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Glove with expansion zones along sides of fingers

  • US 9,884,242 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2012
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A glove constructed to fit a hand of predetermined size for protecting selected and anatomical portions thereof comprising:

  • a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel secured along each panel'"'"'s outer periphery with an opening therein to receive a human hand, said dorsal side panel being sized to cover the back of said hand and said palmar side panel being sized to cover the palm of said hand, said dorsal side panel in conjunction with said palmar side panel providing a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving a thumb and fingers of a human hand;

    a gusset in a web of the glove between adjacent finger stalls and extending along inner sides of said finger stalls, said gusset being tapered to terminate between a proximal interphalangeal joint and distal interphalangeal joint of fingers to be received in said adjacent finger stalls; and

    an expansion material covering at least one of a proximal interphalangeal joint and a distal phalangeal joint of said fingers.

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