The present disclosure relates to a functional structure of a glove structure, and in particularly to, a glove structure which can increase a grasping force and a friction force.
Human beings have known for the first time that they can protect their hands from harm by attaching a glove structure to their hands. Human hands often need to grasp. When grasping, muscle activities will form skin folds and become palm prints. In U.S. Patent Publication No. US2018/0193718A1 (hereinafter referred to as Document 1), grooves are formed on a palm of a glove structure to simulate the palm prints of the hand to increase the convenience of the glove structure when grasping.
However, the palm prints of the hand are not actually formed by just grooves. Referring to
The glove structure in Document 1 only has grooves, and does not have the crista cutis A1, the sulcus cutis A2 and chain-shaped section A3, so the glove structure cannot effectively improve the grasping force and the friction force when grasping an object.
To solve the technical problems of the related art, the present disclosure provides a glove structure which can increase a grasping force and a friction force when grasping an object.
The details of technical means adopted by the present disclosure are illustrated as follows.
A glove structure of the present disclosure at least comprises a glove core and at least a glove part, the glove core has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, the glove part has a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, and the bottom surface covers the outer surface of the glove core, wherein the glove part is formed with a lamination region which caves downwards from the top surface and has a log strip shape along an extending direction, the lamination region comprises an adhesion region, a bottom portion, a plurality of protruding portions and a plurality of sinking sections, and a portion of the top surface which is not formed with the lamination region has at least a non-lamination region; the adhesion region is formed under the lamination region, or an adhesive layer is disposed under the lamination region to form the adhesion region; the bottom portion is formed on the adhesion region, the protruding portions protrude upwards from the bottom portion, the protruding portions are spaced apart to each other and arranged in at least one row along the extending direction, and the sinking section is formed between the two adjacent protruding portions.
According to the above structural features, the adhesion region is bonded to the outer surface.
According to the above structural features, the non-lamination region, the bottom portion, the protruding portions and the sinking sections are formed in one piece.
According to the above structural features, the non-lamination region, the bottom portion, the protruding portions, the sinking sections and the adhesion region are formed in one piece.
According to the above structural features, a height distance between the protruding portion and the top surface is defined as a gap, and the gap is larger than 0.
According to the above structural features, a height distance between the sinking section and the top surface is defined as a sinking depth, a height distance between the bottom portion and the top surface is defined as a bottom portion depth, and the sinking depth is larger than or equal to the bottom portion depth.
According to the above structural features, a width distance between the protruding portion and the non-lamination region is defined as a half groove width, and the half groove width is larger than 0.
According to the above structural features, the half groove width between the protruding portion and the non-lamination region on a left side of the protruding portion is identical to or different from the half groove width between the protruding portion and the non-lamination region on a right side of the protruding portion.
According to the above structural features, the protruding portions of the lamination region of the glove part are spaced apart to each other and arranged in a plurality of parallel rows along the extending direction.
According to the above structural features, the glove structure comprises two glove parts being independent and spaced apart to each other, the lamination region of each of the glove parts is formed to have a distance to an edge of the top surface of the glove part, and the distance is less than or equal to 10 mm.
According to the above structural features, the protruding portions of the lamination region of each of the glove parts are spaced apart to each other and arranged in a plurality of parallel rows along the extending direction.
According to the above structural features, a modified glove part is formed between the glove core and the glove part.
According to the above structural features, the adhesion region is bonded to the modified glove part, and the modified glove part covers the outer surface of the glove core.
According to the above structural features, the protruding portion has a long strip shape, and a longitudinal direction of the long strip shape of the protruding portion is identical to the extending direction.
According to the above provided glove structure, technical results of the glove structure of the present disclosure are illustrated as follows.
According to the above structural features, the glove core of the glove structure of the present disclosure acts dermis of skin, and the glove part covering the glove core acts as epidermis of the skin. The glove part is formed with a lamination region which caves downwards from a top surface of the glove part and has a long strip shape, and the lamination region acts as sulcus cutis of the palm prints of the epidermis. Especially, the bottom portion between the protruding portion and the non-lamination region acts as sulcus cutis. The caved bottom portion of the lamination region are disposed with a plurality of protruding portions, and the protruding portions arranged along the extending direction of the lamination region act as the crista cutis. The protruding portions are spaced apart to each other, so as to act as the crista cutis which presents the chain-shaped section. The sinking section between the adjacent protruding portions acts as the sinking region of the adjacent crista cutis of the chain-shaped section. The glove structure of the present disclosure is to simulate the dermis and the epidermis of the skin, and thus the non-lamination region, the bottom portion, the protruding portions and the sinking sections of the glove part are formed in one piece. The glove structure of the present disclosure can effectively increase a grasping force and a friction force when grasping an object.
Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following drawings are dedicated for description, and they are schematic and exemplary, being not drawn and precisely allocated in accordance with the actual ratio, thus not limiting the present disclosure.
The present disclosure provides a glove structure 10, as shown in a first embodiment of
In practice, the glove core 11 of the present disclosure can be any object that looks like a glove. The glove core 11 of the glove structure 10 is made of cotton yarn, leather, plush, fiber, natural fiber, man-made fiber, non-woven fabric, plastic or rubber. The glove core 11 can be a knitted glove, a sewing glove or a woven glove, or the glove core 11 can be a dip coated glove formed by a dip coated method as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,803,438, or the glove core 11 can be an injection molded glove formed by injection molding as disclosed in China Patent No. 103415223. The glove part 21 of the present disclosure can be anything covering the glove core 11. The glove part 21 can be a piece made of cotton, leather, plush, fiber, natural fiber, man-made fiber, non-woven fabric, plastic or rubber, or the glove part 21 can be a dip coated component formed as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,803,438, or the glove part 21 can be an injection molded component formed by injection molding as disclosed in China Patent No. 103415223. The material of the glove part 21 can be the same as the material of the glove core 11; of course, the material of the glove part 21 can also be different from the material of the glove core 11. The adhesive layer can be made of Polyurethane (PU), polyacrylate, acrylate or other adhesive interface materials, and can be attached by applying adhesive film or brushing glue. Same as that of the related art, the glove core 11 can be divided into a palm part and a finger part. The palm part can be further divided into a palm surface, a palm side and a palm back. The finger part can be further divided into a finger surface, a finger side and a finger back. Of course, the glove core 11 can also have only the palm part without necessarily having the finger part, or the glove core 11 can also have only the finger part without having to have the palm part. It is particularly noted here that the palm part, the finger part, the palm surface, the palm side, the palm back, the finger surface, the finger side and the finger back are well known to common knowledge, and therefore the labels are omitted herein.
The glove structure 10 of the present disclosure uses the glove part 21 covering the glove core 11 as acting as the epidermis of the skin, so preferably, the glove part 21 can be a fiber woven fabric such as a microfiber woven nylon piece, or animal leather or artificial leather, to have both functions of protection and breathability. The glove part 21 of the glove structure 10 of the present disclosure caves downwards and has a long strip shape, so as to act as the sulcus cutis of the palm prints of the epidermis, especially, the bottom portion 2122 between the protruding portion 2123 and the non-lamination region 2125 acts as the sulcus cutis. The caved bottom portion 2122 of the lamination region 2120 has the protruding portions 2123 arranged in at least a row along the lamination region 2120, and the protruding portions 2123 act as the crista cutis. The protruding portion 2123 are spaced apart to each other to present the crista cutis of the chain-shaped section. The sinking section 2124 between the adjacent protruding portions 2123 acts as the sinking region between adjacent crista cutis of the chain-shaped section. Since the protruding portions 2123 are to simulate the crista cutis of the chain-shaped section, the protruding portion 2123 has a long strip shape, and a longitudinal direction of the long strip shape of the protruding portion 2123 is identical to the extending direction X. Of course, the protruding portion 2123 may have a hemisphere shape, or other shape. Since the glove part 21 of the glove structure 10 of the present disclosure is to simulate the epidermis of the skin, the non-lamination region 2125, the bottom portion 2122, the protruding portions 2123 and the sinking sections 2124 of the glove part 21 are formed in one piece. When the palm prints corresponding to the human palm are straight lines in a certain section, the extending direction X can be a straight extension line; and when the palm prints corresponding to the human palm are curved in another section, the extending direction X can be an extension curve.
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The glove structure manufacturing method firstly cuts the glove part 21 to have a specific contour shape, disposes an adhesive layer (such as hot melt glue or self-adhesive) below the glove part 21 to form the adhesion region 2121, and positions the glove part 21 to cover the preset position of the glove core 11, such as the palm surface. Next, the glove structure manufacturing method uses the mold M to cover the glove part 21 and apply heat and pressure to the glove part 21. The mold M has a plurality of regions which are a positive engraved pattern of a first region M1, a negative engraved pattern of a second region M2, and a positive engraved pattern of a third region M3. The mold M has a plurality of regions which are a positive engraved pattern of a first region M1, a negative engraved pattern of a second region M2, and a positive engraved pattern of a third region M3. The first region M1, the second region M2 and the third region M3 of the mold M are respectively corresponding to the lamination region 2120, the protruding portions 2123 and the sinking sections 2124, such that the glove part 21 is formed with the bottom portion 2122, the protruding portions 2123 and the sinking sections 2124 of the lamination region 2120. This method is especially suitable when the glove part 21 is leather, such as animal leather or artificial leather. At this time, the heating temperature of the mold M can be set to be higher than the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the leather, so that the leather has the property of softening and deforming. In other words, the adhesion region 2121 is not formed integrally with the non-lamination region 2125, the bottom portion 2122, the protruding portions 2123 and the sinking sections 2124.
Referring to the second embodiment of
Referring to the third embodiment of
Compared to the related art, the glove core 11 of the glove structure 10 of the present disclosure acts the dermis of skin, and the glove part 21 covering the glove core 11 acts as the epidermis of the skin. The glove part 21 is formed with the lamination region 2120 being caved and in a long strip shape, and the lamination region 2120 acts the sulcus cutis of the palm prints of the epidermis of the skin. Especially, the bottom portion 2122 between the protruding portion 2123 and the non-lamination region 2125 acts as sulcus cutis. The caved bottom portion 2122 of the lamination region 2120 has the protruding portions 2123, and the protruding portions 2123 arranged along the extending direction X of the lamination region 2120 act as the crista cutis. The protruding portions 2123 are spaced apart to each other, so as to act as the crista cutis which presents the chain-shaped section. The sinking section 2124 between the adjacent protruding portions 2123 acts as the sinking region of the adjacent crista cutis of the chain-shaped section. Since the glove structure 10 of the present disclosure is to simulate the dermis and the epidermis of the skin, the non-lamination region 2125, the bottom portion 2122, the protruding portions 2123 and the sinking sections 2124 of the glove part 21 are formed in one piece. The protruding portions 2123 form the friction force with the object being grasped, and the lamination region 2120 and the sinking sections 2124 make it easier for the glove part 21 to form wrinkles, which is beneficial to the curling of the glove structure 10 when grasping the object, wherein the lamination region 2120 makes the glove part 21 prone to form wrinkles along the extending direction X, and the sinking sections 2124 makes the glove part 21 prone to form wrinkles along a vertical direction of the extending direction X. Thus, when grasping an object, the glove structure 10 is prone to curling and increases the grasping force to the object, and the increase in grasping force also leads to an increase in the friction force.
Although particular embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the present disclosure is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
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202111118812.2 | Sep 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/117483 | 9/7/2022 | WO |