A heating liner for contacting portions of a person's hand or foot includes a liner material; plurality of heating members; a top surface; and a bottom surface. The liner material is adapted to contact the portions of the person's hand or foot. Wherein each of the plurality of heating members is formed from a plurality of elements chosen from a group of elements consisting of iron powder, water, salt, activated charcoal, and vermiculite. The plurality of heating members are exposed to air they produce heat. The plurality of heating members are attached to said bottom surface and spaced from one another. A combination of a glove and a heating liner and a combination of a shoe and a heating liner are also disclosed.

A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.

A disclosed method for manufacturing a glove includes forming a base via molding, the base being shaped to include a palm portion and one or more extremity portions. The method also includes forming a top skin via molding, the top skin including one or more compartments, and forming a backhand assembly by attaching one or more edges of the one or more compartments of the top skin to the base. At least one remaining edge of each of the one or more compartments is unattached from the base. The method also includes reversing an orientation of the backhand assembly, filling each of the one or more compartments of the top skin with foam, and attaching the at least one remaining edge of each of the one or more compartments to the base.

The present invention provides a touch glove and smart wearable system, wherein a contact area, at least one touch area, a control module and a signal transmission module are disposed on the glove body; when the touch area is touched by the contact area, a control signal is generated and transmitted to a corresponding smart device, controlling it to perform a corresponding operation. Thus, control over the smart device may be achieved by only making one part of the touch glove touch another part without directly contacting the smart device, which is especially convenient when the smart device is inconvenient to be directly contacted; meanwhile operations over a plurality of smart devices may be integrated into the touch glove, control over each smart device may be achieved by only moving fingers instead of moving the smart device and the arms, and even blind operation may be achieved without using eyes.

A layered, laminated glove includes an outer layer, a membrane formed from a liquid-resistant, air permeable material positioned on an inner surface of the outer layer and a liner formed from a moisture absorbing material. The liner is positioned on an inner surface of the membrane. The outer layer, membrane and liner are laminated to form a single glove. The glove includes a plurality of fingertip portions in which the outer layer, membrane and liner are substantially fully laminated throughout. The glove may include a 3D pattern formed in one or more layers of the laminate. The glove may include an enlarged knuckle section. A hand mold and system for making the gloves and a method are also disclosed.

A chemical resistant composite glove that includes a first polymeric layer in the shape of a glove; and a second polymeric layer disposed on the first polymeric layer, and wherein the first polymeric layer is specified for one class of chemical resistance and the second polymeric layer is specified for a second class of chemical resistance, and optionally a third polymeric layer, which may be a thin coating, disposed on at least one of first polymeric layer or the second polymeric layer and is optionally specified for a third class of chemical resistance.

Fabrics are disclosed having a liner with a polymeric coating, the coating comprising 0.25 to 8 ridges per cm and pits at an area density of 20 to 2500 cm.sup.2. The fabrics provide good friction in oily conditions. Also disclosed are methods for producing such fabrics comprising applying to a liner a liquid comprising water and a precursor of a polymeric material, contacting the liquid on the liner with a water-sorbing material and curing the polymeric coating. The fabrics may find use in gloves.

Provided, among other things is a leak-resistant elastomeric barrier comprising: an elastomeric barrier comprising elastomeric polymer, having two sides, and coated on at least a portion of a first side with a highly hydrophobic coating such that the initial contact angle with water is about 130 or more, and that contact angle does not decay by more than about 10% over 40 minutes. In embodiments the highly hydrophobic coating comprises hydrophobic silica particles are disposed on a hydrophobic coating disposed on the first side, for example with a hydrophobic coating comprises that a fluorocarbon compound, a polypropylene wax, a polyethylene wax, or a mixture thereof.

The present invention relates to a beverage holder and to the methods of making and using the same. The illustrated embodiment of the invention can be made of a shell structure that may be made of four sections of material that are sewn and oriented together to form a beverage holder. The beverage holder has a cup for receiving a beverage container such as a bottle, can or cup. The beverage holder also has a mitt for receiving a hand of a user. The hand can be fully received within a cavity wherein it can fully grip, in 360 degrees, the beverage container. There can be a double lining between the beverage container and the user's hand. The double lining can be comprised of concentrically aligned sections of the invention.

Lightweight robust flexible gloves having an 18 gauge knitted liner and a polymeric coating disposed thereon and optionally including knitted reinforcement sections at areas of high stretch and/or movement are provided. Reinforcement sections can be formed by plaiting, using yarns of the same or lighter denier, and/or forming Jacquard or transfer stitches.