Patent ID: 8065748

Claim:
A soccer goalkeeper glove having a thumb, fingers and a curved palm face, the glove comprising: gussets arranged to form confronting intra-finger surfaces of the glove; the gussets being curved to conform the fingers to the curvature of the palm face; a mesh material laminated into the palm face of the glove; stitching securing the mesh material to the palm face of the glove along stitch lines; the stitch lines extending from a wrist region of the glove to tips of the thumb and fingers; the stitch lines reducing any stretching of the glove along the stitch lines; a length of stretch resistant banding material having opposite ends secured to a wrist region of the glove, the banding material extending around a perimeter of the glove from the wrist region along sides of the glove and over the tips of the fingers and thumb of the glove; and the banding material being secured to the tips of the fingers and thumb of the glove.