Patent ID: 8397313

Claim:
An athletic glove capable of receiving a human hand, the athletic glove comprising: a back portion; a palm-side portion having four finger portions, a thumb portion, and a central palm portion, the palm-side portion connected to the back portion to form four finger sheaths, a thumb sheath, and an opening capable of receiving a human hand, the opening located opposite the four finger sheaths and corresponding approximately to the wrist of a user when the glove is worn by the user with fingers of the user extending within the four finger sheaths and the thumb of the user extending within the thumb sheath; three rounded strain-relieving cutouts, the location of each cutout corresponding to one of the areas on the palm of the user's hand between the distal ends of adjacent finger metacarpals, each cutout forming part of a substantially circular outline when the glove is worn by the user with the user's hand in a neutral position; for each rounded strain-relieving cutout, a strain-relieving finger gusset connecting the cutout to the corresponding two adjacent finger sheaths; and a thumb gusset connecting the thumb portion to the central palm portion, the thumb gusset extending from the back portion, between the thumb sheath and index finger sheath, and to the palm-side portion.