CPC A63B 71/146 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0048 (2013.01); A41D 19/01576 (2013.01); A63B 71/143 (2013.01); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2102/182 (2015.10); A63B 2209/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A glove comprising:
a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel secured along each panel's outer periphery with an opening therein adapted to receive the human hand, said dorsal side panel being sized to cover the back of the hand and in conjunction with said palmar side panel providing a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving the thumb and fingers of the human hand;
said thumb stall having one or more transverse expansion zones and a longitudinal expansion zone, each of said expansion zones comprised of expandable material connecting an outer periphery of one or more remaining portions of said thumb stall allowing at least one of circumferential and longitudinal expansion of said thumb stall; and
wherein said longitudinal expansion zone extends along a radial side of said thumb stall above and below in opposing directions of a first portion of the one or more transverse expansion zones, wherein a second portion of said one or more transverse expansion zones extends circumferentially about said thumb stall away from said longitudinal expansion zone without said longitudinal expansion zone extending above and below in the opposing directions therefrom, and wherein the longitudinal expansion zone of said thumb stall is configured to extend continuously from below the metacarpalphalangeal joint of the thumb to above the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
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