Claims
- 1. In combination, a surgical glove made out of latex and a flexible glove formed of a yarn positioned interiorly of the surgical glove, the yarn being a cut resistant yarn for forming a flexible glove to be worn under the surgical glove, the yarn comprising:
- a core having at least two strands, at least one of which is selected from the group consisting of metal and fiberglass, and at least one strand being essentially free of metal and fiberglass; and
- a covering wrapped around the core;
- the covering including at least first and second strands wrapped in opposite directions, relative to each other, about the core, at least one of the covering strands being essentially free of metal and fiberglass;
- the yarn having a denier between about 200 and about 1200.
- 2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said core strands are placed parallel to each other.
- 3. The combination according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said covering strands is formed of fibers selected from the group consisting of aramid, extended chain polyethylene, nylon, polyester, polycotton, asbestos, and fiberglass.
- 4. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the strands which are essentially free of metal and fiberglass in the core and in the covering are formed of dissimilar fibers.
- 5. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said covering includes at least three strands wrapped about said core, two of said strands wrapped in the same direction, relative to each other, about said core, and the third strand wrapped in the opposite direction about said core.
- 6. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said core includes at least three strands.
- 7. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said covering includes at least four strands wrapped about the core, two of said covering strands wrapped in a first direction around the core and two of said strands wrapped in a second direction around the core, said first and second directions being opposite to each other.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 07/366,886, filed Jun. 13th, 1989, now abandoned, which was in turn, a continuation-in-part of prior applications Ser. Nos. 07/176,075, filed Mar. 31st, 1988, and 07/202,338, filed Jun. 6th, 1988, and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,838,017. The aforementioned prior application No. 07/176,075 was, in turn, a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/766,846, filed Aug. 16th, 1985, and now abandoned. The aforementioned prior application No. 07/202,338, was, in turn, a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/915,140, filed Oct. 3rd, 1986, and now abandoned. All of the foregoing are hereby incorporated by reference.
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