Adjustable-Sized GLove

Abstract

The inventor discloses a glove having a disc located on a wearer's wrist, such that the disc may be wrapped along the wearer's hand and cause the glove to be rolled up the back of the wearer's hand. The disc may be permanently or detachably secured to the glove. The disc allows people with various hand sizes to wear a one-size-fits-all glove while snugly securing the glove to the wearer's hand, preventing contamination and increasing finger dexterity.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A glove comprising:
 a palm section covering the fingers and palm area of the wearer's hand;   a wrist section attached to the palm section and covering the section of the wrist below the palm area; and   a disc secured to the back of the wrist section, the disc sized to wrap excess material in the wrist section along the back of a wearer's hand in order to tighten the fit of the palm section.   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc has rounded edges. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 2 , wherein the disc is circular. 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc is detachable from the wrist section. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 4 , wherein the disc is secured to the wrist section by wrapping an edge of the glove around the disc. 
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc has a diameter between 0.25 and 2 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein the disc has a diameter of 1.25 inches. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc is secured to the wrist section by being inserted between two layers of material of the glove overlaying the wrist section of the glove. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc is adhesively secured to the wrist section. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the disc is formed of rigid plastic. 
     
     
         11 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove is formed of latex. 
     
     
         12 . A latex glove comprising:
 a palm section covering the fingers and palm area of the wearer's hand;   a wrist section attached to the palm section and covering the section of the wrist below the palm area; and   a circular disc of rigid plastic and having a diameter between 0.25 and 2 inches, secured to the back of the wrist section, the disc sized to wrap excess material in the wrist section along the back of a wearer's hand in order to tighten the fit of the palm section.   
     
     
         13 . A latex glove comprising:
 a palm section covering the fingers and palm area of the wearer's hand;   a wrist section attached to the palm section and covering the section of the wrist below the palm area; and   means for wrapping excess glove material in the wrist section along the back of the wearer's hand in order to tighten the fit of the palm section.