Patent ID: 8230524

Claim:
A glove adapted to be worn by a person on a hand and a wrist, the glove comprising: a glove body having a palm portion and a back portion that together define an interior shaped to fit the hand; a cuff perimeter defining an opening for accessing the interior of the glove body; an access slit extending from the cuff perimeter to enable the opening to expand from a closed configuration to an expanded configuration; an inner layer adjacent the glove body and the glove perimeter, the inner layer and the glove body together forming a band compartment; an exit slot through the band compartment; an elastic band having a first end and a second end, the first end being positioned within the band compartment, with the second end extending out through the exit slot; a first fastener element on the second end of the elastic band; a second fastener element adapted to removably engage the first fastener element, the second fastener element being attached to the glove body on the opposite side of the access slit from the exit slot, such that when the second fastener element is attached to the first fastener element the elastic band traverses the access slit and constricts the opening of the glove body towards the closed configuration; and wherein the exit slot is through the glove body, wherein the first fastener element is larger than the exit slot, and wherein the elastic band is elastically biased towards a retracted configuration wherein the elastic band is substantially refracted within the band compartment, except for the first fastener element which cannot pass through the exit slot, when the first and second fastener elements are disengaged.