Padded Glove Device for Children and Methods of Making and Using Same

Abstract

Protective gear for infants and young children such as passed anti-scratching hand coverings are described. The gloves can alleviate harmful scratching of the child's hands on his or her face or other vulnerable areas. The gloves can also aid the motor-skills, coordination and dexterity development of young children. The gloves can include an elastic and flexible glove body and up to five separate hollow cylindrical glove fingers. The glove body can cover at least a portion of one or both of a dorsal or a palmer side of a hand of the child. Each glove finger can be individually sized, shaped, or otherwise configured to accommodate respective fingers of the child. A padded portion can be included on or along an exterior of at least a portion of the glove finger. The padded portion is adapted to be in close contact with skin of the child or other object when the glove fingers are engaged in act such as gripping.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove for a child comprising:
 an elastic and flexible glove body sized, shaped, or otherwise configured for covering at least apportion of one or both of a dorsal or a palmer side of a hand of the child; and   up to five separate hollow cylindrical glove fingers attached to the glove body, the glove fingers including a padded portion on or along an exterior of at least a portion of the glove finger, wherein:
 each of the glove fingers is individually sized, shaped, or otherwise configured to accommodate respective finger of the child; and 
 the padded portion is adapted to be in close contact with skin of the child or other object when the glove fingers are engaged in ac including gripping. 
   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove body has a width within a range of approximately 2-5 inches and a glove length within a range of approximately 3-6 inches, the glove length measured from the tip of the middle glove finger to the base of the glove body connecting to the wrist. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the padded portion is disposed on a palmer side of the glove finger, the padded portion sized or shaped to cover one or more of a distal phalanx, middle phalanx, or proximal phalanx of the hand of the child. 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove body comprises a secondary padded portion affixed to at least a portion of palmer side of an exterior of the glove body. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the padded portion is made out of soft, non-abrasive material with desirable elasticity, the material for the padded portion including a single or a blend of two or more natural or synthetic materials. 
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 5 , wherein the material used for making the padded portion includes cotton. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 6 , wherein the material used for making the padded portion includes cotton blend fabric, including cotton-spandex blend or cotton-polyester blend. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the glove body is made out of one or more material including cotton, spandex, lycra or other elastic and flexible fabrics. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , further comprising a closure device affixed to the glove body, the closure device configured to engage with at least a portion of a wrist of the child when the glove body and the glove fingers are engaged with the hand of the child. 
     
     
         10 . The glove of  claim 9 , wherein the closure device includes a fastener adapted to adjustably fasten the glove to the hand of the child, and to adjustably loosen the glove to disengage the glove from hand of child. 
     
     
         11 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the fastener includes at least one of a Velcro, one or more hooks, one or more loops, one or more buttons, a zipper, or one or more snaps. 
     
     
         12 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the fastener is affixed to the dorsal side of the glove body at or near the wrist of the child. 
     
     
         13 . The glove of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more joint patches disposed on the glove body or one or more of the glove fingers, wherein the joint patches are adapted to cover one or more of finger joints, hand joints, or wrist joints of the child, the joint patches sized and shaped to provide flexible motion to the joints. 
     
     
         14 . The glove of  claim 13 , wherein the joint patches is made out of one or more flexible and contouring fabrics including lycra or spandex. 
     
     
         15 . The glove of  claim 14 , further comprising a supportive insert underneath the joint patches and affixed to an interior of the glove body, wherein the supportive insert is made out of one or more material of higher durability than the fabrics used for make the joint patches. 
     
     
         16 . The glove of  claim 10 , further comprising an opening element on at least a portion of the glove, wherein the opening element is configured to close when the closure device engages with the portion of the wrist, and to open when the closure device disengages from the portion of the wrist. 
     
     
         17 . The glove of  claim 16 , wherein the opening element is disposed on the dorsal of the glove body. 
     
     
         18 . A method for making a padded anti-scratching glove for a child, the method comprising:
 receiving first flexible material for fabrication of a dorsal panel and a palmer panel of the anti-scratching glove;   cutting the first material to form the palmer panel in accordance with a contour, a size, or a shape resembling palmer side of a hand of the child, the palmer panel including a palmer side of a glove body and a palmer side of up to five glove fingers;   cutting the first material to form the dorsal panel in accordance with a contour, a size, or a pattern resembling dorsal side of a hand of a child, the dorsal panel including a dorsal side of the glove body and a dorsal side of the up to five glove fingers;   stitching around a perimeter of the palmer and dorsal panels, the stitched palmer panel and the dorsal panel forming a pouch to accommodate the hand of the child, and the stitched palmer side and the dorsal side of the glove fingers forming cylindrical hollow glove fingers each to accommodate a respective finger of the child;   fabricating a closure device an affixing the closure device to the glove body, the closure device including a fastener adapted to adjustably fasten the glove to the hand of the child, and to adjustably loosen the glove and disengage the glove from the hand of the child; and   fabricating a padded portion and stitching the padded portion on or along the exterior of at least a portion of the glove finger.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 receiving second soft, non-abrasive material with desirable elasticity, the second material including fabric; and   fabricating the padded portion using at least the second material, wherein stitching the padded portion includes stitching the fabricated padded portion on or along the exterior of at least at portion of the glove finger.   
     
     
         20 . A method, comprising:
 Obtaining a padded anti-scratching glove sized, shaped, or otherwise configured for use in a hand of a child, the anti-scratching glove including a padded portion affixed to an exterior of at least a portion of the glove finger, the padded portion adapted to closely contact skin of the child or other object when the glove fingers are engaged in act including gripping; and   to put on the glove on the hand of the child,
 engaging the glove on the hand of the child including fitting each finger of the child into a respective cylindrical hollow glove finger attached to a main body of the glove; and 
 fastening the glove using a closure device attached to the glove when the glove clings to the hand and fingers of the child, the closure device adapted to adjustably fasten the glove to the hand of the child via a fastener on the closure device; or 
   to take off the glove from the hand of the child,
 unfastening the glove using the closure device, the closure device adapted to loosen the glove from hand of the child via the fastener; and 
 disengaging the glove from the hand of the child.