Patent ID: 8266719

Claim:
A glove comprising: (a) a thumb receiving section, (b) at least one finger receiving section, (c) a strap web section, (d) a contact friction retaining loop, (e) a draw-strap adjustment means, (f) a strap means, (g) where a first section of said strap means encircles the proximal phalanx of a wearers thumb to form said thumb receiving section, (h) where a second section of the strap means extends from said thumb receiving section and encircles the proximal phalanx of a wearers finger to form said finger receiving section, (i) said strap web section located along said second section of said strap means between the thumb and finger receiving sections, and having a length substantially equal to the distance between them, (j) said strap web section being formed of a portion of the second section of the strap means which spans the length thereof, (k) where the strop web section is encircled by said contact friction retaining loop about the strap web section's length substantially in the middle thereof, (l) said contact friction retaining loop configured essentially of rectangular shape such that the length of its major axis determines a width of the strap web section, (m) said width of the strap web section determining a length of a virtual lever that exists between the center of a wearers palm and the furthest edge of the strap web section away from the wearers palm between the wearers thumb and fingers, (n) said virtual lever thereby providing means for increasing the torque leverage advantage of a wearer wearing the glove while using any handled tool, based on the mathematical equation for torque, (o) said draw-strap adjustment means communicating through the contact friction retaining loop and forming a means to alter the length of the strap web section, by effectively removing some of the strap means material therefrom as the draw-strap is pulled, thereby providing means for adjustment for the glove, and (p) said contact friction retaining loop increasing in its frictional resistance when the glove is worn by a wearer during a gripping of a handled tool to strike an object, thereby providing means for retaining glove adjustment under high impact force loading conditions.