Patent Document ID: 6049910
Application ID: 09294528
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An athletic training glove for use in training an athlete to properly handle a ball in sports in which the fingers and thumb should be used for principal control of the ball, the glove to be worn on an athlete's hand and comprising: (a) a palm portion for substantially covering the athlete's palm, the palm portion including a first padding section; (b) a back portion secured to and opposite the palm portion for holding the palm portion to the athlete's palm and the glove generally on the athlete's hand; (c) a thumb portion secured to the palm portion and the back portion, the thumb portion comprising a thumb-accommodating sleeve for receiving the thumb of the athlete's hand, the thumb portion being truncated at about the location of the second thumb joint of the athlete's hand, the thumb-accommodating sleeve comprising: (i) a first thumb section extending from the palm portion to about the location of the first thumb joint of the athlete's hand and including a second padding section, and (ii) a second thumb section extending from about the location of the first thumb joint of the athlete's hand to the open end of the thumb-accommodating sleeve and including a third padding section; (d) a finger portion secured to the palm portion and the back portion, the finger portion having four finger-accommodating sleeves for receiving the remaining four fingers of the hand, the finger-accommodating sleeves being truncated to about the locations of the second joints of the athlete's hand, each finger-accommodating sleeve comprising: (i) a first finger section extending from the palm portion to about the location of the respective first finger joint of the athlete's hand and including a fourth padding section, and (ii) a second finger section extending from about the location of the respective first finger joint of the athlete's hand to the open end of the finger-accommodating sleeve and including a fifth padding section; wherein the first padding section, the second padding section, the third padding section, the fourth padding section and the fifth padding section insulate the respective parts of the hand underneath the respective padding sections from the sense of touch, and whereby substantially full flexibility of hand movement is permitted by the glove when worn.