Patent ID: 7937773

Claim:
A protective 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 protective pad positioned in said top portion for location below the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the plurality of fingers and a second protective pad positioned along said top portion of said covering for location above the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the plurality of fingers, said covering at said metacarpalphalangeal joints being absent of padding, said first and said second pad being of U-shaped unitary construction with an opened end distal to a little finger.