Bathing glove

Abstract

A bathing glove is formed of a meshed woven fabric made out of Crimp yarn finish-treated nylon threads by weaving. The threads extend in a wavelike manner in weft direction, each having a plurality of U-shaped portions spaced in weft direction at a predetermined pitch. The U-shaped portions of each two adjacent threads are respectively hooked together to form parallel lines of chains in warp direction. The threads are arranged into thread groups each including a predetermined number of threads. The U-shaped portions of the threads of each thread group are gathered together at a top side of one of the chains to form a respective pile in such a manner that each two adjacent pieces of the pile in weft direction are not aligned in a line.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to body cleaning implements and more specifically, to a bathing glove.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] Various bathing apparatus such as bathing brushes, bathing balls, bathing towels, bathing belts, etc. have been disclosed, and have appeared on the market. When in use, the user needs to hold the bathing implement firmly in hand and then rub the bathing implement over the skin of the body. Recently, bathing gloves have been created for use to clean the body. Because a bathing glove can directly be put on the hand for cleaning the body, it is convenient to use. Regular bathing gloves commonly have a meshed structure, which may be made from a meshed fiber cloth, or woven with fiber threads. A bathing glove of meshed fiber cloth has a poor cleaning effect because of the plain surface structure of the meshed fiber cloth. A bathing glove made by weaving has a wave pattern that curves outwards and inwards. However, this design of bathing glove does not achieve a satisfactory cleaning effect due excessively big meshes. Further, this design of bathing glove does not give a comfort touch because the woven fabric is not elastic.

[0005] Therefore, it is desirable to provide a bathing glove that eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is one object of the present invention to provide a bathing glove, which has a high cleaning power.

[0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide a bathing glove, which gives a comfort touch when moved over the skin during washing.

[0008] To achieve these objects of the present invention, the bathing glove is formed of a meshed woven fabric made out of Crimp yarn finish-treated nylon threads by weaving. The threads extend in a wavelike manner in weft direction, each having a plurality of U-shaped portions spaced in weft direction at a predetermined pitch. The U-shaped portions of each two adjacent threads are respectively hooked together to form parallel lines of chains in warp direction. The threads are arranged into thread groups each including a predetermined number of threads. The U-shaped portions of the threads of each thread group are gathered together at a top side of one of the chains to form a respective pile in such a manner that each two adjacent pieces of the pile in weft direction are not aligned in a line.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bathing glove according to the present invention.

[0010] FIG. 2 is a front view in an enlarged scale of the bathing glove according to the present invention, showing the structure of the meshed woven fabric.

[0011] FIG. 3 is a rear side view in an enlarged scale of the bathing glove according to the present invention.

[0012] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an alternate form of the bathing glove according to the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another alternate form of the bathing glove according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] Referring to FIG. 1, a bathing glove 10 is shown shaped like a heat-insulation glove for use in kitchen, having an access hole 12 at the rear side through which the user's hand is insertable into the bathing glove 10, a small pocket 14 and a big pocket 15 at the front side for accommodating the thumb and the other four fingers respectively. The bathing glove 10 may be provided with an elastic wristband (not shown) around the access hole 12 for securing the bathing glove 10 to the user's wrist after putting of the bathing glove 10 on the user's hand.

[0015] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the bathing glove 10 is formed of a meshed woven fabric 20 made out of threads 22 by weaving through a special weaving technique. The threads 22 are twisted out of nylon fibers or similar synthetic fibers after having treated with Crimp yam finish. When viewed from the front side as shown in FIG. 2, the fabric face shows an ordered arrangement, more specifically, the threads 22 extend in a wavelike manner in weft direction, each having U-shaped portions 24 spaced in weft direction at a predetermined pitch. The U-shaped portions 24 of each two adjacent threads 22 are respectively hooked together, forming parallel lines of chains 26 in warp direction. The threads 22 are arranged into thread groups each including a predetermined number of threads, e.g. 4 threads as shown in FIG. 2. The U-shaped portions 24 of the threads 22 of each thread group are gathered together at the top side (the surface of the meshed woven fabric 20) of one chain 26, forming a respective ball-like pile 28. It is to be understood that because the threads 22 are treated with Crimp yam finish to have the fibers in a bulky status, the bulky fibers form the pile 28 when the U-shaped portions 24 of the threads 22 of each thread group are gathered together. Further, each two adjacent pieces of pile 28 in weft direction are not aligned in a line.

[0016] As indicated above, the threads 22 of the meshed woven fabric 20 of the bathing glove 10 extend in weft direction in a wavelike manner, and arranged to form a great numbers of pile 28 on the surface of the bathing glove 10, showing an outwardly and inwardly curved surface structure that carries dirt from the skin effectively when the user washing the body with the bathing glove 10. Further, because the pile 28 is soft and slender and the threads 22 interwoven to form a three-dimensional fabric structure, the bathing glove 10 gives a soft touch when moved over the skin. The bulky fibers of the pile 28 are absorptive, and give a good massaging effect when rubbed over the skin.

[0017] FIG. 4 shows an alternate form of the present invention. According to this embodiment, the bathing glove has five finger pockets 32 for the five fingers. FIG. 5 shows another alternate form of the present invention. According to this embodiment, the bathing glove 40 has only one pocket 32 for the five fingers.

[0018] Although particular embodiments of the invention 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 invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A bathing glove formed of a meshed woven fabric made out of Crimp yarn finish-treated nylon threads by weaving, said threads extending in a wavelike manner in weft direction, each of said threads having a plurality of U-shaped portions spaced in weft direction at a predetermined pitch, the U-shaped portions of each two adjacent threads being respectively hooked together to form parallel lines of chains in warp direction, said threads being arranged into thread groups each including a predetermined number of threads, the U-shaped portions of the threads of each thread group being gathered together at a top side of one of the chains to form a respective pile in such a manner that each two adjacent pieces of the pile in weft direction are not aligned in a line.

2. The bathing glove as claimed in claim 1 comprising a small pocket and a big pocket for accommodating the thumb and the other four fingers of the user's hand respectively.

3. The bathing glove as claimed in claim 1 comprising five pockets for accommodating the five fingers of the user's hand.

4. The bathing glove as claimed in claim 1 comprising a pocket for accommodating the five fingers of the user's hand.