Reversible scrubbing gloves

Abstract

Reversible scrubbing gloves include glove palms, back-hand surfaces, thumb and finger elements provided with scrub pads. In one glove configuration the bottom or gripping segments of the index, middle and ring fingers are provided with bristles, while the top or opposite portions of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger, as well as the thumb, little finger, glove palms and back-hand surfaces have scrub pads. The reversible scrubbing gloves can be worn with the finger bristles down in a first configuration for cleaning the insides of glasses, bowls, and the like using the bristles and the gloves can be reversed and worn in a second configuration to expose only the scrub pads for cleaning pots, pans and other cookware, as well as dishes, bathroom and kitchen sinks, tubs and toilets and the like.

1 . Reversible scrubbing gloves comprising scrub areas provided on the thumb, index: fingers, middle fingers, ring fingers, little fingers, palm and back hand surfaces of said gloves and comprising index finger bristles provided on the index fingers of said gloves.  
   
   
       2 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 1  comprising middle finger bristles provided on the middle fingers of said gloves.  
   
   
       3 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 1  comprising ring finger bristles provided on the ring fingers of said gloves.  
   
   
       4 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 1  wherein said index finger bristles are provided on the gripping surfaces of the index fingers of said gloves when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       5 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 2  wherein said middle finger bristles are provided on the gripping surfaces of the middle fingers of said gloves when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       6 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 3  wherein said ring finger bristles are provided on the gripping surfaces of the ring fingers of said gloves when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       7 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 1  wherein said index finger bristles are provided on the gripping surfaces of the index fingers of said gloves when said gloves are worn in a first configuration and comprising middle finger bristles provided on the gripping surfaces of the middle fingers and ring finger bristles provided on the gripping surface of the ring fingers of said gloves when said gloves are worn in said first configuration.  
   
   
       8 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 1  comprising an index finger scrub area provided on the non-gripping surfaces of said index fingers when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       9 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 2  comprising a middle finger scrub area provided on the non-gripping surfaces of the middle fingers when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       10 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 3  comprising a ring finger scrub area provided on the non-gripping surfaces of the ring fingers when said gloves are worn in a first configuration.  
   
   
       11 . A pair of reversible scrubbing gloves, each having four fingers and a thumb, comprising bristles and first scrubbing pads provided on selected ones of said fingers and second scrubbing pads provided on selected non-finger areas of said gloves.  
   
   
       12 . The pair of reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 11  wherein said fingers of each of said gloves include an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger and wherein said bristles are provided on first selected areas of said index finger, said middle finger and said ring finger of said gloves.  
   
   
       13 . The pair of reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 12  wherein said first scrubbing pads are located on said thumb and said little finger and on second selected areas of said index finger, said middle finger and said ring finger of said gloves.  
   
   
       14 . The pair of reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 11  wherein the gloves each have a palm and a back hand portion or surface opposite the palm and said second scrubbing pads are located on the palm and the back hand portion or surface of the palm.  
   
   
       15 . The pair of reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 14  wherein said first scrubbing pads are located on said thumb, said little finger and on second selected areas of said index finger, said middle finger and said ring finger of said gloves.  
   
   
       16 . Reversible scrubbing gloves, each having an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, a little finger and a thumb, comprising bristles provided on the gripping area of said index finger, said middle finger and said ring finger and scrub areas provided on the non-gripping area of said index finger, said middle finger and said ring finger and on said little finger and said thumb, in a first glove-wearing configuration.  
   
   
       17 . The reversible scrubbing gloves of  claim 16  comprising scrub areas provided on the palm and on the reverse side of said palm of said gloves when said gloves are worn in said first glove-wearing configuration.