Biometrically designed low stretch glove

Abstract

A glove that has a high percentage of low stretch materials and a method for the designing thereof provides an accurate fit to the majority of hand anatomies without relying on material stretch. The method includes determining a hand length, selecting four critical dimensions from among bridge length, thumb length, index finger length, middle finger length, ring finger length, and pinky finger length, and calculating the four selected dimensions such that ratios of the selected dimensions divided by the hand length fall within corresponding ranges, where the corresponding ranges are from 0.46 to 0.49 for the bridge length, from 0.61 to 0.63 for the thumb length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the index finger length, from 0.40 to 0.43 for the middle finger length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the ring finger length, and from 0.30 to 0.33 for the pinky finger length.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method for designing a glove, the method comprising:
 determining a hand length for the glove;   selecting four critical dimensions for the glove from a group of six critical dimensions that includes bridge length, thumb length, index finger length, middle finger length, ring finger length, and pinky finger length; and   calculating the four selected critical dimensions such that a ratio of each selected critical dimension dived by a hand length falls within a corresponding range, where the corresponding ranges are from 0.46 to 0.49 for the bridge length, from 0.61 to 0.63 for the thumb length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the index finger length, from 0.40 to 0.43 for the middle finger length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the ring finger length, and from 0.30 to 0.33 for the pinky finger length.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein ratios of each of the six critical dimensions divided by the hand length falls within the corresponding ranges. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least 60% of a palm area of the glove is constructed from low-stretch material. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the hand length is determined by selection of a glove size from the 6 sizes for human hands defined by the EN standard. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the hand length is determined by selecting the glove size to be small, medium, large, or extra-large. 
     
     
         6 . A glove that includes a low-stretch material, the glove comprising:
 a glove having a hand length and six critical dimensions, the critical dimensions including a bridge length, a thumb length, an index finger length, a middle finger length, a ring finger length, and a pinky finger length;   wherein at least four of the critical dimensions have a ratio when dived by the hand length that falls within a corresponding range, where the corresponding ranges are from 0.46 to 0.49 for the bridge length, from 0.61 to 0.63 for the thumb length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the index finger length, from 0.40 to 0.43 for the middle finger length, from 0.37 to 0.40 for the ring finger length, and from 0.30 to 0.33 for the pinky finger length.   
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein ratios of each of the six critical dimensions divided by the hand length falls within the corresponding ranges. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein at least 60% of a palm area of the glove is constructed from low-stretch material. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein the hand length corresponds to a glove size selected from the 6 sizes for human hands defined by the EN standard. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 9 , wherein the hand length corresponds to a glove size of small, medium, large, or extra-large.