Safety glove

Claim 1

A protective safety glove for use by people engaged in active sports or an industrial job activity to protect against hyperextension of the ligaments and tendons in the wrist, said glove comprising the combination of a glove body having a palm portion joined with a back portion to fit about the person's hand, means forming receptacles for the thumb and fingers of the hand, a substantially inextensible wrist strap for releasably holding the glove body on the person's hand and wrist, said strap having a major axis extending from a first end portion to a second end portion, attachment means for fixedly attaching said first end portion to said glove body along a seam which extends in a direction substantially transverse to said major axis for optimal resistance of tension forces along the major axis when the strap is wrapped around the wrist, said first end portion of the strap overlying substantially the back of said hand with a first width which extends from a region adjacent the wrist of the hand to a region adjacent the knuckles of the hand, with the remaining portion of the strap having a second width less than said first width, the strap having a length along its major axis sufficient to form a wrap about the wrist in the range of substantially one and one-half to three turns as required by the particular sport or job activity.