Patent ID: 8935812
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A glove for protecting a hand, the glove comprising: a top panel that is adapted to cover a back of the hand; a bottom panel that is adapted to cover a palm of the hand, the top panel and the bottom panel being connected to form a main glove body; fingers, including an index finger and other fingers, extending from the main glove body, each of the fingers having a top side and a bottom side corresponding with the top panel and bottom panel of the main glove body; a thumb extending from the main glove body; a protective ridge extending upwardly from the top side of at least one of the other fingers; the protective ridge having a width that is smaller than a width of the top side of the at least one of the other fingers with which the protective ridge is associated, the protective ridge stopping short of the end of the at least one of the other fingers with which the protective ridge is associated and having one or more transverse interruptions positioned at a flex point adapted to overlie a knuckle in use, and the thumb and the index finger not including a protective ridge.