Patent ID: 7758526

Claim:
A hand and digit immobilizer comprising: a glove body having a palm section and a back section defining a proximal opening for receiving a person's hand at a proximal end of the glove body, the glove body having at least one finger base opening for receiving a finger of the hand; at least one finger covering section connected to and extending away from a finger base opening, the at least one finger covering section having a distal finger opening at its distal end; and a single rigid plate secured to the palm section of the glove body and a palm side of a finger covering section having the distal finger opening such that clenching of the finger covered by the finger covering section having the distal finger opening is prevented, wherein the glove body is dimensioned such that the proximal end of the glove body terminates at the wrist, and wherein the rigid plate is dimensioned such that the rigid plate extends distally beyond a distal knuckle of a finger within the finger covering section having the distal finger opening, and wherein the rigid plate is dimensioned such that a proximal end of the rigid plate terminates at the wrist.