Glove having region of both high coefficient of friction and high permeability to ambient air

Abstract

A hand covering. The hand covering has at least a portion of a gripping region comprising a first material having a first air permeability and a first coefficient of friction when gripping an article, the first material defining openings therein, other regions of the hand covering except the gripping region comprising a second material having a second coefficient of friction when gripping the same article and a second air permeability lower than the first air permeability, wherein the second air permeability lower than the first air permeability allows a user's perspiration to be more easily removed through the gripping region than through the other regions, wherein the first coefficient of friction is greater than the second coefficient of friction, and wherein the openings in the first material occupy between about 20% and 60% of an area of the first material.

1 . A hand covering comprising;
 at least a portion of a gripping region comprising a first material having a first air permeability and a first coefficient of friction when gripping an article, the first material defining openings therein;   other regions of the hand covering except the gripping region comprising a second material having a second coefficient of friction when gripping the same article and a second air permeability lower than the first air permeability;   wherein the second air permeability lower than the first air permeability allows a user's perspiration to be more easily removed through the gripping region than through the other regions;   wherein the first coefficient of friction is greater than the second coefficient of friction; and   wherein the openings in the first material occupy between about 20% and 60% of an area of the first material.   
     
     
         2 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the first and second air permeabilities are responsive to one or both of characteristics of the first and second materials, size of openings defined in the first material and a percentage of an area of the first material occupied by the openings. 
     
     
         3 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the first material comprises a mesh material. 
     
     
         4 . The hand covering of  claim 3  wherein the mesh material comprises a core material and a coating layer disposed thereon, wherein the coating layer substantially determines the first coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         5 . The hand covering of  claim 3  wherein the mesh material comprises different aperture patterns, aperture sizes, thread sizes or thread types in different areas of the gripping region and wherein the mesh material comprises one or more of a warp knitted material, a weft knitted material, a woven material, polyester, nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, cotton or acrylic. 
     
     
         6 . The hand covering of  claim 3  wherein the mesh material defines a repeating or a non-repeating pattern of openings. 
     
     
         7 . The hand covering of  claim 3  wherein the mesh material comprises a yarn, fiber, filament or thread having the first coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         8 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein openings in the first material occupy about 40% of the area of the first material. 
     
     
         9 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the first coefficient of friction is greater than about 0.2. 
     
     
         10 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein a wearer's hand skin is visible through the openings in the first material. 
     
     
         11 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein a coefficient of friction between the first material and a wearer's hand is greater than about  0 . 2 . 
     
     
         12 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the mesh material comprises a core material and a coating layer disposed thereon, wherein the coating layer is disposed on one or both surfaces of the mesh material. 
     
     
         13 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the first material comprises a mechanically constructed mesh material comprising textile threads configured to form the mesh material. 
     
     
         14 . The hand covering of  claim 1  further comprising a liner layer having a first mesh surface in contact with the first material and a breathable padding layer in contact with a wearer's hand. 
     
     
         15 . The hand covering of  claim 14  wherein the first mesh surface defines openings therein smaller than the openings of the first material. 
     
     
         16 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the gripping region comprises one or more of a palm region, one or more finger regions and a thumb region. 
     
     
         17 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the gripping region comprises a patch region, wherein the coefficient of friction of the patch region is greater than regions surrounding the patch region. 
     
     
         18 . The hand covering of  claim 1  wherein the openings are between about 0.1 mm and 5 mm. 
     
     
         19 . The hand covering of  claim 1  further comprising a spacer fabric in the gripping region. 
     
     
         20 . A glove comprising:
 gripping and non-gripping regions;   a first air permeability and a first coefficient of friction in the gripping region;   a second air permeability and a second coefficient of friction in the non- griping region; and   the first air permeability greater than second air permeability and the first coefficient of friction greater than the second coefficient of friction.