Patent ID: 8769720

Claim:
A lacrosse glove comprising: a main body adapted to receive a wearer's hand, said main body comprises finger parts, a thumb part, a front hand part, and a back hand part; a wrist cuff hingedly connected to the main body; a first protective panel hingedly connected at one end to the back hand part of the main body so as to suspend over the main body; and a second protective panel suspended over the main body and the wrist cuff, and said second protective panel being hingedly connected to the main body at a location distal from the one end of the first protective panel, wherein said first protective panel is slidably overlapping with said second protective panel, wherein the first protective panel has a narrowed end that slidably engages with and extends through an opening within the second protective panel during backward flexion of the wearer's hand to facilitate coordinated rotating movement of the wearer's hand and wrist following the bending action of the wearer's fingers, wherein the back hand part comprises a breathable material exposed for ventilation in a substantial area thereof, the breathable material being disposed under at least one of the first and second protective panels, wherein the first protective panel and the second protective panel are suspended over the breathable material.