Multipurpose Composite Extended-Sleeve Protective Glove

Abstract

A composite extended-sleeve protective glove is disclosed for multipurpose use in healthcare, industry, academic institutions, veterinary care, farm, and home for applications in which to protect the user's hand and arm from a variety of liquid exposures during washing, cleaning, material application, and other hand-arm exposure situations that may contain biological, chemical, or radiological agents. A glove of similar or dissimilar material to that of the sleeve is sealed to a fabricated, tapered tubular constructed sleeve with an elastic (or cinched) turndown cuff on the distal end from glove to protect the wearer from fluid exposure to the hand and from fugitive exposure to the upper arm. The protective glove is sealed fluid-tight to the sleeve by a hot-melt adhesive.

Description

[0001]This is a continuation in part of U.S. Pat. Application Ser. No. 61 / 568,392 filed Dec. 8, 2011 entitled “Multipurpose Extended-Sleeve Protective Glove.”BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a protective glove that provides an affixed and sealed extended protective sleeve to protect the wearer's arm from exposures to liquid splash and run-off during washing, cleaning, material application, and other hand-arm situations in which the liquid may contain biological pathogens, radiological agents, or chemical agents as found within healthcare, industry, academic institutions, veterinary care, farm, and home. More particularly, the present invention provides a glove that offers a high level of protection as required for hazardous liquid emersion and user application for tensile strength, tactile sensation, liquid resistance, chemical resistance, and other use requirements, yet provides an attached, sealed sleeve of a material tha...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention provides an extended-sleeve protective glove that offers protection against liquid exposure to the wearer's wrist and arm during use. It offers increased arm flexibility and comfort, and can be constructed of a variety of materials to achieve greater chemical resistance, strength, or flexibility under certain applications. It also provides a more secure fit to prevent the glove from slipping or being pulled down on the hand, and an outer adhesive tape seal to prevent peel-back separation of the glove's cuff from the sleeve. Additionally, it can be sterilized for those applications requiring sterility.

Problems solved by technology

However hand exposure may still occur if the gloved hand is fully immersed in the liquid, allowing the liquid to enter the open end of the glove at the wrist or lower arm.

Fugitive liquids traveling down the full length of the glove may also enter via the open glove end or splash or run onto the wrist or lower arm causing liquid exposure to hand or arm.

The use of protective sleeves may mitigate liquid intrusion by immersion or arm exposure from splashes or glove run-off, but these cuffs are not liquid tight and exposures still can occur at the glove-sleeve interface.

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