Glove System and Method of Manufacture

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a unique glove system for covering a user's hand including four finger covering members, a thumb covering member, and a palm covering member. The four finger covering members each include a concave finger member coupled to a finger cap with only one continuous seam. The thumb covering member and palm covering member may also be coupled with a single continuous seam. The single seam is disposed toward the dorsal side of the corresponding user's finger, thumb, and/or palm, respectively. A second embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a glove system including molding the concave finger members, seam coupling the concave finger members with the finger caps to form the finger covering members, and intercoupling the finger covering members with the thumb covering member and palm covering member

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove system configured to encase a user's hand comprising:
 four finger covering members configured to independently encase the user's fingers, wherein at least one of the four fingering covering members includes a concave finger member and a finger cap intercoupled with only one continuous finger seam;   a thumb covering member configured to independently encase the user's thumb; and   a palm covering member configured to independently encase the user's palm, wherein the palm covering member is coupled to the four finger covering members and the thumb covering member to form a continuous covering layer over the user's hand.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein all four fingering covering members include a concave finger member and a finger cap intercoupled with only one continuous finger seam. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the concave finger covering members include a partially enclosed interior region corresponding to the volume of a user's finger. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the thumb covering member includes a concave thumb member and a thumb cap intercoupled with only one continuous thumb seam. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein an interior circumference of the concave finger members corresponds to the circumference of a user's finger. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the four finger covering members is independently shaped with respect to the remaining finger covering members to correspond to a general relationship between each of the user's fingers with respect to the remaining fingers. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the only seam on at least one of the four finger covering members is disposed in substantial proximity to the corresponding dorsal side of the user's finger. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the four concave finger covering members are at least in part composed of a moldable material. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the four finger caps are at least in part composed of an elastic material. 
     
     
         10 . A glove system configured to encase a user's hand comprising:
 four finger covering members configured to independently encase the user's fingers, wherein the four fingering covering members each include a concave finger member and a finger cap intercoupled with only one continuous finger seam, and wherein the only seam on each of the four finger covering members is disposed in substantial proximity to the corresponding dorsal side of the user's fingers;   a thumb covering member configured to independently encase the user's thumb, wherein the thumb covering member includes a concave thumb member and a thumb cap intercoupled with only one continuous thumb seam; and   a palm covering member configured to independently encase the user's palm, wherein the palm covering member is coupled to the four finger covering members and the thumb covering member to form a continuous covering layer over the user's hand.   
     
     
         11 . A method for manufacturing a glove system comprising the acts of:
 molding four independent concave finger members to have an interior partially enclosed volume corresponding to the volume of a corresponding user's finger;   seam coupling each of the four concave finger members to a corresponding finger cap to form four finger covering members each including an enclosed interior region corresponding to each of the user's fingers;   intercoupling the four finger covering members with a thumb covering member and a palm covering member to form the glove system configured to encase a user's hand; and   wherein the seam coupling of each of the four finger covering members is the only seam on each of the four finger covering members.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the act of intercoupling the four finger covering members includes disposing the seam in substantial proximity to the dorsal side of the corresponding user's fingers. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the act of intercoupling the four finger covering members with a thumb covering member further includes molding a concave thumb member to have an interior partially enclosed volume corresponding to the volume of a corresponding user's thumb; and seam coupling the concave thumb member to a corresponding thumb cap to form the thumb covering member including an enclosed interior region corresponding to the user's thumb. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the seam coupling on the thumb covering member is the only seam on the thumb covering member. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11  further including the act of aligning the seam couplings of the four finger covering members to be continuous with one another. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the act of molding the four concave finger members includes compressing a unmolded finger member over a positive mold and cutting the unmolded finger member along the perimeter of the positive mold. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the act of compressing further includes providing a compression system including a top member, a bottom member, a tightening system, and a positive mold, and wherein tightening system is configured to compress the top member toward the bottom member around the perimeter of the positive mold. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the tightening system includes a plurality of compression screws. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the four concave finger covering members are at least composed in part of a moldable material. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the four finger caps are at least composed in part of an elastic material.