Patent ID: 8646112

Claim:
A reinforcement element for a glove, which is designed to allow a bending in a first bending direction and to prevent a bending in a second bending direction which is contrariwise to the first bending direction, wherein the reinforcement element comprises: two bending elements which are adapted to extend in a longitudinal direction of a finger, the bending elements comprise a number of blocking elements which prevent bending in the second bending direction, the two bending elements are adapted to extend laterally beside the finger which is to be protected and the two bending elements are connected to another by at least two connecting bridges, the at least two connecting bridges extend from one of the two bending elements to another of the two bending elements and transverse to the two bending elements such that each of the bridges is adapted to bridge over the top of a phalanx, each of the bridges is concave, facing the bottom, and an opening defined by an area between the two bending elements and two connecting bridges, the opening facing the top and adapted to allow a joint between two phalanxes to extend through the opening during regular use.