Glove with external seam portion
A glove including a plurality pieces of material coupled together along a plurality of seams to form a glove. A majority of the seams of the glove, as measured along their length, are not external seams, and a thumb seam extending along or through a palm of the glove is an external seam.
1 . A glove comprising:
a plurality of pieces of material coupled together along a plurality of seams to form the glove, the glove including four fingers and a thumb, wherein a majority of said seams of the glove, as measured along their length, are not external seams, wherein a thumb seam extending along or through a palm of the glove is an external seam, wherein the thumb seam extends entirely through a thickness of two of the plurality of pieces of material joined by the thumb seam, wherein the thumb seam extends through a crotch of the glove located between a base of the thumb and a base of an index finger of the glove, where at least part of the crotch is located at an outer edge of the glove.
2 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the majority of the seams of the glove, as measured along their length, are internal seams.
3 . The glove of claim 1 wherein all of the seams of the glove, except the thumb seam, are not external seams.
4 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam extends from a first position, located at an upper end of a base of the thumb of the glove and below the index finger of the glove, to a second position, located at a lower end of the base of the thumb, at or adjacent to a wrist of the glove.
5 . The glove of claim 4 wherein the second position is positioned closer to a center of the glove in a lateral direction than the first position.
6 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is generally curved or arcuate along a majority of its length.
7 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is configured to be generally aligned with a thenar crease of a hand of a wearer wearing the glove.
8 . The glove of claim 1 wherein each seam of said plurality of seams is formed by two adjacent pieces of material coupled together at or adjacent to their outer edges thereof by at least one of stitching or adhesive.
9 . The glove of claim 8 wherein the outer edges of the two adjacent pieces of material for each seam that is not an external seam are positioned within an inner cavity of the glove to thereby form an internal seam, and wherein the outer edges of the two adjacent pieces of material for the thumb seam are positioned externally of the inner cavity.
10 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb of the glove is attached to a body of the glove by the thumb seam and by a thumb outer seam which is an internal seam.
11 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is formed by two adjacent pieces of material coupled together at or adjacent to their outer edges thereof, wherein the thumb seam includes a piece of reinforcing material positioned between the two adjacent pieces of material.
12 . The glove of claim 11 wherein an upper edge of the reinforcing material is generally aligned with the outer edges of the two adjacent pieces of material.
13 . The glove of claim 1 further comprising an inner glove liner configured to be positioned between the glove and a hand of a wearer, and wherein the glove further includes reinforcements positioned on an outer surface of the glove.
14 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is defined by two pieces of material joined together at the thumb seam, and wherein outer edges of both pieces of material at the thumb seam are positioned outside an inner cavity of the glove.
15 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is defined by two pieces of material joined together at the thumb seam, and wherein an outer edge of at least one of the pieces of material at the thumb seam is externally positioned.
16 . The glove claim 1 wherein the thumb seam is a stitching seam.
17 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the glove has an inner cavity configured to receive a hand of a wearer therein, and wherein the thumb seam extends through a thickness of the glove into the inner cavity.
18 . The glove of claim 1 wherein the plurality of seams extend along a length of both sides of each of the four fingers.
19 . A glove comprising:
a plurality of pieces of material coupled together along a plurality of seams to form the glove having a body, wherein a majority of said seams of the glove, as measured along their length, are not external seams, wherein a thumb seam extending along or through a palm of the glove is an external seam, and wherein the thumb seam extends entirely through a thickness of two of the plurality of pieces of material joined by the thumb seam, wherein a thumb of the glove is attached to the body of the glove by the thumb seam and by a thumb outer seam which is an internal seam, and wherein the thumb seam and the thumb outer seam together extend entirely circumferentially around the thumb.
20 . A glove comprising:
a plurality of pieces of material coupled together along a plurality of seams to form the glove having a body, wherein a majority of said seams of the glove, as measured along their length, are not external seams, wherein a thumb seam extending along or through a palm of the glove is an external seam, and wherein the thumb seam extends entirely through a thickness of two of the plurality of pieces of material joined by the thumb seam, wherein a thumb of the glove is attached to the body of the glove by the thumb seam and by a thumb outer seam which is an internal seam, and wherein at least part of the thumb outer seam extends along at least part of an outer edge of the glove.
21 . A glove comprising:
a plurality of pieces of material coupled together along a plurality of seams to form the glove including four fingers, wherein a majority of the seams of the glove, as measured along their lengths, are not external seams, and wherein at least part of at least one seam is an external seam joining two of the plurality of pieces of material, wherein the at least one seam extends along, and couples, aligned outer edges of the two of the plurality of pieces of material, and wherein the at least one seam is located on or through a crotch of the glove.
22 . The glove of claim 21 wherein at least 90% of the seams, as measured along their lengths, are not external seams.
23 . The glove of claim 21 wherein the external seam is a thumb seam extending along or through a palm of the glove.
24 . The glove of claim 21 wherein the plurality of seams extend along a length of both sides of each of the four fingers.
25 . The glove of claim 21 wherein the glove includes a palm and a back, positioned opposite to the palm relative to a thickness of the glove.
26 . The glove of claim 21 wherein the plurality of pieces of material include a palm piece, a backing piece, and a plurality of side finger pieces forming sides of at least one of the fingers of the glove, and wherein the plurality of seams join together the palm piece, the backing piece, and the plurality of side finger pieces.
27 . The glove of claim 21 wherein the crotch of the glove is located between a base of a thumb and a base of an index finger of the glove, where at least part of the crotch is located at an outer edge of the glove.
28 . A method for making a glove comprising:
accessing a plurality of pieces of material;
a first coupling step including coupling at least two of the plurality of pieces of material together by forming a first seam to form a partially assembled glove, wherein the first coupling step includes forming a plurality of fingers and at least partially coupling a thumb to the partially assembled glove;
inverting the partially assembled glove such that the first seam is converted to an internal seam; and
after the inverting step, coupling the at least two of the plurality of pieces of material together in an second coupling step to form a second seam which is an external seam.
29 . The method of claim 28 wherein the second coupling step includes coupling the at least two of the plurality of pieces of material together along their outer edges.
30 . The method of claim 28 wherein the first coupling step includes only partially coupling the thumb to the partially assembled glove.
31 . The method of claim 28 further comprising the step of, prior to partially coupling the thumb to the partially assembly glove, forming the thumb by attaching two thumb pieces of material together with a thumb cavity therebetween, wherein one of the thumb pieces of material is larger than the other thumb piece of material.
32 . The method of claim 28 wherein the second seam is a thumb seam extending at least one of along or through a palm of the glove.