Anti-perspirant glove

Abstract

A garment material having a substrate layer and a coagulated layer of polymeric foam material having an open pore structure bonded to the substrate layer, wherein a bonding agent and one or more dressing compounds is adhered to the surface of the substrate layer and/or the surface of the coagulated layer of polymeric material.

1 . A garment material, the garment material made by the method having the steps:
 a) fitting a substrate onto the mould;   b) applying a coagulant to the substrate and then applying a layer of foam of a polymeric material to the substrate;   c) allowing for the coagulant to coagulate some of the foam for a controlled period so that an underside of the layer of foam polymeric material, which is closest to the substrate, coagulates to form a coagulated layer and an outer part of the foam layer does not coagulate and forms an uncoagulated layer;   d) removing the uncoagulated foam layer before a film skin can form on the layer of foam, to leave a cohesive, porous, and breathable coagulated layer of polymeric material on the substrate, and   e) removing the garment material comprising the substrate and the coagulated polymeric material from the mould, and wherein before and/or after step e), one or more bonding agents and one or more dressing compounds are applied to the garment material such that the dressing compounds are bonded to the surface of the garment material.   
     
     
         2 . A garment material comprising a substrate layer and a coagulated layer of polymeric foam material having an open pore structure bonded to the substrate layer, wherein a bonding agent and one or more dressing compounds is adhered to the surface of the substrate layer and/or the surface of the coagulated layer of polymeric material. 
     
     
         3 . The garment material according to  claim 2 , wherein the garment material, when subjected to a temperature of 20+2° C. and a relative humidity of 65±2% for 265 minutes, will hold between 1.0 mg and 8.5 mg of water per cm2 of the garment material. 
     
     
         4 . The garment material according to  claim 2 , wherein the dressing compound comprises one or more anti-perspirant and/or cooling compounds. 
     
     
         5 . The garment material according to  claim 2 , wherein the dressing compound comprises encapsulated anti-perspirant essential oils and/or one or more encapsulated cooling essential oils. 
     
     
         6 . The garment material according to  claim 2 , wherein the dressing compound comprises an encapsulated mixture of Cajiput, Cypress Palmarosa, Rose, Geranium, Pine and/or Lavender oils and/or an encapsulated blend of Juniper, Sage, Witch Hazel, Cistus, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus and/or Basil oils. 
     
     
         7 . The garment material according to  claim 2 , wherein the bonding agent comprises PVA; PU or NBR and/or EVA.