Method and apparatus for protecting a hand from repeated abrasion

Abstract

Method and apparatus for covering a hand in a manner that provides a high level of protection against abrasion as a side area of a palm is dragged across a physical component. This is accomplished by moving the seam used to attach a top and bottom component of a hand away from the side region of the palm toward the top of the hand. In this way, the seam remains undisturbed as the palm is dragged across a work product.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for protecting a hand from repeated abrasion comprising:
 covering, with a single component, at least one of a bottom portion of the hand and a top portion of the hand, and further covering a side palm of the hand and a portion of an opposing side of the hand.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 minimizing the gathering of material, included in the single component, over the side palm when the hand is clenched. 
 
     
     
         3 . A method for protecting a hand from repeated abrasion comprising:
 covering, with a first single component, a substantial portion of top portion of the hand including a second, third and fourth metacarpal region;   covering, with a second single component, a bottom portion of the hand, including substantially all of a palm area and further including a substantial portion of side of palm of the hand and a portion of a fifth metacarpal region on the top of the hand;   attaching the first single component to the second single component along a path on the top portion of the hand beginning at a point on the top of the hand proximately overlaying a triquetral bone included in the hand and traversing across a fifth metacarpal region and further proceeding substantially along a boundary between the fifth metacarpal region and the fourth metacarpal region.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  further comprising:
 augmenting the thickness of the second components in a region substantially covering the side palm. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3  further comprising:
 cinching the material included in the first single component along a path substantially about a wrist beginning at a point on the top of the hand proximately overlaying an interface between a hamate bone in the hand and a fourth metacarpal and ending at an interface between the first and second components; and 
 cinching the material included in the second single component substantially about the wrist beginning at a point on the top of the hand proximately overlaying a triquetral bone in the hand and continuing to an interface between the first and second components. 
 
     
     
         6 . A glove comprising:
 first component situated to cover a substantial portion of the top of a hand including a second, third and fourth metacarpal region;   second component situated to cover a substantial portion of the of a palm region of the hand, a substantial portion of a side area of the palm, said side palm portion being opposite a thumb of the hand, and a substantial portion of a fifth metacarpal region on the top of the hand and wherein the first and second components are attached to each other by a seam,   wherein a portion of said seam begins at point on the top of the hand proximately overlaying a triquetral bone in said hand and continuing across a fifth metacarpal region and progressing along a boundary between the fifth metacarpal region and a fourth metacarpal region.   
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 6  further comprising:
 a patch of material disposed over the side of the palm, said side being opposite the thumb of the hand, said patch covering a substantial portion of said side of the palm, a portion of the top of the hand proximate to said side of the palm and a portion of the palm region of the hand proximate to said side of the palm. 
 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 6  further comprising:
 first gathering stitch imparted to the first component substantially orthogonal to the radius bone and beginning at a point on the top of the hand proximately overlaying an interface between a hamate bone in the hand and a fourth metacarpal bone in the hand and continuing to an interface between the first and second components; and 
 second gathering stitch imparted to the second component substantially orthogonal to the radius bone and beginning at a point on top of the hand proximately overlaying a triquetral bone in the hand and continuing to an interface between the first and second components. 
 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 6  further comprising:
 first gathering stitch imparted across the first component substantially orthogonal to the radius bone and set at a first distance from the radius bone; and 
 second gathering stitch imparted across the second component substantially orthogonal to the radius bone and set at a second distance from the radius bone wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.