edge 52. of the palm forming portionn28 o f the third blank 24. .In similar fashion the edge 5 4 .of the other palm forming portion I8 of the msi blank It is stitched to the odge 5s of 'the'second blank 22. Likewise, the lengthwise straight edges 5.8 and 60Hof the palm `forming portions 36 of the fourth blank 30 are stitched kto,thecorresponding edges 62 and B4 of the 'third and second blanks 24 and 22. The thumb tabs are thereupon turned out, as shown by the right-hand tab in Figure 1, and the correspondlng thumb blanks 38 and 40 superimposed thereon and stitched around the edges of their portions 42 to the tabs. The edges of the tab portions 44 are turned up and stitched to the correspondingly turned up edges 66 of the cut-out portions of the first blank I0.

Upon completion of the several stitching operations, all of the stitched and the thus secured edges of the blanks will be exposed. Hence, the glove must be turned inside out to provide concealed seams and result in the finished product shown in Figures 2 and 3. Thereafter, or before the turning operation, one edge of the wrist cuff 41 may be stitched in any appropriate fashion to the aligned straight edges 45 of the blanks.

In order to prevent the unused thumb from dangling or flapping about when the glove is in use, there is provided about the base of each thumb an elastic strip 6B, the opposite ends of which are preferably stitched within the seams 1l at the opposite sides of the base of the thumb, i. e. the seams joining the edges of the portions 44 of the thumb blanks to the edges B6 of the cut-out portions of the rst blank. Hence, the unused thumb may be folded outwardly and tucked between the elastic strip and the base of the thumb to securely confine such thumb while the glove is in use.

It will be particularly noted that, because both faces of the glove are formed from essentially identical blanks, the seams l2 joining the blank portions forming the opposite sides of the fingers extend midway along the side edges and around the ends of the fingers, as shown best in Figure 4, so that such seams are not exposed on either wearing face of the glove when the latter is in use. Additionally, it will be noted that the only seams exposed on the palms of the glove are the two lengthwise seams 48 and 14 joining the side edges of the palm-forming portions of the blanks I0, 22, 24, and 30 and extending from each side of the base of the ring finger to the wrist of the glove.

It will thus be seen that the objects of this invention have been fully and elfectively accomplished. It will be realized, however, that various changes may be made in the specific example of the glove illustrated and described for the purpose of disclosing the principles of this invention, without departing from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications which are encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A reversible two-thumb glove comprising: a rst blank forming the foreiinger, middle finger, the inner sides of both thumbs, and portions of both palms; second and third identical blanks each secured to opposite edges of said first blank and forming the ring finger and portions of both palms; a fourth blank having opposite edges thereof secured to said third and fourth blanks and forming the little finger and the balance of both palms; and fifth and sixth identical blanks secured to said first blank and forming the outer sides and bases of the two thumbs.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 including a seventh blank secured toall the six other blanks and forming the wrist.

3. The structure defined in claim 1 in which the lines of securement of the blanks run lengthwise of the glove.

4. A reversible two-thumb glove comprising: a

forefinger, middle finger, the inner sides of both thumbs, and portions of both palms formed from a single folded blank; a ring finger and portions of both palms formed from two identical blanks; a little finger and the balance of both palms formed from a single folded blank; and the outer sides and bases of both thumbs formed from two identical blanks.

5. As an article of manufacture for making a reversible two-thumb glove, a set of blanks comprising: a rst blank symmetrical about a lengthwise median line and adapted to be folded thereon and have its edges stitched together around one end and partly along one side to form the forefinger, the middle finger, the inner sides of both thumbs, and portions of both palms; second and third identical blanks adapted to be disposed in overlying relation, have their edges stitched together around one end and partly along both sides, and each to be stitched to a separate side edge of said rst blank to form the ring finger and portions of both palms; a fourth blank symmetrical about a median line and adapted to be folded thereon, to have its edges stitched together around one end and partly along one side, and to have its separate side edges stitched to said second and third blanks, respectively, to form the little finger and the balance of both palms; and two additional identical blanks, each adapted to be stitched along its edges to said first blank to form a separate thumb.

6. A reversible two-thumb glove comprising: a fir-st blank symmetrical about a lengthwise median line and folded thereon with its edges stitched together around one end and partly along one side to form the forenger, middle finger, and lengthwise sections of bothpalms, and each half of the folded blank having an outfolded cut-out tab to form the inner side of |one thumb; second and third overlying identical blanks with their edges stitched together around one end and partly along both sides to form the ring finger and lengthwise sections of both palms; a fourth blank symmetrical about a lengthwise median line and folded thereon with its edges stitched together around one end and partly along one side to form the little finger and the balance of both palms, all of said blanks being stitched together along the side edges of their said palm sections; and fifth and sixth identical blanks having their edges stitched to the edges of the respective tabs of said iirst blank and to the edges of the corresponding cutout portions thereof to form the outer sides and bases of the thumbs.

7. The structure defined in claim 6 in which all of the blanks have end edges in alignment at the wrist and including a cuff blank stitched along one edge to said end edges to form the wrist.

8. The structure defined in claim 6 in which the palm sections of the first, second, third, and fourth blanks are of less width than the finger sections thereof.

ERNEST L. BOBBI'I'I.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,027,688 Casler May 28, 1912 1,156,517 Baskin Oct. 12, 1915 1,271,110 Zeigler July 2, 1918 1,496,639 Hunnell June 3, 1924 2,427,170 Wells i Sept. 9, 1947

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