Glove

Abstract

A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand. Expandable material is disposed at selected areas of the thumb stall and finger stalls to overlie or underlie the center axis of rotation of selected joints of a finger or a thumb of a human hand.

1 . A glove 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 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 first expandable material disposed along the palmside panel of said glove for positioning to underlie the center axis of rotation of at least one joint of at least one finger or a thumb of a human hand.   
   
   
       2 . The glove of  claim 1 , said first expandable material being disposed on the bottom portion of said glove to underlie a metacarpalphalangeal joint of one of said at least one finger 
   
   
       3 . The glove of  claim 1 , said first expandable material being disposed to underlie a carpometacarpal joint, a metacarpophalangeal joint or a interphalangeal joint of said thumb. 
   
   
       4 . The glove of  claim 1 , said first expandable material being disposed to overlie or underlie a proximal interphalangeal joint or a distal interphalangeal joint of said at least one finger. 
   
   
       5 . The glove of  claim 1 , said first expandable material including a first section disposed to underline a proximal interphalangeal joint of at least one finger and a second section disposed to underline a distal interphalangeal joint of said at least one finger with a spacing between said first expandable section and said second expandable section being a non-expandable section.