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.

A sports glove includes a wrist portion defining an opening, a palm portion having a palm side and a backside, a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls extending from the palm portion. The palm side comprises a fabric layer bordering an interior of the glove, and a resilient polymer layer on an outer surface of the fabric layer. At least first and second grooves are formed into the polymer layer. The finger stalls include an index finger stall, a middle stall, a ring finger stall and a pinky stall. The first groove forms a thumb base bending line extending from at or adjacent to the opening along the palm portion to a juncture of the thumb stall and the index finger stall. The second groove forms an upper mid-palm bending line extending across the palm portion adjacent at least the pinky finger stall and the ring finger stall.

A glove that is adaptable to conform to hands of various sizes is presented. The glove includes one or more stretchable gussets and an edge panel that connect a back-side to a palm-side of the glove. A thenar panel on the palm-side is coupled to portions of the one or more gussets and to portions of the edge panel. The one or more gussets are also attached to a wrist panel that includes a closure element on the back-side of the glove. A finger panel on the back-side of the glove is coupled to portions of the one or more gussets and to portions of the edge panel. A palm section on the palm side and a back section on the back-side include one or more stretch materials that improve the fit of the glove.

An anti-microbial glove is presented that includes a palm side and a back-side joined to the palm-side. A thenar panel on the palm-side extends into an index finger part, a middle finger part, a ring finger part, and a pinky finger part. A thumb panel on the palm-side extends into a thumb part. A wrist panel is attached to a first portion of the thumb panel and to a first portion of the thenar panel on the palm-side, at least a section of the wrist panel being attached to the back-side of the glove. A gusset joins the palm-side to the back-side. Anti-microbial materials are disposed on the palm-side and the back-side preventing the spreading and collection of microogranisms and/or viruses on the palm-side and back-side.

An impact damper for a glove comprises a solid convex element formed from a resilient material. The convex element has a zenith cavity formed at its zenith. Upon an impact on the convex element, the zenith cavity enables resilient outward deformation of the convex element, and the resilient outward deformation dissipates energy from the impact. The impact damper may further comprise an outwardly deformable wall formed from a resilient material, with the wall circumferentially surrounding and spaced from the convex element. Upon an impact on the convex element, the convex element engages the wall as the convex element deforms, and resilient outward deformation of the wall under urging from the deforming convex element further dissipates the energy from the impact.

A glove and related methods are disclosed. The glove has a distal portion having a first sheath shaped and configured for receiving the thumb, a second sheath shaped and configured for receiving the index finger, and a third sheath shaped and configured for receiving the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger. Alternatively, the glove has a distal portion having a first sheath shaped and configured for receiving at least one of the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, or the little finger, wherein the first sheath is formed by stitching a first leather fabric, a second leather fabric, and a finger reinforcement together in a wrong side out configuration followed by turning the first sheath right side out, whereby the finger reinforcement is positioned on an interior portion of the first sheath.

A composition comprising a liquid-castable polymer system combined with solid particles of a shear thickening additive; an energy absorbing material formed from the composition; and an article comprising the energy absorbing material on a substrate, for example, a glove (1) including the material of the present disclosure as energy absorbing elements (2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e) incorporated onto the surface (4) of a textile substrate to provide protection over the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints.

A support for supporting a hand has supporting strips including a first support strip and a second support strip and a mounting device connected to the first supporting strip and the second supporting strip. The mounting device is configured to be worn on a user's hand or connected to the user's hand to hold the first support strip and the second support strip in a mounted position relative to the user's hand. In the mounted position, the first support strip extends along an outer side of a palm and along a palmer side of a little finger of the user's hand and the second support strip extends from a central area of a thumb a central area of an index finger of the user's hand.

A glove may include a hand body, the hand body being at least partially elastic, where the hand body defines a hand pocket configured to receive a user's hand, and a wrist body. The glove may also include a hand pad pocket formed in the hand body and configured to removably receive at least one hand pad, where the hand pad pocket is separated from the hand pocket by a separator, as well as a wrist padding pocket formed in the wrist body configured to removably receive a wrist pad. The hand pad pocket may be positioned in an interior of the glove.

A safety glove includes a knitted inner shell, a first coating covering an exterior surface of the knitted inner shell, a plurality of guard members disposed on the first coating, a second coating covering the first coating and the plurality of guard members, and a third coating covering only a portion of the second coating. A method of manufacturing a safety glove includes kitting fibers to form an inner shell, dipping the inner shell into a first material to form a first coating; securing a plurality of guard members on the first coating, dipping the result into a second material to form a second coating, inspecting the second coating, and, if the second coating passes inspection, dipping only a portion of the result into a third material to form a third coating.