Patent ID: 6918137

Claim:
A unitary, one-piece hand guard for protect a sensing hand from sharp implements a unitary set of guards fabricated from one foil, and comprising palm/metacarpal guard portion integrally linked to three digits guard portions, said metacarpal guard portion shaped to cover the metacarpals and wrap around over part of the palm and thenar web space areas, and fastenable to itself by a fastener, each of said digit guard portions containing a digit fastener that yields or is disengaged for removing the guard after use, the digit guards are the thumb and two finger guards, each shaped as an elongated, hemispherical, cupped foil with contours to fit in overlying position and covering the dorsal and lateral portions of the digits extending, respectively over a portion of both phalanges of the thumb, and two or three phalanges of the fingers.