Patent ID: 7234172

Claim:
A glove having respective oppositely disposed palm and dorsal faces, a wrist band, a plurality of individual finger elements and an elongate elastically stretchable strip anchored at opposite ends thereof respectively to a selected finger element at a first position disposed adjacent the tip of the finger element associated therewith and at a second position on the glove spaced from said first position, said stretchable strip being located on the palm face side of a hand in the glove and tensionable so as to cause the finger element associated therewith to curl the finger element associated therewith in a direction to grip an article when on one's hand; and; said strip has elasticized portions spaced apart from one another longitudinally along the strip and wherein such portions overlie, in a palm up orientation, selected finger joints and includes hold downs retaining said strips in the finger element associated therewith.