Glove with textured hemispherical tips on digit regions

Abstract

A glove and method of forming the same is disclosed. The glove includes a wrist region, a palm region, and a plurality of digit regions each having a tip provided at one end of a fingertip region thereof. The tip is remote from the palm region. A texture is provided on at least one tip of the plurality of digit regions. The texture is provided on an exterior of an arcuate surface of the at least one tip, where the arcuate surface is generally orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the digit region having the textured tip. In other embodiments, a texture is also provided on a circumferential surface of the fingertip region of another of the plurality of digit regions. The texture forms a pattern on the tip or the fingertip region. In one instance, the pattern is a sand pattern produced by micro-etching the glove material.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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 tip provided at one end of a fingertip region of each digit region of the plurality of digit regions, wherein the tip is remote from the palm region and the fingertip region extends downwardly from the tip to an area which will be located proximate a first knuckle of a person's finger or thumb received in the digit region; and   a texture provided on at least one tip of the plurality of digit regions.   
     
     
         2 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the texture is provided on an exterior of an arcuate surface of the at least one tip. 
     
     
         3 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the texture is provided on the at least one tip forms a pattern. 
     
     
         4 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the texture is provided on the at least one tip through a micro-etching process. 
     
     
         5 . 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 texture provided on the at least one tip is only provided on the tip of one of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region. 
     
     
         6 . 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 texture provided on the at least one tip is provided on the tips of a combination of two of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region. 
     
     
         7 . 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 texture provided on the at least one tip is provided on the tips of a combination of three of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region. 
     
     
         8 . 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 texture provided on the at least one tip is provided on the tips of a combination of four of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger 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 texture provided on the at least one tip is provided on the tips of all of the thumb region, the index finger region, the middle finger region, the ring finger region, and the little finger region. 
     
     
         10 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the fingertip region of one or more of the plurality of digit regions is of a reduced circumference, and flares into a transition portion and then into a remaining portion which terminates in the palm region. 
     
     
         11 . The glove according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one tip provided with the texture is generally hemispherical in configuration. 
     
     
         12 . The glove according to  claim 1 , further comprising a texture provided on a circumferential surface of the fingertip region of at least one other of the plurality of digit regions. 
     
     
         13 . The glove according to  claim 12 , wherein the texture on the circumferential surface of the fingertip region of at least one other of the plurality of digit regions is the same as the texture on the at least one tip of the plurality of digit regions. 
     
     
         14 . The glove according to  claim 13 , wherein the fingertip region of the at least one other of the plurality of digit regions is of a reduced circumference, and flares into a transition portion and then into a remaining portion which terminates in the palm region. 
     
     
         15 . The glove according to  claim 14 , wherein the texture on the fingertip region does not extend into the transition portion. 
     
     
         16 . A method comprising:
 forming a glove having a wrist region, a palm region, and a plurality of digit regions, each digit region of the plurality of digit regions having a fingertip region with a tip located remote from the palm region, wherein the fingertip region is adapted to terminate proximate where a first knuckle of a person's finger or thumb will be located when the glove is worn; and   providing a texture on the tip of at least one digit region of the plurality of digit regions.   
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein providing the texture on the tip comprises micro-etching an exterior surface of the tip. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 16 , further comprising providing a texture on an exterior circumferential surface of the fingertip region of another of the plurality of digit regions. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 18 , wherein providing the texture on the fingertip region comprises micro-etching the exterior circumferential surface of the fingertip region. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 18 , further comprising forming a rest of the glove free of texture.