Patent ID: 7761929

Claim:
A glove with a protective pad assembly, comprising: a base layer, integrally formed of loop fasteners, that extends over a user's palm and encircles a user's thumb to protect a user's hand to which protective layers are to be applied, the base layer comprising the loop fasteners on an outwardly facing surface to provide a soft surface and to allow placement of a plurality of protective layers corresponding to an injury to a median nerve, the user's thumb, or bones or joints covered by the base layer; and the plurality of protective layers comprising protective material with hook fasteners on a first side and loop fasteners on a second surface, wherein respective layers of the plurality of protective layers are smaller than the base layer and sized to cover regions of the base layer that correspond to the injury to the median nerve, the user's thumb, or bones or joints covered by the glove, wherein the plurality of protective layers are configured to be readily repositioned by the user relative to the base layer to provide a selected number of protective layers to selected locations that correspond to the injury to the median nerve, the user's thumb, or bones or joints covered by the glove, wherein the protective layers are further configured to fasten to the base layer by a first side of a protective layer fastened to the loop fasteners on the base layer and a second side of the first protective layer attached to a first side of a second protective layer to provide at a given selected location protection of at least two protective layers attached to the base layer and to provide at any other selected locations as needed protection of a same or a different number of protective layers readily repositioned by the user.