Patent ID: 6981283

Claim:
A gardening glove for protecting the fingertips and fingernails of a wearer's hand comprising: a main body portion for reception of the wearer's hand and having finger stalls for reception over the wearer's fingers; compressible elastic foam held under compression within and by the finger stalls at the distal ends thereof; said foam having a horizontal slit therein of a length sufficient to allow the foam to open for receiving the finger tip and finger nail of a wearer's hand when inserted into the glove with the foam at the upper side of the slit overlying the top of the finger tip and nail and the foam at the under side of the slit underlying the bottom of the finger tip and nail; said slit in the foam terminating sufficiently short of the extreme distal end of the finger stalls that a foam cushion is disposed between the end of the fingernail and the end of the finger stall whereby the finger tip and fingernail of a wearer's hand inserted in the glove is protected from damage.