Zonal cut resistant glove

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include knitted gloves having a cut-resistant yarn in at least one knitted zone of a glove and further including one or more yarns knitted into other knitted zones of the glove in which at least one zone has vertically knitted courses.

1 . A glove, comprising:
 a knitted liner having one or more zones;   the zones having knitted courses, the knitted courses knitted from at least one yarn, and   the knitted courses vertically disposed along a longitudinal axis of the glove in at least one zone, wherein at least one yarn of the at least one zone is a cut resistant yarn.   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of zones wherein two or more zones are knitted from two or more yarns. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 2 , wherein the two or more yarns are of different colors. 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of zones define a palm side and a corresponding backhand side that are seamlessly knitted together. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 4 , wherein the zones of the palm side and the corresponding backhand side comprise different yarns. 
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of zones further comprise knitted courses disposed along a lateral axis of the glove. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one zone having a plaited yarn. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one yarn further comprises a textured nylon, nylon wrapped SPANDEX®, polyester, moisture-managing yarn, meta-aramid, para-aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, SPANDEX®, LYCRA®, NOMEX®, KEVLAR®, TWARON®, DYNEEMA®, SPECTRA®, VECTRAN™, STA-COOL®, AQUARIUS®, steel wire, fiberglass, filaments, or any blend of the fibers and materials thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , further comprising a polymeric coating. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 9 , wherein the polymeric coating comprises natural latex, guayule, polyisoprene, synthetic latexes, non-carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene, carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene, butyl latex, polychloroprene, polyurethane, styrene-butadiene, acrylonitrile-butadiene, nitriles, or blends thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The glove of  claim 9 , wherein the polymeric coating is foamed or comprises a textured surface. 
     
     
         12 . A method of knitting a glove, comprising:
 knitting a liner into at least one zone, wherein the courses of the at least one zone are knitted vertically, wherein a glove having at least one zone is formed.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising a plurality of zones, wherein the courses of at least one the plurality of zones are knitted horizontally. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the knitting a liner step comprises using a computer-controlled knitting machine. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the computer-controlled knitting machine is a SWG model machine. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising plaiting a yarn into the at least one zone. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one zone comprises a cut resistant yarn. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the cut resistant yarn comprises a textured nylon, a nylon wrapped SPANDEX®, polyester, nylon, meta-aramid, para-aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, LYCRA®, NOMEX®, KEVLAR®, TWARON®, DYNEEMA®, SPECTRA®, VECTRAN™, steel wire, fiberglass, filaments, or any blend of the fibers and materials thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of zones comprise at least two different colors. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the step of disposing a polymeric coating on a palm, knuckle, fingers, backhand or entire knitted liner.