Patent ID: 7043762

Claim:
An athletic finger, palm and wrist protective pad, comprising: digit protective means for protecting the fingers of a user from jamming, said digit protective means sized and positioned such that, when installed on a hand, all four fingers of the hand can curl around and grasp the digit protective means, palm and wrist protective means for protecting substantially the entire palmar surface of the palm and wrist of a user from abrasion and hyper-extension, digit engagement means for attaching said finger, palm and wrist protective pad to the fingers of a user's hand, wrist engagement menas for attaching said finger, palm and write protective pad to the wrist of a user, and first securing means for securing said wrist engagement means to said palm and wrist protective means, and second securing means for securing said wrist engagement means in a closed state, said palm and wrist protective means comprising a pad having a first side for facing away from the palm of a wearer and a second side for facing toward the palm of a wearer, a digit end and a wrist end, said pad formed to substantially conform to the shape of a human palm and wrist, and said digit protective means comprises a dowel, said dowel being enclosed in a sleeve formed in said digit end of said leather pad, said sleeve being formed by said pad being rolled such that said first side is exterior said roll and said digit end is attached to said pad along a line proximate said digit end of said pad.