Patent Application
20110229682
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to bandages fixing worn gloves, more particularly, to bandages with waterproof and flexible structure to fix uneven, worn surface on gloves.
2. Description of the Related Art
Worn gloves, especially those made with rubber, are often misplaced and cause pollution to environment. Gloves that are used in kitchen areas are usually waterproof, but a small cut or worn spot may make them useless as water permeate into the gloves and cause damages from inner part of the gloves. The longer water stays inside of rubber gloves, the rubber particles start to dissolve and the gloves become more fragile. Generally, if one of a pair of gloves is damaged, the other one is useless as well. Then they are often dumped into garbage bin and cause pollution to environment.
A glove fix bandage can save a pair of gloves from situation described above. Once there is a small cut or worn area on a glove, one can wrap it with a glove fix bandage to prevent further damage, especially damage by water. If water has permeated through a worn area into a glove, one should apply one bandage wrapping worn surface and, if necessary, use a smaller size bandage fixing inner part of the glove.
This glove fix bandage is made with latex and both of its surface and bottom areas are waterproof. Its surface is waterproof with grip and allows gloves to retain its capability to hold slippery items after this bandage is wrapped. The fastener portion as shown in
For people who don't want to let others see bandages on worn gloves, they can use a transparent glove fix bandage which has all functions as regular glove fix bandage except that it is transparent.
