Patent ID: 8856967

Claim:
A glove comprising: a wrist region defining an opening therein and through which a user's hand is inserted into the glove; a palm region extending outwardly from a first end of the wrist region; a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from a first end of the palm region remote from the wrist region; wherein each digit region originates at an upper end of the palm region and extends for a distance outwardly away therefrom and terminates in a tip; and wherein each digit region includes a longitudinal axis which extends between the tip and the upper end of the palm region; and a band zone defined in only a back surface of one or more of the plurality of digit regions of the glove; wherein the band zone originates a distance away from the upper end of the palm region; and wherein the band zone comprises at least two spaced-apart bands adapted to grip the back of the user's digit received in the one of the one or more digit regions; and the at least two bands are disposed generally at right angles to the longitudinal axis; and wherein said band zone includes a gripping surface adapted to grippingly engage a back of a user's digit received in the one of the one or more digit regions.