Patent ID: 7895670
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A glove constructed to fit a hand of predetermined size for protecting selected anatomical portions thereof comprising: a covering for said hand with separate elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers therein, said covering having a top portion for covering a back side of the hand including a top side of the elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers and a lower portion to cover a palm side of the hand including a bottom side of the elongated sections to receive said plurality of fingers; a first longitudinally extending expandable zone disposed in a slit in a small finger section in the top portion of said glove for positioning over the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joint of a small finger and a second expandable zone disposed in a slit in an index finger section in the top portion of said glove for positioning over the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joint of an index finger, said first expansion zone having one terminating end below the midpoint of a small finger metacarpal and a second terminating end between the midpoint and the distal end of a proximal phalanx of said small finger and said second expansion zone having one terminating end below the midpoint of an index finger metacarpal and a second terminating end between the midpoint and the distal end of a proximal phalanx of said index finger said expansion zones being substantially coextensive with said slits, whereby said first and said second expandable zones extend substantially greater in a longitudinal direction than a lateral direction.