Abstract A thin surgical glove is provided with a colored circumferential band overlying the cuff portion to impart visual identification of the glove size and to further strengthen the cuff. A different color is employed for each size. The method comprises first depositing a layer of latex on a glove form and immediately thereafter, before curing, the form is partly immersed into a preselected colored latex bath, wrist down, whereby a desired colored band of desired width is deposited about the cuff portion. The glove is dried, stripped from the form and cured. By this technique, the colored band becomes integrally connected with the underlying base material and resists delaminating. To facilitate the rapid production of varying sizes, a turntable mechanism is employed carrying a plurality of prepositioned colored latex containing tanks. These tanks are rotatably moved into dipping relationship with the glove forms being carried overhead.
Surgical glove of thin latex construction having a predetermined size comprising a finger stall portion, a central body and a cuff and/or wrist portion, said cuff and/or wrist portion being of thickened construction when compared to the finger stall portion, said thickened cuff and/or wrist portion having an inner base portion formed initially with said finger stalls and central body portion, and an overlying circumferential latex band on said inner base portion, said overlying circumferential latex band being of a substantially uniform contrasting color compared to said finger stall portion and central body portion and merges with the underlying base portion, the color of said circumferential latex band being selected to correspond to the predetermined glove size in accordance with a preselected code, the overlying circumferential latex band and said inner base portion forming a substantially unitary structure when viewed in cross-section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Surgical glove of thin latex construction having a predetermined size comprising a finger stall portion, a central body and a cuff and/or wrist portion, said cuff and/or wrist portion being of thickened construction when compared to the finger stall portion, said thickened cuff and/or wrist portion having an inner base portion formed initially with said finger stalls and central body portion, and an overlying circumferential latex band on said inner base portion, said overlying circumferential latex band being of a substantially uniform contrasting color compared to said finger stall portion and central body portion and merges with the underlying base portion, the color of said circumferential latex band being selected to correspond to the predetermined glove size in accordance with a preselected code, the overlying circumferential latex band and said inner base portion forming a substantially unitary structure when viewed in cross-section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The surgical glove according to claim 1, wherein said colored circumferential latex band terminates at the cuff and/or wrist edge and extends towards the finger stall portion for a distance from about 3/4 inch to about 1 1/2 inches.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The surgical glove according to claim 1, wherein the colored cuff and/or wrist portion is from about one to about three times thicker than the finger stall portion of the glove.