# US 2016/0250511 A1 · Hand Pad > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0250511 A1 - Document ID: US20160250511A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/032,037 - Filed: 2014-10-27 - Published: 2016-09-01 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-01 - Inventors: Matthew Nolan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160250511A1 ## CPC - A63B 21/4019: {to the hand} - A41D 13/082: {especially for the inner part of the hand} - A63B 21/0726: {Dumb bells, i.e. with a central bar to be held by a single hand, and with weights at the ends} - A63B 71/14: for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves (archer's finger tabs F41B5/1473) - A63B 21/072: Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like {, e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle} - A63B 2209/02: with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES ## Abstract A hand pad, for protecting an area between four fingers and a palm of the hand. The hand pad is formed with one or more finger openings disposed in the hand pad to accommodate the four fingers of the hand, and with a hand opening in the hand pad aligned with the four finger openings and disposed to accommodate the palm of the hand. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hand pad, for protecting an area between four fingers and a palm of the hand, with the hand pad formed with one or more finger openings disposed in the hand pad to accommodate the four fingers of the hand, and with a hand opening in the hand pad aligned with the four finger openings and disposed to accommodate the palm of the hand. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1, wherein the one or more finger openings are a first, a second, a third and a fourth finger opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The hand pad of claim 2, wherein the first finger opening and the third finger opening are closer than the second finger opening to a center long axis of the hand opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The hand pad of claim 2, wherein the first, the second, the third and the fourth finger openings are round or square and are of a same or a different size. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The hand pad of claim 2, wherein the second finger opening is a greater perpendicular distance from the center long axis of the hand opening than the first finger opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The hand pad of claim 2, wherein the fourth finger opening is a lesser perpendicular distance from the center long axis of the hand opening than the first finger opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1, wherein the hand opening is rectangular, trapezoidal or rectangular with two semicircular sides. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1, wherein the area between the four fingers and the palm of the hand includes a palmar digital crease of the first finger, second finger, third finger and fourth finger, a distal palmar crease and a proximal palmar crease of the hand. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1, wherein the hand pad does not cover a proximal interphalangeal crease of fingers one, two, three and four of the hand and the pad does not cover a distal interphalangeal crease of fingers one through four of the hand. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1, with a top of the hand pad between the finger openings and a top edge of the hand pad and with a bottom of the hand pad between the hand opening and the bottom edge of the hand pad, with the top and bottom of the hand pad on the back of the hand when the hand pad accommodates the hand. ### Claim 11 A method for using a hand pad for protecting an area between four fingers and a palm of the hand, comprising: accommodating the four fingers in one or more finger openings in the hand pad, and accommodating the palm of the hand in a hand opening aligned with the four finger openings. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein in accommodating the four in the one or more finger openings is in a first, a second, a third and a fourth finger opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings, the first finger opening and the third finger opening are closer than the second finger opening from a center long axis of the hand opening. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings, the first, the second, the third and the fourth finger openings are round or square and are of a same or a different size. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings the second finger opening is a greater perpendicular distance from the center long axis of the hand opening than the first finger opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings, the fourth finger opening is a lesser perpendicular distance from the center long axis of the hand opening than the first finger opening. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings, the area between the four fingers and the palm of the hand includes a palmar digital crease of the first finger, second finger, third finger and fourth finger, a distal palmar crease and a proximal palmar crease of the hand. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein in accommodating the four fingers in the four finger openings, the hand pad does not cover a proximal interphalangeal crease of fingers one through four of the hand and the pad does not cover a distal interphalangeal crease of fingers one through four of the hand and with a top of the hand pad between the finger openings and a top edge of the hand pad and with a bottom of the hand pad between the hand opening and the bottom edge of the hand pad, with the top and bottom of the hand pad on the back of the hand when the hand pad accommodates the hand. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1 further comprising a second layer formed with a second layer finger opening disposed in the second layer to accommodate the four fingers of the hand and a second layer hand opening in the second layer aligned with the second layer finger opening and disposed to accommodate the palm of the hand, with the second layer attached to the hand pad such that the one or more finger openings align with the second layer finger opening and the second layer hand opening aligns with the hand opening. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The hand pad of claim 1 further comprising a finger protector with a finger protector hand opening accommodating the palm of the hand, wherein the palm of the hand is inserted in the finger protector hand opening before the palm of the hand is inserted in the hand pad hand opening.