Glove with textured finger and thumb crotches

Abstract

A glove including a wrist region; a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region; a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region, wherein each digit region of the plurality of digit regions has a longitudinal axis extending along the digit region from the tip of the digit region to the palm region; an interior cavity bounded and defined by the wrist region, the palm region, and the plurality of digit regions, wherein the interior cavity is accessible via an opening defined by the wrist region. A crotch area is defined between each pair of adjacent digit regions. An exterior surface of at least one crotch area is textured, particularly through micro-etching of the exterior surface of the crotch area.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A glove comprising:
 a wrist region;   a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region;   a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region;   a crotch area defined between each pair of adjacent digit regions of the plurality of digit regions; and   a first texture provided on an interior and an exterior surface of at least one crotch area of the glove, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of digit regions outside of the crotch area has a second texture different than the first texture.   
     
     
         2 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the first texture is formed into a pattern. 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the first texture on the at least one crotch area is provided on an exterior of an arcuate surface extending between a first digit region and a second digit region of one pair of adjacent digit regions. 
     
     
         6 . The glove according to  claim 5 , wherein the first texture on the at least one crotch area extends along part of an exterior of a side surface of the first digit region and part of an exterior of a side surface of the second digit region. 
     
     
         7 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the first texture of the at least one crotch area extends at least partially onto an exterior of a front of the palm region. 
     
     
         8 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the first texture of the at least one crotch area extends at least partially onto an exterior of a back of the palm region. 
     
     
         9 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of digit regions includes a thumb region, an index finger region, a middle finger region, a ring finger region, and a little finger region; and wherein the at least one crotch area comprises a first crotch area located between the thumb region and the index finger region. 
     
     
         10 . The glove according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one crotch area includes a second crotch area located between the index finger region and the middle finger region, and wherein each of the first crotch area and the second crotch area is textured with the first texture. 
     
     
         11 . The glove according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one crotch area includes a third crotch area located between the middle finger region and the ring finger region, and wherein each of the first crotch area, the second crotch area, and the third crotch area is textured with the first texture. 
     
     
         12 . The glove according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one crotch area includes a fourth crotch area located between the ring finger region and the little finger region, and wherein each of the first crotch area, the second crotch area, the third crotch area, and the fourth crotch area is textured with the first texture. 
     
     
         13 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of digit regions is aligned along a common plane and the glove is an ambidextrous glove. 
     
     
         14 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of digit regions includes a thumb region, an index finger region, a middle finger region, a ring finger region, and a little finger region; and wherein the index finger region, middle finger region, ring finger region, and little finger region are aligned along a common plane, and wherein the thumb region is in a different plane, and the glove is a hand-specific glove. 
     
     
         15 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one digit region of the plurality of digit regions includes a fingertip region which is of a reduced circumference relative to a remaining portion of the at least one digit region. 
     
     
         16 . The glove according to  claim 15 , wherein the remaining portion of the at least one digit region further includes a transition portion which tapers in circumference moving in a direction away from the palm region and towards [[the]] a tip of the at least one digit region. 
     
     
         17 . A method comprising:
 forming a glove having a wrist region, a palm region, and a plurality of digit regions;   defining a crotch area between each pair of adjacent digit regions of the plurality of digit regions; and   texturing with a first texture an interior and an exterior surface of at least one crotch area defined on the glove, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of digit regions outside of the crotch area has a second texture different than the first texture.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , further comprising forming a pattern on an interior and an exterior surface of the glove along the at least one crotch area with the texturing with the first texture. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the first texture of the interior surface is of another color than a color of the first texture of the exterior surface. 
     
     
         22 . The glove according to  claim 21 , wherein the color and the another color are strongly contrasting. 
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the texturing with the first texture of the interior surface is of another color than a color of the texturing with the first texture of the exterior surface. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the color and the another color are strongly contrasting.