Glove for dry erase surfaces and method of erasure

Abstract

A glove including an integrated eraser is disclosed. The glove is flexible, and includes a body having a palmar side and a dorsal side, as well as finger stalls and a thumb stall each connected to the body. A pad comprising material capable of removing dry erase ink from a dry erase surface covers at least a portion of the palmar side of the glove. In use, the glove may be worn while writing on the dry erase surface and then use the glove to erase any desired markings placed thereon.

1 . A flexible glove comprising: 
 a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side;    a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side, wherein said finger portions and thumb portion are operably attached to said glove body; and    a pad comprising dry erase material operably attached to the palmar side of the glove.    
   
   
       2 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , wherein 
 the plurality of finger portions includes a first finger portion operable to receive a pinky finger, a second finger portion operable to receive a ring finger, a third finger portion operable to receive a middle finger, and a fourth finger portion operable to receive an index finger;    the fourth finger portion is truncated to expose the index finger received therein; and    the thumb portion is operable to receive a thumb, wherein the thumb portion is truncated to expose the thumb received therein.    
   
   
       3 . The flexible glove of  claim 2 , wherein the dry erase pad comprises material selected from the group consisting of pile nap, wool, cotton, and felt.  
   
   
       4 . The flexible glove of  claim 2 , wherein the glove includes a lateral portion remote from the thumb portion, and the dry erase pad covers at least a portion of the glove lateral portion.  
   
   
       5 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , wherein the dry erase pad covers approximately 50 to 90 percent of the palmar side of the glove.  
   
   
       6 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , wherein the dry erase pad further covers at least a portion of the dorsal side of at least one of the glove body and the fourth finger portion.  
   
   
       7 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , wherein the dry erase pad has a thickness between about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm.  
   
   
       8 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , further comprising a closure member.  
   
   
       9 . The flexible glove of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of finger portions includes a first finger portion operable to receive a pinky finger, a second finger portion operable to receive a ring finger, a third finger portion operable to receive a middle finger, and an aperture adapted to receive and expose an index finger and a thumb.  
   
   
       10 . A method of erasing an erasable mark made by a writing utensil on a writing surface, the method comprising the step of: (a) removing the mark on the writing surface using an eraser pad secured to a flexible glove.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein step (a) includes: 
 (a.1) providing a flexible glove including: 
 a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side,  
 a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side, wherein said finger portions and thumb portion are operably attached to said glove body, and  
 a eraser pad comprising material capable of removing the mark made by the writing utensil, the pad operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body;  
   (a.2) removing the mark by contacting at least a portion of the eraser pad to the mark.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein: 
 the writing surface comprises a dry erase surface;    the writing utensil comprises a dry erase marker;    the erasable mark comprises dry erase ink;    the eraser pad comprises material effective to remove the dry erase ink from the dry erase surface; and    step (a.2) comprises (a.2.1) removing the mark by contacting the eraser pad to the dry erase ink.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein: 
 the plurality of finger portions includes a first finger portion operable to receive a pinky finger, a second finger portion operable to receive a ring finger, a third finger portion operable to receive a middle finger, and a fourth finger portion operable to receive an index finger;    the pad covers the first, second, and third finger portions;    the fourth finger portion is truncated to expose the index finger received therein; and    the thumb portion is operable to receive a thumb, wherein the thumb portion is truncated to expose the thumb received therein; and    step (a.2) comprises (a.2.1) contacting at least one of the first, second, and third finger portions to the writing surface to erase the mark thereon.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein: 
 the glove includes a lateral portion remote from the thumb portion;    the eraser pad covers at least a portion of the glove lateral portion; and    step (a.2) comprises (a.2.1) contacting the lateral portion of the glove to the writing surface to erase the mark thereon.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the eraser pad comprises material selected from the group consisting of pile nap, wool, cotton, and felt.