Her struggles led to gloves to help others

Kyle Borowski

August 4, 2017 5:10 am

SOFT SELL: Marita Loffredo, founder of Phalang-Ease Mittens LLC, came up with the idea for the gloves due to her own challenges with rheumatoid arthritis. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Up until recently, Marita Loffredo didn’t think of herself as a businesswoman, “but necessity is the mother of invention,” she said. With late-stage rheumatoid arthritis, the West Warwick resident struggled for years to find gloves for hands contorted by the inflammatory disease. Having sensitive joints, putting on gloves could be a chore in itself, not…