Patent ID: 6959453

Claim:
A hockey glove for protecting the hand, wrist, and lower forearm of the user, said hockey glove comprising: a glove body having closed, individual fingers and thumb stalls to receive the user's hand; a padded wrist cuff connected to said glove body to substantially encircle and protectively shield the user's lower forearm and wrist from impact blows; a plurality of independent, hand back pads connected to said glove body to protectively shield the back of the user's hand from impact blows; a plurality of independent, knuckle pads connected to said glove body to protectively shield the knuckles of the user's hand from impact blows; and a plurality of finger pads connected to said glove body to protectively shield the backs of the user's fingers from impact blows; wherein each said finger pad is secured to one of said finger stalls and each said finger pad comprises a low density padding layer overlying said finger stall throughout the length thereof, a high density padding layer overlying said low density padding layer, and a wear resistant cover overlying said high density padding layer so that said low density padding layer permits a limited range of flexure of said finger stall and said high density padding layer with the wear resistant cover provides impact protection.