Patent ID: 6845514

Claim:
A protective device for positioning between the palm of a wearer's hand and an object, and for protecting the median and ulnar nerves of the palm of the wearer's hand; said protective device comprising: (a) a body member for covering at least a portion of the palm of the wearer's hand; (b) pad means attached to said body member for providing a cushion between the palm of the wearer's hand and the object; said pad means having an opening above the median and ulnar nerves of the palm of the wearer's hand from a point proximally at least adjacent a transverse plane extending through the wearer's carpus to a point distally at least adjacent a transverse plane through the wearer's metacarpal necks when said body member is covering at least a portion of the palm of the wearer's hand; said opening having an ulnar border and an radial border; said pad means having sufficient thickness at said ulnar and radial borders of said opening for spacing the object away from the palm of the wearer's hand along the median and ulnar nerves of the palm of the wearer's hand and for avoiding transmission of vibration and pressure to the median and ulnar nerves of the palm of the wearer's hand from the object.