Patent ID: 7200872

Claim:
An article of thermal clothing for covering an underlying area at a gap between a coat sleeve and a glove, said article comprising: a tube having a distal portion terminating in a distal end, a proximal portion terminating in a proximal end, and a side opening formed in the distal portion adjacent to but spaced from the distal end; said tube being formed out of a fabric that is flexible and stretchable, wherein the fabric retains a memory of the shape of a wearer's hand and forearm so that after repeated uses by the wearer, said tube tends to be form fitting; said tube being sized so that it can be snugly fit over the wearer's hand and forearm so that the distal end of said tube is positioned near a midpalm area of the hand and the proximal end of said tube is positioned at a forearm area, with the wearer's thumb extending out through the tube's side opening; and a pocket fixed to said tube, wherein the pocket is open at a selected end thereof and adapted to receive a selected article therein; wherein the pocket is sized to accept and hold a warming device, a credit card, an identification card, or a driver's license; wherein the pocket is positioned on said tube so that when the user is wearing the tube, the pocket extends from the mid-palm area of the user to proximally of the thumb of the user; and further wherein the pocket terminates sufficiently far from the proximal end of the tube so that when the user is wearing the tube, and the article is held in the pocket, the user will retain substantially complete flexibility of the wrist.