Patent ID: 7636951

Claim:
A protective sports glove, comprising: a cuff portion for overlying at least a portion of a wearer's forearm; a hand portion coupled to said cuff portion, said hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back portion with a plurality of protective padded portions secured thereon, said hand portion having a first side and a second side, said first side defined between one edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion and said second side defined by an opposing edge of said palm portion and said opposing back portion; a plurality of finger portions secured to and extending from said hand portion for receipt of a wearer's fingers therein; a thumb portion secured to and extending from said hand portion; and a subcuff portion generally circumferentially disposed around a wearer's wrist and disposed within said cuff portion in spaced relation from said cuff portion about the circumference of said subcuff portion, said subcuff portion flexibly coupled to the glove by material extending between said subcuff portion and the glove for independent movement of said subcuff portion relative to said cuff portion, wherein the subcuff remains generally circumferentially disposed around at least one of a wearer's wrist and forearm as the wearer flexes their wrist during play, wherein the subcuff includes a front edge generally facing toward the hand portion and a rear edge spaced away from the front edge, the rear edge generally facing away from the hand portion, wherein the front edge is free from attachment so as to define a gap adjacent and forward of the front edge, wherein when the subcuff independently moves relative to the cuff portion, the gap adjacent and forward of the front edge at least one of widens and narrows.