US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Oct. 7 for "Disposable gloves and methods of using and making" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,358, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Disposable gloves and methods of using and making" was invented by Evan Oravec (Riverwoods, Ill.), Katie MacLeod (Lisle, Ill.) and Margaret Stephens (Wildwood, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable glove and a method for making the disposable glove that reduces or eliminates glove cuff roll-down. The disposable glove includes a treated area on the interior surface of the glove that extends from the hand area to a portion of the wrist-forearm area of the glove but such that at least a portion of the interior near the glove opening is untreated....