Shells for gloves

Abstract

A glove shell fitting over a glove includes a covering portion that covers a non-thumb portion of the glove when the glove shell is fitted over the glove. The glove shell includes a closed rounded distal end, an opened proximal end, and a through hole opening formed on a side of the glove shell above a portion of the glove shell having a trapezoidal cross-section. The opening is configured to receive a thumb portion of the glove and at least partially surround a corresponding base of the thumb portion of the glove. The thumb portion of the glove is exposed in whole or in part when the glove shell is fitted over the glove.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a glove shell configured to fit over a glove;   the glove shell comprising a covering portion that covers a non-thumb portion of the glove when the glove shell is fitted over the glove; and   the glove shell comprising a closed rounded distal end, an opened proximal end, and a through hole opening formed on a side of the glove shell above a portion of the glove shell having a trapezoidal cross-section, wherein the opening is configured to receive a thumb portion of the glove and at least partially surround a corresponding base of the thumb portion of the glove, wherein the thumb portion of the glove is exposed in whole or in part when the glove shell is fitted over the glove.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the glove is a first glove and wherein the glove shell is configured to fit over a second glove different from the first glove. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pull tab that is coupled to a cuff portion of the glove shell.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the pull tab is rectangularly shaped. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the pull tab is coupled to the glove shell in a folded configuration, wherein a first end of the pull tab is coupled to an outer portion of the glove shell and a second end of the pull tab is coupled to an inner portion of the glove shell. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the pull tab is coupled to a middle section of the opened proximal end. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the glove shell is made of a blended material. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the blended material comprises a blend between a synthetic material and a stretchable material. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the synthetic material comprises one of polyester, recycled polyester, nylon, or recycled nylon, microporous polymer, thermoplastic polymer; and   the stretchable material comprises elastane.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the synthetic material weighs 100 to 300 grams per square meter. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the glove shell is imprinted with a design. 
     
     
         12 . A glove shell for a hand covering, comprising:
 a cover comprising a nonthumb covering portion comprising a closed rounded distal end and an opened proximal end, at least a portion of the nonthumb covering portion comprising a trapezoidal cross-section; and   a through hole opening formed in a thumb portion of the cover, wherein the trapezoidal cross-section comprises a tapering width increasing from the thumb portion of the cover to the opened proximal end.   
     
     
         13 . The glove shell of  claim 12 , further comprising at least one pull tab that is coupled to a cuff portion of the cover. 
     
     
         14 . The glove shell of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one pull tab comprises a pair of pull tabs, each pull tab of the pair of pull tabs being coupled to a symmetrically opposite portion of the cover. 
     
     
         15 . The glove shell of  claim 14 , wherein each pull tab of the pair of pull tabs comprises a loop. 
     
     
         16 . The glove shell of  claim 14 , wherein each pull tab of the pair of pull tabs comprises a coupling feature for detachably coupling the pull tabs to each other. 
     
     
         17 . The glove shell of  claim 12 , wherein the cover is made of a blended material. 
     
     
         18 . The glove shell of  claim 17 , wherein the blended material comprises a blend between a synthetic material and a stretchable material. 
     
     
         19 . The glove shell of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the synthetic material comprises one of polyester, recycled polyester, nylon, or recycled nylon, wherein the synthetic material weighs 100 to 300 grams per square meter; and   the stretchable material comprises elastane, wherein the stretchable material provides three-dimensional stretching to approximately 50% of an unstretched dimension.   
     
     
         20 . The glove shell of  claim 12 , wherein the cover is imprinted with a design comprising an identifier of the glove shell.