Patent ID: 7882571

Claim:
A golf glove, comprising: a thumb region formed of a first material and having a base, a grip side, and a back side, wherein the thumb region of the glove generally extends from a base portion of a thumb of a user to a tip portion of a thumb of a user, the thumb region comprising a knuckle area on the back side against which knuckles of the thumb of the user press when the user bends their thumb; and a flexible region formed of a second material having greater flexibility than the first material; wherein the flexible region at least substantially circumscribes the base of the thumb region; and wherein the thumb region further comprises: an auxiliary support structure coupled with the thumb region along the back side of the thumb region in an elongate shape extending from about the base region along a longitudinal length of the thumb region toward a tip of the thumb region and overlapping the knuckle area, the auxiliary support structure layered with the first material of the thumb region such that the auxiliary support structure is contiguous with the knuckle area and either internal to the thumb region or external to the thumb region, and a stitch coupling the auxiliary support structure with the thumb region, the stitch being generally peninsular in shape and only circumscribing the knuckle area without interfering with the knuckle area.