Work glove

Abstract

A glove includes a body portion defining a space to receive a body portion of a hand, and a plurality of digit portions extending from the body portion, including a set of finger portions and a thumb portion, wherein each digit portion defines an elongated digit receiving space. For each finger portion, the plurality of annular ribs is located along a rib section of the finger portion, wherein the rib section of the finger portion has a rib section length that is no more than thirty-three percent of the full length of the finger portion. An end section of each finger portion lacks any annular ribs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove, comprising:
 a body portion defining a space to receive a body portion of a hand;   a plurality of digit portions extending from the body portion, including a set of finger portions and a thumb portion, wherein each digit portion defines an elongated digit receiving space;   wherein each finger portion includes a full length defined between a proximal location and a distal tip of the finger portion, wherein the proximal location is where the finger portion joins the body portion;   wherein each finger portion includes a plurality of annular ribs formed thereon, each annular rib comprising an exterior protrusion on the finger portion resulting from a thickening of a glove material;   wherein, for each finger portion, adjacent ribs of the plurality of annular ribs are separated by a gap resulting from a thinner segment of glove material;   wherein, for each finger portion:
 the plurality of annular ribs are located along a rib section of the finger portion, wherein the rib section of the finger portion has a rib section length that runs from the proximal location to a distal edge of the annular rib that is most distal from the body portion, wherein the rib section length is no more than thirty-three percent of the full length, and wherein an end section of the finger portion runs from the distal edge of the annular rib that is most distal from the body portion to the distal tip of the finger portion, and the end section of the finger portion lacks any annular ribs. 
   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein, for each finger portion, the rib section length is no more than thirty percent of the full length. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the thumb portion includes a full length defined between a set location and a distal tip of the thumb portion, wherein the set location is where the thumb portion joins the body portion;   wherein the thumb portion includes a plurality of annular ribs formed thereon, each annular rib of the thump portion comprising an exterior protrusion on the thumb portion resulting from a thickening of a glove material;   wherein adjacent annular ribs of the plurality of annular ribs on the thumb portion are separated by a gap resulting from a thinner segment of glove material;   wherein, for the thumb portion:
 the plurality of annular ribs are located along a rib section of the thumb portion, wherein the rib section of the thumb portion has a rib section length that runs from the set location to a distal edge of the annular rib of the thumb portion that is most distal from the body portion, wherein the rib section length of the thumb portion is no more than thirty-three percent of the full length of the thumb portion, and wherein an end section of the thumb portion runs from the distal edge of the annular rib of the thumb portion that is most distal from the body portion to the distal tip of the thumb portion, and the end section of the thumb portion lacks any annular ribs. 
   
     
     
         4 . A glove, comprising:
 a body portion defining a space to receive a body portion of a hand, the body portion including a grip side and a back side, wherein the grip side includes a body grip surface area, wherein the body grip surface area includes a ribbed body grip surface area section and a non- ribbed body grip surface area section, wherein the ribbed body grip surface area section includes a plurality of adjacent ribs thereon, wherein each of the ribs is formed by a thickening of a glove material, wherein the non-ribbed surface area section lacks any ribs;   five digit portions extending from the body portion, wherein each digit portion defines an elongated digit receiving space, wherein each digit portion includes a grip side and a back side, wherein the grip side of each digit portion defines a digit grip surface area, wherein the digit grip surface area of each digit portion includes a ribbed digit grip surface area section and a non- ribbed digit grip surface area section;   wherein each digit portion includes a full length defined between a proximal location and a distal tip of the digit portion, wherein the proximal location is where the digit portion joins the body portion;   wherein, for each digit portion, the ribbed digit grip surface area section extends a ribbed length that runs from the proximal location to an intermediate position along the digit portion, wherein the ribbed length is no more than thirty-five percent of the full length and includes a plurality of adjacent ribs formed thereon, each of the ribs of the digit portion results from a thickening of the glove material;   wherein, for each digit portion, the non-ribbed digit grip surface area section runs from the intermediate location to the distal tip of the digit portion, and the non-ribbed digit grip surface area section lacks any ribs;   wherein a total grip surface area is defined by a combination of the body grip surface area of the grip side of the body portion and the digit grip surface area of the grip side of each of the five digit portions;   wherein a total ribbed grip surface area is defined by a combination of the ribbed body grip surface area section of the grip side of the body portion and the ribbed digit grip surface area section of the grip side of each of the five digit portions;   wherein the total ribbed grip surface area is between 40% and 50% of the total grip surface area.