Patent ID: 8370966

Claim:
A glove comprising: a fitted five-finger protective covering receivable to a hand of a wearer; the glove consisting of spikes disposed only on a lower palmar side of the glove to correspond to the lower palmar regions over the thenar and hypothenar of an inserted hand, the spikes disposed only on the lower palmar side of the glove consisting of a first anchor, a first sharp protrusion extended from the glove and narrowed at a first distal tip, the first sharp protrusion consisting of a first curvature, curved upwardly in a direction toward a fingertip area, the spikes disposed only on the lower palmar side of the glove designed to break a fall and cease a slide on a sloped surface; the glove further consisting of spikes disposed only on an outermost edge of an ulnar side of the glove to correspond to the outermost edge of the ulnar side situated below fingers and above wrist of the inserted hand, the spikes disposed only on the outermost edge of ulnar side of the glove consisting of a second anchor, a second sharp protrusion extended from the glove and narrowed at a second distal tip, the second sharp protrusion consisting of a second curvature, curved downwardly in a direction toward a wrist area, the spikes disposed only on the outermost edge of ulnar side of the glove designed to break a fall and cease a slide on a sloped surface; at least one grip pad disposed upon the fitted five-finger protective covering at a predetermined location, wherein said at least one grip pad further comprises at least one additional anchor; and a wrist strap wrap; wherein the spikes disposed only on the lower palmar side of the glove and only on the outermost edge of an ulnar side of the glove and the at least one grip pad are designed to grip a surface upon a fall by the wearer of the glove to prevent further fall or slide; and wherein the wrist strap wrap is configured to securely hold the glove on the wearer such that the glove is not pulled from the wearer in use when trying to break or impede the fall; and wherein any region other than the lower palmar side of the glove corresponding to the lower palmar regions over the thenar and hypothenar of the inserted hand and the outermost edge of the ulnar side of the glove corresponding to the outermost edge of the ulnar side situated below the fingers and above the wrist of the inserted hand contain no spikes.