Protective sporting glove

Abstract

A protective sporting glove featuring a hand receiving portion and a cuff portion cooperating to protect the entire hand of the wearer, the wrist, the thumb and the four fingers; the hand receiving portion includes finger sheath means for receiving and enclosing the four fingers of a hand placed in the glove; each of the finger sheath means comprises an elongated protective padding element extending along the dorsal side of the finger sheath means. The hand receiving portion further including a thumb receiving portion enclosing the thumb from an area proximate the base of the thumb to the tip of the thumb and comprising a rigid thumb shell covering the dorsal side of the thumb receiving portion. The rigid thumb shell having two related shell portions, a first shell portion extending from the base of the wearer's thumb to the middle portion of the wearer's thumb and a second shell portion extending from the middle of the wearer's thumb to the tip of the wearer's thumb; wherein the second shell portion is adapted to flex relative to said first shell portion.

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