Patent ID: 6389601
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
A glove to unload bony prominences of the hand 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 said elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers and a lower portion to cover a palm side of a hand including a bottom side of said elongated sections to receive said plurality of fingers; and, at least one protective pad attached to a bottom portion of the covering for location below the center axis of rotation of a proximal interphalangeal joint and above the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joint of an index finger, said covering at said proximal interphalangeal joint and said metacarpalphalangeal joint of said index finger being absent of padding.