Protective glove

Claim 1

A WORKMAN''S PROTECTIVE GLOVE HAVING AT LEAST ONE FINGER PORTION ACCOMMODATING AN INDIVIDUAL FINGER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A GLOVE ADAPTED TO ENCLOSE THE ENTIRE HAND FABRICATED THROUGHOUT FROM PLIABLE MATERIAL PROVIDED AT THE DISTAL FINGER PORTIONS WITH AN INTEGRAL INDIVIDUAL U-SHAPED ARMOR SADDLE PIECE ADAPTED TO OVERLIE SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE 80% MID-LENGTH OUTSIDE DISTAL PORTION OF THE WEARER''S FINGER PAST THE FIRST JOINT AND IN WHICH THE DEPENDING PORTIONS CONSTITUTE SIDE WINGS ENCLOSING SAID FINGER A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ABOUT 70% OF THE UNCOMPRESSED THICKNESS OF SAID FINGERS WHILE PERMITTING THE EXTREME TIP OF THE FINGER TO EXTEND BEYOND THE FRONT END OF SAID SADDLE PIECE TO THEREBY PRESERVE FINGER TIP TACTILE SENSITIVITY, SAID SADDLE PIECE BEING FABRICATED FROM A RIGID HIGH-STRENGTH UNITARY PIECE OF MATERIAL FORMED LONGITUDINALLY WITH A SLIGHTLY CONVERGING TAPER IN WIDTH EXTENDING FROM BACK TO FRONT AND WITH SAID SIDE WINGS UNDERCUT TO A CONVEX PROFILE EXTENDING OVER ABOUT 50% TO ABOUT 95% OF THE LENGTH OF SAID SIDE WINGS AND TERMINATING AT THE FORWARD TIP OF SAID SADDLE PIECE, THEREBY PROVIDING ROCKER EDGES PREDISPOSING SAID SADDLE PIECE FOR TILTING MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE TIP OF SAID WEARER''S FINGERS IN REACTION TO A FORCE APPLIED TO THE REMOTE OUTSIDE ENDS OF SAID DISTAL FINGER PORTIONS.