Patent ID: 7140046

Claim:
A glove apparatus comprising: a flexible hand enclosure, the hand enclosure defining a palmer portion, a back portion, a wrist portion, and at least one finger portion; wherein the at least one finger portion of the glove apparatus includes a middle finger portion, the middle finger portion providing a first reinforcing layer fixedly attached to the base layer in a position over the middle finger portion and extensive so as to cover at least a medial portion of the middle finger and a portion of a side of the middle finger between an index finger and the middle finger, the palmer portion further comprising a base layer positioned for contact with a palm of a human hand; a topper layer fixedly engaged over the base layer; a single resilient pad engaged between the base layer and the topper layer, the resilient pad outlined by a first stitching creating an elongated oval shape, the topper layer extending past the resilient pad in the direction of the wrist portion and covering a substantial portion of the palm; wherein the extended portion of the topper layer is fixedly secured directly to the base layer of the glove, and the resilient pad is bifurcated by an approximately linear stitching extending across the palmer portion in correspondence to the distal transverse crease in the palm of the human hand to form two ergonomically convex structures that are substantially similar in size and extend laterally across the metacarpals.