Patent ID: 6402211
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A digit covering for protecting a digit of a user when using a game controller, the digit covering comprising:a sleeve having a cavity, said cavity being adapted for receiving a distal end of the digit of the user such that said sleeve covers the distal end of the digit, said sleeve having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion being adapted for covering a top of the distal end of the digit, said lower portion being adapted for covering a digital pulp of the digit of the user; a plurality of ridges outwardly extending from said lower portion of said sleeve, said ridges increasing a surface area of said lower portion of said sleeve such that said ridges are adapted for increasing engageable surface area between said sleeve and the game controller; and said lower portion of said sleeve having an interior wall and an exterior wall, said interior wall and said exterior wall defining an interior space, an exterior surface of said exterior wall of said lower portion being aligned with an exterior surface of said upper portion, a padding being disposed in said interior space of said lower portion of said sleeve, said padding comprising an impact absorbing material such that said impact absorbing material is adapted for absorbing pressure between the digital pulp of the digit and the game controller when said sleeve is covering the distal end of the digit.