Glove with reinforced fingers

Abstract

A glove for protecting a hand of a user includes a main glove body configured to receive a metacarpal of the hand and a glove finger coupled to the main glove body and extending longitudinally away from the glove main body. The glove finger is configured to receive a finger of the hand, and the glove finger includes a panel defining a rolled tip arrangement at an end of the glove finger. The glove further includes a fingertip reinforcement bonded to an interior surface of the panel and positioned to extend between the panel and a fingertip of the finger of the hand.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove for protecting a hand of a user, comprising:
 a main glove body configured to receive metacarpals of the hand;   a glove finger coupled to the main glove body and extending longitudinally away from the glove main body, wherein the glove finger is configured to receive a finger of the hand, and wherein the glove finger includes a panel defining a rolled tip arrangement at an end of the glove finger; and   a fingertip reinforcement bonded to an interior surface of the panel and positioned to extend between the panel and a fingertip of the finger of the hand.   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove finger is one of an index glove finger configured to receive an index finger of the hand, a middle glove finger configured to receive a middle finger of the hand, a ring glove finger configured to receive a ring finger of the hand, or a pinky glove finger configured to receive a pinky finger of the hand. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 2 , wherein the glove finger is the index glove finger, wherein the glove finger is the index glove finger, further comprising the middle glove finger, the ring glove finger, and the pinky glove finger, and wherein the index glove finger, the middle glove finger, the ring glove finger, and the pinky glove finger are arranged in a Gunn pattern. 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 3 , wherein the panel is a first panel, further comprising a second panel extending continuously from an end of the middle glove finger to an end of the ring glove finger, and wherein the first panel extends continuously from the end of the index glove finger to an end of the pinky glove finger. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove finger is a first glove finger and the fingertip reinforcement is a first fingertip reinforcement, the glove further comprising:
 a second glove finger, a third glove finger, and a fourth glove finger each defining a corresponding rolled tip arrangement;   a second fingertip reinforcement bonded to an interior surface of to the second glove finger;   a third fingertip reinforcement bonded to an interior surface of the third glove finger; and   a fourth fingertip reinforcement bonded to an interior surface of the fourth glove finger.   
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the panel is a first panel, further comprising a second panel coupled to the first panel by a seam, wherein the seam extends laterally across the glove finger. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein the second panel is a top panel that extends across a top surface of the glove finger above the finger, and wherein the seam is positioned along the top surface of the glove finger. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 7 , wherein the first panel is a bottom panel that extends continuously across a bottom surface of the main glove body, a bottom surface of the glove finger below the finger, and a top surface of the glove finger above the finger. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the fingertip reinforcement does not extend into the main glove body. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the fingertip reinforcement includes a top portion positioned to extend above the finger of the hand and a bottom portion positioned to extend below the finger of the hand, and wherein a volume of the top portion is less than a volume of the bottom portion. 
     
     
         11 . A method of manufacturing a glove for protecting a hand of a user, comprising:
 providing a first panel at least partially defining a main glove body configured to receive a metacarpal of the hand;   coupling a second panel to the first panel; the second panel at least partially defining a glove finger configured to receive a finger of the hand, the finger having a fingertip, wherein the second panel extends continuously from a bottom surface of the glove finger to a top surface of the glove finger adjacent the fingertip of the finger;   bonding a fingertip reinforcement to an interior surface of the second panel such that the fingertip reinforcement is positioned to extend between the fingertip and the second panel.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first panel is coupled to the second panel at a seam, wherein the first panel is one of (a) a top panel defining a top surface of the main glove body or (b) a bottom panel defining a bottom surface of the main glove body, and wherein the second panel is the other of (a) the top panel or (b) the bottom panel. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first panel is a top panel at least partially defining a top surface of the main glove body and a top surface of the glove finger, wherein the second panel is a bottom panel at least partially defining a bottom surface of the main glove body and a bottom surface of the glove finger, and wherein the first panel is coupled to the second panel at a seam extending across the top surface of the glove finger. 
     
     
         14 . A method of manufacturing a glove for protecting a hand of a user, comprising:
 providing a first panel at least partially defining a main glove body configured to receive a metacarpal of the hand;   coupling a second panel to the first panel; the second panel at least partially defining a glove finger configured to receive a finger of the hand, the finger having a fingertip, wherein the second panel extends continuously from a bottom surface of the glove finger to a top surface of the glove finger adjacent the fingertip of the finger;   wherein said panels overlap adjacent to the fingertip, thus forming a reinforced region.