WO2014107614A1

WO2014107614A1 - Dip-coated mesh protective glove and method of making

Info

Publication number: WO2014107614A1
Application number: PCT/US2014/010236
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michael J. BATT; Erik EINESSON
Original assignee: Batt Michael J; Einesson Erik
Priority date: 2013-01-03
Filing date: 2014-01-03
Publication date: 2014-07-10

Abstract

A dip-coated, protective glove and a method of making the glove are disclosed. The glove has a bias cut metal-mesh pattern attached between a lining and a shell, and is dip-coated with a polymer. The metal-mesh has 0.20 mm or less diameter, stainless steel fibers and a 0.20 mm or less largest-space-between-fibers, and a multi-layer region with an upper layer having a horizontal fiber direction off-set by 22.5 +/- 5 degrees with respect to a horizontal fiber direction of the lower layer. The pattern has finger-nail covers joined to the finger sections. The glove is constructed by attaching the pattern to the lining, then attaching the combination to the inverted shell. The structure is reverted and dip coated in a polymer. Alternately, the pattern is attached to the inverted glove shell. The glove lining is fitted and attached, the assembly reverted, and dip-coated.

Description

DIP-COATED MESH PROTECTIVE GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING Inventors: Erik Einesson and Michael Blatt

Claim of Priority

This application claims priority to US Application no. 61/748,676 filed on January 3rd, 2013, US Application no. 61/749,381 filed on January 6th, 2013 and US Application no. 61/901,748 filed on November 08, 2013, the contents of all of which are hereby fully incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a protective garment, and more specifically, to a dip coated protective glove having a metallic-mesh, and to the method of making such a glove. Background Art

Dip-coated, metal-mesh protective gloves are widely used in many industries such as, but not limited to, the drilling and mining industries, the chemical processing industries and in the food processing industry. The dip coating is typically intended to provide water resistance to all or part of the glove, and may also provide resistance to acid or alkali solutions.

The present invention provides simple and cost effective methods of producing such gloves so that they may be manufactured to exacting high quality standards of cut, puncture and moisture or chemical resistance.

The relevant prior art wiring includes:

US Patent 4251574 issued to Francis T. Berend on Feb 17, 1981 entitled "Method of molding gloves" that describes a method of manufacture of a protective glove, in which there is provided a mold having two parts interconnected to be moved into open and closed positions. There is also provided an inner glove lining and each part of the mold is covered with it. The mold, in closed position, is dipped in a bath of protective coating material, removed therefrom, and exposed to initial draining of an excess of coating material. Thereafter, the mold is opened and the draining is completed, while portions of the coating material are retained and gelled.

US Patent Publication 2011/0179551 published by Steven R. Van Ermen on Jan 27, 2011 entitled "Breathable Coated And Perforated Gloves" that describes a protective glove includes a hand covering shell and a polymer coating that covers at least the palm area of the hand covering shell, wherein the coating has perforations in the palm area of the glove, and wherein the size of the perforations, the number of the perforations, and the overall area encompassed by the perforations provide breathability. These features provide an improved protective glove that keeps the hand at a lower temperature and causes less perspiration than existing gloves, but which still can provide a desired level of protection against cuts, abrasions, and/or puncture.

US Patent 5070540 issued to William H. Bettcher and Laurence A. Bettcher on

Dec 10, 1991 entitled "Protective garment" that describes a protective garment, such as a glove, arm guard or the like, made of wire and fiber strands and an elastomeric coating. The preferred garment is knitted from yarn having a core of one or more wire strands and a fiber strand, and two wrappings of fiber strands, preferably polyester. The knitted garment is coated, preferably by dipping in nitrile rubber, and the coating is cured in place. The garment is highly cut-resistant, nonabsorbent, highly slip-resistant, liquid in weight and flexible.

US Patent 7378043 issued to Noorman Abu Hassan et al. on May 27, 2008 entitled "Latex gloves and articles with geometrically defined surface texture ..." that describes Latex articles with geometrically defined surface structure providing enhanced grip characteristics in dry, wet or oily environment; and a method of making them that includes applying a polymeric coagulant coating to a smooth former surface, wherein the coating becomes tacky during drying, applying discrete coagulant particles of selected size, shape and distribution to the tacky coating to attach and protrude from the former surface with the polymeric coagulant coating, dipping the former into an aqueous latex emulsion, wherein the polymeric coagulant coating and the discrete coagulating particles destabilize the latex, thereby developing a latex layer, vulcanizing and stripping the latex article inside out, and dissolving the discrete coagulant particles in water or suitable solvents to reveal the geometrically designed texture with pre-selected size, shape and distribution of impressions providing improved dry, wet and oily surface grip by removal of a fluid boundary layer.

Various implements are known in the art, but fail to address all of the problems solved by the invention described herein. Various embodiments of this invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be described in more detail herein below.

Disclosure of Invention

An inventive dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove, and a method of making the glove, are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the method of constructing the dip- coated, metal-mesh protective glove may include making or obtaining a metal-mesh pattern, and attaching that metal mesh pattern between a glove lining, preferably made of a flexible fabric suitable for prolonged contact with the skin, and a glove shell, preferably make of a suitably flexible and wear resistant fabric. Once assembled, the glove may be coated with a suitably water resistant full, or partial, outer covering by dipping, or by heat or otherwise activating a pre-dipped, attached powder. The metal-mesh pattern is preferably made of stainless steel with fibers having diameters less than 0.20 mm and a largest space between fibers of 0.20 mm or less. In an even more preferred embodiment, the fibers may have diameters less than 0.15 mm and a largest space between fibers of 0.15 mm or less.

In a preferred embodiment, the metal-mesh pattern may be cut from a single, contiguous, planar piece of woven metallic cloth and is shaped and sized to substantially conform to a plan-form of the palm region and four fingers of a human hand and wherein a bias direction of the woven metallic cloth is substantially aligned along the length of at least one of the finger regions. Having the bias direction of the mesh aligned with the length of a finger has been found to reduce metal fatigue when the glove is repeatedly opened and closed and so help extend the life of a glove.

In a further preferred embodiment, the metal-mesh pattern may have at least one multi-layer protective region in which an upper layer of mesh may have a horizontal fiber direction that may be off-set at an angle of 22.5 +/- 5 degrees with respect to a horizontal fiber direction of a lower layer of mesh. In an even more preferred embodiment, the off-set angle may be 22.5 +/- 1 degree.

The metal-mesh pattern may include one or more finger nail cover regions joined by a waisted connection to a finger section of the pattern.

In one preferred embodiment, the method of constructing the glove may include first attaching the metal-mesh pattern to the glove lining, then attaching the combined mesh and lining to the inside of the glove shell. This may, for instance, be done by attaching the combined mesh and lining to the inverted glove shell. The structure may then be reverted and a dip coating of a polymer attached or activated. The attachment may be by a method such as, but not limited to, gluing, stapling, stitching or some combination thereof. In another preferred embodiment the metal-mesh pattern may first be attached to the inside of the glove shell. This may, for instance, be done by inverting the glove shell and then attaching the metal-mesh pattern. A glove lining may then be attached, and the assembly reverted before dip-coating. Therefore, the present invention succeeds in conferring the following, and others not mentioned, desirable and useful benefits and objectives.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cost effective method of making a metal-mesh dip-coated protective glove.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of making a protective glove that is simple yet precise, to help insure consistent high quality.

Brief Description of Drawings

Fig. 1 A shows a preferred embodiment of a cut out of a metal-mesh pattern for incorporation into a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove of the present invention.

Fig. 1 B shows a preferred embodiment of a folded metal-mesh pattern for incorporation into a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove of the present invention.

Fig. 2 A shows a plan view of a preferred embodiment of a metal-mesh pattern attached to a glove lining prior to attaching to a glove shell.

Fig. 2 B shows a cross-section view of a preferred embodiment of a metal-mesh pattern attached to a glove lining prior to attaching to a glove shell.

Fig. 3 A shows a palm-side, plan view of a glove lining stitched to a metal-mesh pattern and then glued to a glove shell in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 B shows a top-side, plan view of a glove lining stitched to a metal-mesh pattern and then glued to a glove shell in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 C shows a side view of a glove lining stitched to a metal-mesh pattern and then glued to a glove shell in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of some of the steps in a preferred method of making a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove.

Fig. 5 A shows palm-side, plan view of a metal-mesh pattern attached to an inverted glove shell in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 B shows a side view of a metal-mesh pattern attached to an inverted glove shell in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic flow diagram of some of the steps in a further preferred method of making a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic plan view of a metallic grid.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic plan view of two overlapping metallic grids.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. Identical elements in the various figures are identified with the same reference numerals. Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present invention. Such embodiments are provided by way of explanation of the present invention, which is not intended to be limited thereto. In fact, those of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate upon reading the present specification and viewing the present drawings that various modifications and variations can be made thereto.

Figure 1 A shows a preferred embodiment of a cut out of a metal-mesh pattern for incorporation into a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove of the present invention. The metal-mesh pattern 105 may, for instance, be cut from a single layer of a suitable metallic mesh. The metal-mesh pattern 105 may have a mesh trunk portion 125 and a mesh body portion 145, so named because of their resemblance to a silhouette of an elephant.

The mesh trunk portion 125 may include a first palm mesh region 130, a thumb mesh region 135 extending out from the first palm mesh region 130 and a thumb nail cover 140 that may be connected to the tip of the thumb mesh region 135 by a waisted connection 115.

The mesh body portion 145 may include a second mesh palm portion 150 and one or more finger sections 120 connected to, and extending away from the second mesh palm portion 150. The finger sections 120 may each include a finger nail cover 110 that may be attached to a tip of each finger section 120 by a waisted connection 115.

Figure 1 A also shows the weft fibers 220 and the warp fibers 225 of a woven metallic mesh. Woven material has a bias direction 260 that is at an angle of 45 degrees to both the weft and the warp fibers of the fabric. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bias direction 260 of the woven metallic cloth may be aligned in substantially the direction of one or more of the finger sections 120 of the metal-mesh pattern 105.

Laboratory testing has shown that cutting the pattern so that the bias of the metal mesh aligns with the length of the fingers and is, therefore, orthogonal to the axis of bending when the glove is clenched, enables the useable lifetime of the gloves to be extended by a factor of 3 - 4 times, i.e., it quadruples the lifetime, without impacting the cut or puncture characteristics of the glove. The increase in lifetime, and especially the magnitude of the increase, was a surprising and unexpected result.

The metal mesh may be woven from metallic threads that may have a diameter that is less than 170 μιη in diameter, and may be woven to have an open area of less than 55 %. The threads may preferably be made of a chromium steel such as, but not limited to, Grade 316 L stainless steel, as this may provide the best combination of strength, durability and corrosion resistance. In alternative embodiments the, threads may be made of a metal or metal ally such as, but not limited to, stainless steel, steel, aluminum, iron, copper, bronze, brass, magnesium, magnelium, titanium, zinc or some combination thereof. The metal may be chosen to optimize some quality such as, but not limited to, cost, wear, durability, weight or wearability or some combination thereof. The woven material may, for instance, have a combination of such metals used by, for instance, using a different thread for the warp and the weft threads, or by alternating use of types and sizes of threads in either the warp or weft threads or some combination thereof. The may be done to optimize some quality such as, but not limited to, cost, wear, durability, weight or wearability or some combination thereof.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the woven metallic threads may have a diameter that is less than 55 μιη in diameter, and may be woven to have an open area of less than 35 %.

Figure 1 B shows a preferred embodiment of a folded metal-mesh pattern for incorporation into a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove of the present invention.

The metal-mesh pattern 105 may have been folded along mesh fold line 155 so that first palm mesh region 130 and second mesh palm portion 150 now overlap and form multi-layer protective region 160. The thumb mesh region 135 and the one or more finger section 120 now all extend upward in substantially the same direction, away from mesh fold line 155 and the multi-layer protective region 160. The thumb nail cover 140 and the finger nail covers 110 are all connected via waisted connections 115.

Figure 2 A shows a plan view and Figure 2 B shows a cross-section view of a preferred embodiment of a metal-mesh pattern attached to a glove lining prior to attaching to a glove shell.

The metal-mesh pattern 105 may be attached to the glove lining 165 by, for instance, having glove lining fold over region 185 that may wrap around the edges or perimeter of the metal-mesh pattern 105. The glove lining 165 may then be attached to the metal-mesh pattern 105 by lines of stitching 180. The lines of stitching 180 may, for instance, be done using a suitable thread such as, but not limited to, a cotton, nylon, rayon, polyester, silk, wool, acrylic or metal thread, or some combination thereof.

In an alternative embodiment, metal-mesh pattern 105 may, for instance, be attached by attachment methods such as, but not limited to, adhesives, stapling, or some combination thereof.

The lines of stitching 180 preferably has one or more lining nail cover extensions

175 that may extend beyond the finger nail covers 110 that may be connected to the rest of the metal-mesh pattern 105, including the multi-layer protective region 160, by one or more waisted connections 115.

Figure 2 B shows a schematic X-section viewed along a hypothetical cut line AA. Figure 3 A shows a palm-side, plan view, Figure 3 B shows a top-side, plan view, and Figure 3 C shows a side view of a glove lining stitched to a metal-mesh pattern and the combined lining and pattern then fixed to a glove shell in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 A shows the palm side of an inverted glove shell 170 to which a combination of glove lining 165 and metal-mesh pattern may be attached. The attachment of the mesh and lining combination to the inverted glove shell 170 may be by an attachment method such as, but not limited to, stitching, adhesive or stapling or some combination thereof.

Figure 3 B shows a plan, top- side view of an inverted glove shell 170 to which the lining nail cover extension 175 that may be attached to the nail cover portion of the metal- mesh pattern by the lines of stitching 180 has been attached to the upper thumb and upper finger portions of the inverted glove shell 170, i.e., to the inside of the glove shell 170.

Figure 3 C shows a schematic cross-section viewed on virtual cut BB. In a preferred embodiment, the glove shell 170 may, for instance, be attached to the metal- mesh pattern 105 by lines of stitching, though in alternate embodiment that attachment may be by adhesive or stapling or any other suitable means of attachment.

In a preferred embodiment, the combined glove lining 165 and metal-mesh pattern 105 may then be attached to the inverted glove shell 170 by means of an adhesive 190. In further embodiments, this attachment may also, or instead, be by a suitable attachment means such as, but not limited to, stitching or stapling or a combination thereof.

Figure 3 C also shows the lining nail cover extension 175 extending beyond the finger nail cover 110, with both being brought back over the top of the finger tip. The extended lining nail cover extension 175 may then be joined directly to the inverted glove shell 170.

Figure 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of some of the steps in a preferred method of making a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove.

In step 4001, create mesh pattern, the mesh pattern may be obtained. In a preferred embodiment, the metal-mesh pattern 105 may be cut from a single layer of mesh in an "elephant" pattern and then folded to provide a region of overlapping mesh in a vicinity of the palm, as shown in Figures 1 A and I B. In alternate embodiments the mesh pattern may, for instance, be made up of one or more layers cut to substantially match the plan shown in Figure 1 B. Multiple layers may simply be stacked on top of each other or may be joined by some method such as, but not limited to, stitching, gluing, stapling or some combination thereof.

In step 4002, attach pattern to liner, the pattern may be attached to the outside surface of a glove liner. In a preferred embodiment, this attachment of the metal-mesh pattern 105 to the outside of the glove lining 165 may be made by stitching together a perimeter portion of the lining that has been folded over the perimeter of the metal mesh. In alternate embodiments, this attachment may also or instead be by attachment means such as, but not limited to, gluing, stapling or some combination thereof.

In Step 4003, attach pattern + liner to inverted shell, the combination of liner and mesh created in step 4002 may now be attached to an inverted glove shell. In a preferred embodiment, this attachment may be by gluing with a suitable adhesive, as is well known in the art of glove making. In an alternative embodiment, this attachment may also or instead be by attachment means such as, but not limited to, gluing, stapling or some combination thereof.

In Step 4004 revert shell, the combined shell, metal mesh pattern and liner, are now reverted so that the outside of the glove shell is now on the outside, as it may be when worn by a user.

In Step 4005, apply/ activate coating the un-dipped protective glove may now be wholly or partly dipped in a suitable solution to provide a water proof covering to all or part of the glove. The dipping solution may, for instance, be a solution such as, but not limited to, latex, a polymer, a natural or synthetic rubber, or some combination thereof, dissolved in a suitable solvent. The dipped glove may then be cured by heating, exposure to UV or IR light, or some combination thereof. The glove may also or instead have been previously dip-coated in a suitable powered polymer of rubber having a suitable adhesive and this coating may now be activated by some means such as, but not limited to, heating, exposure to UV or IR radiation, or some combination thereof.

Figure 5 A shows palm-side, plan view, and Figure 5 B shows a side view of a metal-mesh pattern attached to an inverted glove shell in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In a preferred embodiment, the metal-mesh pattern 105 may include two or more layers of mesh that may be held together by lines of stitching 180 as, for instance, shown in Figure 5 A, i.e., substantially along the periphery of the metal-mesh pattern 105 and across the top of the palm region.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the metal-mesh pattern 105 may include one or more layers of mesh having turned over edges that may be secured by lines of stitching 180, so as to provide a benign edge to the metal-mesh pattern 105, i.e., one in which there are no sharp metal fiber end pieces.

The metal-mesh pattern 105 may be attached to an inverted glove shell 170, i.e., attached to the inner surface of the glove shell 170. The metal-mesh pattern 105 attached on the palm side of the inverted glove shell 170 may, for instance, include the finger sections 120 and the thumb mesh region 135.

In a preferred embodiment, the attachment between the metal-mesh pattern 105 and the glove shell 170 may be by gluing with an appropriate adhesive.

Figure 5 B shows a schematic cross-section viewed on the virtual line CC.

In a preferred embodiment, the metal-mesh pattern 105 may include a top metal mesh 205 and a bottom metal mesh 210 that may, for instance, be joined by stitching, and then attached by a suitable adhesive 190 to an inside of a glove shell 170. As shown in Figure 5 B a finger nail cover 110 or thumb nail cover 140 may be folded over the fingertip region of the glove and attached to a top side of the inverted glove shell 170.

In Step 6001, create mesh pattern, one or more grid patterns that may be modeled like the plan of a metal-mesh pattern 105 shown in Figure 1 B, may be joined together by an attachment method such as, but not limited to, adhesive, stitching, stapling or some combination thereof. The metal-mesh pattern 105 may have a turned over periphery that may be hemmed using stitching.

In Step 6002, attach pattern to inverted shell, the metal-mesh pattern 105 created or obtained in Step 6001, may then be attached to an inverted glove shell 170 i.e., to the inner surface of the shell. In a preferred embodiment, the attachment may be by gluing with a suitable adhesive. In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the attachment may also, or instead, be by an attachments method such as, but not limited to, stitching, stapling or some combination thereof.

In Step 6003, attach inverted liner, an inverted liner may be fitted over the combined inverted shell and pattern created in Step 6002. The inverted liner may then be attached a suitable attachment method such as, but not limited to, gluing, stitching, stapling or some combination thereof.

In Step 6004, revert shell + pattern + liner; the combined shell, pattern and liner are reverted to be an un-dipped glove ready for dip-coating.

In Step 6005, the dip coating may be applied to all or part of the glove shell. The dip-coating may, if necessary be activated by an activation means such as, but not limited to, UV or IR light, or thermal heating. Figure 7 shows a schematic plan view of a metallic, rectangular, mesh 215. The mesh 215 may have weft fibers 220 interwoven with warp fibers 225 creating a mesh that may have a largest space 230 between fibers as the diagonal shown in Figure 7.

In a preferred embodiment, the mesh used in the dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove 100 may be a rectangular, stainless mesh in which the largest space between fibers 230 may be less than or equal to 0.20 mm. The weft fibers 220 and the warp fibers 225 are both preferably less than 0.20 mm in diameter. These sizes and dimensions are important, as is the metallic material from which the mesh may be woven as these play a significant role in providing both the cut and the stab resistance characteristics of the protected region of the garment.

In a further preferred embodiment, the largest space between fibers 230 may be less than or equal to 0.15 mm. and the weft fibers 220 and the warp fibers 225 are both preferably less than 0.15 mm in diameter.

Figure 8 shows a schematic plan view of two overlaid woven meshes.

In a preferred embodiment, a lower layer of flexible metallic mesh 255 may be overlaid with an upper layer of flexible metallic mesh 235 such that the upper, horizontal mesh fiber direction 240 is at an off-set angle 245 to the lower horizontal mesh fiber direction 250. The off-set angle 245 may preferably be 22.5 +/- 5 degrees, and in an even more preferred embodiment to be 22.5 +/- 1 degree. This angle of off-set has been determined by Moire fringe analysis to provide, on average, the smallest "largest space between fibers" 230, and is therefore of importance to providing cut and stab protection characteristics to the protective garment 100.

The end product of either of these methods may be a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove 100 that may have a metal-mesh pattern 105 attached to an inside of a glove shell. The metal-mesh pattern 105 may, for instance, include a multi-layer protective region 160 having an upper layer of flexible metallic mesh 235 and a lower layer of flexible metallic mesh 255. The upper layer of flexible metallic mesh 235 may have an upper, horizontal mesh fiber direction 240 at an off-set angle 245 of 22.5 +/- 5 degrees with respect to a lower horizontal mesh fiber direction 250 of the lower layer of flexible metallic mesh 255.

The glove may also have a glove lining 165 made of a flexible fabric. The glove lining 165 may, for instance, be attached to the inner side of said metal-mesh pattern 105 such that a finger nail cover 110 of the metal-mesh pattern 105 wraps over a fingertip region of a glove to provide protection to an upper extremity of a finger in the glove.

The glove shell 170 may, for instance, be made of a flexible fabric and have a substantially water proof polymer coating that may be applied by dip coating.

Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made only by way of illustration and that numerous changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention.

Industrial Applicability

The present invention has applicability in the protective garment industry. In particular, the present invention may have applicability to supplying protective gloves to variety of industries such as, but not limited to, the oil drilling industry, the mining industry, the refuse collection industry and policing and security industries.

Claims

What is claimed:

Claim 1 : A method of constructing a dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove (100), comprising:

providing a metal-mesh pattern (105);

providing a glove lining (165) comprised of a flexible fabric;

providing a glove shell (170) comprised of a flexible fabric;

assembling an uncoated glove comprising said metal-mesh pattern being attached to an inside of said glove shell, and said glove lining being attached to an inside of said metal-mesh pattern; and

dip-coating all or part of said assembled glove in a natural latex or polymer solution or activating a pre-dipped coating.

Claim 2: The method of claim 1 wherein said metal-mesh pattern is cut from a single, contiguous, planar piece of woven metallic cloth having metallic threads less than 170 μιη in diameter, and woven to have an open area of less than 55 %, and is shaped and sized to substantially conform to a plan-form of the palm region and four fingers of a human hand and wherein a bias direction( 260) of the woven metallic cloth is substantially aligned along the length (265) of at least one of the finger regions. Claim 3 : The method of claim 2 wherein the metallic threads comprise Grade 316 L stainless steel, and wherein the bias direction of the woven metallic cloth is substantially aligned along the length of all four fingers. Claim 4: The method of claim 3, wherein said metal-mesh pattern further comprises a finger nail cover and a waisted connection between said finger nail cover and a finger section of said metal-mesh pattern. Claim 5: The method of claim 4, wherein said metal-mesh pattern further comprises: a mesh trunk portion having a first palm mesh region, a thumb mesh region, a thumb nail cover and a waisted connection joining said thumb nail cover to said first palm mesh region;

a mesh body portion having a second mesh palm portion and at least one of said finger section jointed to one of said finger nail cover by said waisted connection; and wherein said mesh trunk portion and said mesh body portion by a mesh fold line

(155).

Claim 6: The method of claim 5 wherein said metal-mesh pattern is folded along said mesh fold line such that said first palm mesh region overlaps said second mesh palm portion to form a multi-layer protective region.

Claim 7: The method of claim 6 wherein assembling further comprises attaching said metal-mesh pattern to said glove lining prior to attaching said metal-mesh pattern and said glove lining to an inside of said glove shell.

Claim 8: The method of claim 7 wherein the glove lining further comprises a lining nail cover extension and wherein said glove lining is attached to said metal-mesh pattern by one or more lines of stitching that join a lining fold over region with said glove lining through said metal-mesh pattern. Claim 9: The method of claim 7 further comprising attaching said metal-mesh pattern and said glove lining to an inside of said glove shell. Claim 10: The method of claim 9 wherein said attachment of said metal-mesh pattern and said glove lining to an inside of said glove shell uses an adhesive.

Claim 11 : The method of claim 6 wherein said metal-mesh pattern is attached to the inside of the glove shell prior to being attached to the glove lining.

Claim 12: The method of claim 4 wherein said metal-mesh pattern comprises a top metal mesh and a bottom metal mesh and wherein said top metal mesh and said bottom metal mesh are secured by at least one line of stitching. Claim 13: The method of claim 6 wherein in said multi-layer protective region an upper layer of flexible metallic mesh has an upper, horizontal mesh fiber direction at an off-set angle of 22.5 +/- 5 degrees with respect to a lower horizontal mesh fiber direction of a lower layer of flexible metallic mesh. Claim 14: A dip-coated, metal-mesh protective glove, comprising:

providing a metal-mesh pattern, said metal-mesh pattern comprising a multi-layer protective region having an upper layer of flexible metallic mesh has an upper, horizontal mesh fiber direction at an off-set angle 245 of 22.5 +/- 5 degrees with respect to a lower horizontal mesh fiber direction of a lower layer of flexible metallic mesh; a glove lining comprised of a flexible fabric attached to the inner side of said metal-mesh pattern such that a finger nail cover of said metal-mesh pattern wraps over a fingertip region of a glove to provide protection to an upper extremity of a finger in the glove;

a glove shell comprised of a flexible fabric and having a substantially water proof polymer coating.