Patent ID: 8904566

Claim:
A mitten hand covering reconfigurable to either completely cover the fingers and the thumb of a wearer or alternatively to allow exposure of the ends of the fingers and thumb of a wearer for added dexterity of a wearer, comprising: a main section of material having two elongated subsections folded together substantially in two along an intermediate lengthwise extending fold line joining the two subsections with the aligned perimeter portions of the two subsections joined together to form a generally tubular piece open at at least one end to be able to receive and be fitted to the hand of a wearer inserted into said open end; an auxiliary section of material connected on one side thereof to an upper end of one of said two subsections and folded back over said upper end of said one of said subsections along an intermediate fold line transverse to said fold line joining said two subsections; said auxiliary section and said end of said one subsection each formed with a thumb shaped portion aligned with each other and sewn together along the aligned perimeter portions of said thumb shaped portions thereof; a first and second overlying finger and thumb pockets at said other end of said tubular piece, a first one of said pair of pockets defined by said auxiliary section of material folded over and sewn to said upper end of said one subsection and a second one of said first and second of pockets formed by overlying upper ends of said folded together subsections, one of said finger pockets closed off at an end thereof by one of said intermediate fold lines to enable covering of a wearer's finger tips by insertion of said finger tips into said pocket and the finger portion of said the other pocket open ended to enable exposure of the fingers of a wearer for improved dexterity, said other subsection perimeter portion extending across said thumb shaped portion which perimeter is not joined to said subsection to create an opening which allows the wearer's thumb to be passed out through said opening to expose the wearer's thumb for added dexterity.