Patent ID: 8104098

Claim:
A glove comprising: A covering for a human hand with separate elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers therein, said covering having a top portion for covering a dorsal side of the hand including said elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers, and, a lower portion to cover a palm side of a hand including a bottom side of said elongated section to receive said plurality of fingers and said thumb; and, a first pad positioned in said top portion overlying a plurality of metacarpals of the plurality of fingers for location below the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the plurality of fingers and a second pad positioned along said top portion of said covering overlying a plurality of proximal phalanxes of the plurality of fingers for location above the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the plurality of fingers whereby said first and said second pads are positioned on opposed sides of knuckles of a human hand, said covering at said metacarpalphalangeal joints being absent of padding.