Wrist restrainer and wrist restraining glove

Abstract

A wrist restrainer includes a wrist band and a resilient, one piece restraining plate with one end tightly connected thereto and the other end extending along the back of a wearer's hand to prevent outward pivotal movement of the hand at the wrist while permitting lateral movement. The restraining plate can be bent inwardly to press against the back of the hand. A wrist restraining glove including a hand receiving portion, with or without fingers, and a wrist band, has a resilient restraining plate extending from the knuckle end through the wrist band. The restraining plate is either entirely integrally joined to the glove or integrally joined only to the wrist band and loosely received in a pocket on the back of the glove. In the former construction, the restraining plate itself is more flexible in the lateral direction, having a gourd shape with a medial portion or waist of reduced lateral width and increased thickness, or having ribs which are parallel in the wrist band and diverge toward the knuckle end in either straight or sinuous fashion. In an alternative, the restraining plate can be entirely received in a pocket in a closure flap extending between the wristlet and knuckle end.

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