US Patent 11980239 Moisture retaining article of apparel

A multi-layer material system used to form various products that encourages moist substances or medications to stay on and penetrate a person's skin for moisturizing benefits and protection, as well as for medical treatment. The system enables a degree of outward vapor and air flow while preventing bulk transfer of the moist substances. Simultaneously, the system provides resistance to, and protection from, external elements including one or more of heat, ultraviolet radiation and mechanical abrasion. One such product is a glove formed of the material system and having articulatable closed ends at each digit for enabling selective exposure of a respective fingertip and nail.