Supported gloves with in-grip features

Abstract

Provided among other things are a fabric supported glove with a polymer coating with a palm dip, wherein (a) a grip inside surface of the glove having in-grip features at selective locations for promoting in-grip, or (b) a friction- or tack-providing polymer coating is provided on all or a portion of the grip inside surface to provide in-grip features, or (c) wherein the polymer coating is provided with a first lower viscosity polymer composition that provides limited strike-through in-grip features and a second higher viscosity polymer composition that provides an exterior gripping surface, or (d) non-parallel primary ridges in the fabric provide in-grip features, or (e) two or more of (a) through (d) applies, wherein the in-grip features comprise locations at the finger tips and on the palm of the hand configured to reduce inside slippage of the glove in gripping a representative cylinder.

1 . A knit fabric supported glove with fingers and an exterior polymer coating comprising a palm dip, wherein a friction- or tack-providing polymer coating is provided on selected portion(s) of a grip inside surface to provide in-grip features. 
     
     
         2 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein the selected portion comprises one or more of an area of a distal phalanx region of two or more fingers, an area comprising pad areas at a base of two or more of the fingers, or an area of a hypothenar region. 
     
     
         3 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 2 , wherein there are in-grip features in an area of a thenar region. 
     
     
         4 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein there are in-grip features in pad areas at a base of five or more of the fingers. 
     
     
         5 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 4 , wherein there are in-grip features in an area of a thenar region. 
     
     
         6 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein there are in-grip features in a distal phalanx region of five or more fingers. 
     
     
         7 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein the portion(s) having in-grip features comprise an area of about 60% or less of the grip inside surface, optionally wherein the in grip features occupy an area of about 15% or less of the grip inside surface. 
     
     
         8 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein the portion(s) having in-grip features comprise an area of about 30% or less of the grip inside surface. 
     
     
         9 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 8 , wherein the in grip features occupy an area of about 10% or less of the grip inside surface. 
     
     
         10 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein at least about 50% of a length of a finger  110  portion of the grip inside surface, and at least about 65% of portions of grip inside surface provided by fingers  120 ,  130  and  140  is free of areas having applied grip features. 
     
     
         11 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein an area of palmar region ( 180 ) between regions that are region of pads of a ball of hand, hypothenar region and thenar region is about 80% or more free of areas having applied grip features. 
     
     
         12 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein the in-grip features comprise locations at finger tips and on a palm configured to reduce inside slippage of the glove in gripping a representative cylinder. 
     
     
         13 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 1 , wherein the selected portion(s) having applied grip features on a lower palm area comprises two substantially vertical segments in hypothenar and thenar regions, respectively. 
     
     
         14 . The fabric supported glove of  claim 13 , wherein the selected portion(s) having applied grip features on the lower palm area further comprises one or two substantially horizontal segments between the two vertical segments. 
     
     
         15 . A method of testing in-grip improvements comprising:
 A. measuring a force needed to induce slippage with a first glove;   B. measuring that force while wearing as a base glove a compression glove having a grip-providing coating and wearing the first glove thereover;   C. measuring that force while wearing a second glove that is comparable to the first glove in exterior grip features but differs in having one or more additional in-grip features; and   D. comparing an improvement in the C measurement over the A measurement to the improvement of the B measurement over the A measurement.