Patent ID: 8528116

Claim:
An athletic glove comprising: (a) a palmar element, the palmar element having a first and a second wing portion, the palmar element at least substantially covering: a palmar metacarpal area of the hand; a palmar side of a first digit, a second digit, a third digit, a fourth digit, and a fifth digit of the hand; and at least a portion of a dorsal side of the first digit, the second digit, and the fifth digit; (b) a dorsal element opposite the palmar element, the dorsal element connected to the palmar element, the dorsal element comprising a first finger cap and a second finger cap, the first finger cap covering a portion of the dorsal side of the third digit, the second finger cap covering a portion of the dorsal side of the fourth digit, wherein each of the first and second finger caps include a first side and a second side, the first side of the first and second finger caps in contact with the dorsal side of one of the third and fourth digits, the second side of the first and second finger caps forming an outer portion of the athletic glove, the dorsal element further including an intermediate material portion and a stretchable material portion, the first and the second finger caps connected to the stretchable material portion and the intermediate material portion; and wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion overlap the stretchable material portion, the first wing portion attached to the stretchable material portion, the second wing portion attached to the first wing portion.