Patent ID: 6931666

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a length of cloth material comprising a hollow tube, wherein the tube extends a length of a human arm from a set of human fingers to a position above a human elbow, and the tube has a first end and a second end, the first end defining a first opening, wherein a human hand and arm may be inserted in the hollow tube, the second end defining a second opening and a different third opening, wherein the second opening has a dimension only large enough so that a thumb of a human may be inserted there through, the third opening postured distal to the second opening and having dimensions suitable for a plurality of fingers of a human hand to be inserted there through and protrude beyond the second end of the length of cloth material when an arm of a wearer is extended through the length of cloth material, at least one first heat resistant pad coupled to the length of cloth material and positioned such as to extend over a first portion of the length of cloth material wherein collectively the first pad and the first portion provide greater thermal protection than the first portion, at least one second heat resistant pad coupled to the length of cloth material and positioned such as to extend over a second different portion of the length of cloth material, wherein at least one first heat resistant pad and the at least one second heat resistant pad are positioned so as to define a gap, wherein when an arm of a wearer is extended through the length of cloth material, an elbow of the wearer may bend at the gap.