Patent ID: 8578519

Claim:
A pre-folded protective barrier for a hand comprising: a bracelet defining a plane; a first cylinder made of at least one of latex or nitriles having a first end, said first cylinder attached to said bracelet at said first end and said first cylinder compressed into a compressed conformation in said plane without rolling about said bracelet; and wherein said pre-folded barrier has said first cylinder compressed by a midpoint roll up to a point of a first fenestrated cap serving as a division between said first cylinder and a first finger cylinder that is operable to accept a thumb, said first finger cylinder rolled via a midpoint roll into the same plane as that of a lower portion of said first cylinder, and wherein above or distal to said first fenestrated cap, said first cylinder is folded by a first accordion fold up to a second fenestrated cap that serves as a division between said first cylinder and a second finger cylinder operable to accept a digitus minimus, said second finger cylinder is rolled via a midpoint roll into the same plane as said first cylinder, and a second accordion fold is included between the second fenestrated cap and a third fenestrated cap, wherein above said third fenestrated cap, three finger cylinders are attached to said first cylinder, each of said three finger cylinders being rolled by a midpoint roll, such that a length of s id pre-folded protective barrier is reduced for easy insertion of said hand.