Patent ID: 6341376
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A hand and wrist protector comprising:A. A pad of resilient material having a shape adapted to substantially cover an area of the wearer's hand and wrist extending over the wrist crease at the base of the palm, along the base of the thenar emininence, over the webbed area between the thumb and forefinger, across the heads of the metacarpals below the palmar base of the fingers, and over the hypothenar eminence on the ulnar side of the palm, and having a section formed in a substantially tubular configuration and adapted to encircle a proximal portion of the wearer's forefinger; B. An elastic retaining strap extending from a first point of securement to said pad where the pad extends over the webbing between the thumb and forefinger, across the back of the wearer's hand to a second point of securement at a location on the ulnar side of the pad, and then extending in a substantially reversed direction past the base of the thumb to a third point of securement on the wrist portion of said pad.