Protective Sport Glove

Abstract

An armored protective sport glove for use in historical-type armed combat having an underlying durable flexible glove with extending cuff having rivets and washers. A contoured armored backplate with padded underlayment is attached to the underlying glove, the backplate connecting with underlying material strips which over and along the back of the fingers and thumb providing connections for overlapping finger and thumb plates which flare at the knuckles and wrap exposed portions of the hand and thumb. The contoured overlapping plates and underlying material connection strips connected with one another and to the underlying glove at specific positions allowing for increased mobility and ease of replacement of worn or broken materials. Fingertip protection is increased by use of soft durable connection means decreasing the risk of smashed or pinched fingertips. Pivot points at the wrist increase mobility at the wrist and thumb.

1 . A protective sport glove comprising:
 a. A cuff section for protection of the user's wrist and lower forearm adjacent the user's wrist;   b. An armored glove section having
 i. A hand portion protecting the palm and back of the user's hand; 
 ii. The hand portion being integral with
 1. Four extending finger portions and 
 2. A thumb portion 
 3. Each of the finger and thumb portions connected with the hand portion and extending away from the hand portion and closed at the tips 
 
 iii. A contoured backplate for protection of the back of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, the backplate having upper and lower surfaces and a front and back edge,
 1. The backplate back edge being flared upward and over a seam connecting the glove section to the cuff section 
 2. The backplate front edge extending over the seam between the hand portion and finger portion of the underlying glove 
 3. The backplate attached with hand portion of the underlying glove by connection means 
 
 iv. A padding layer positioned between the bottom surface of the backplate and the top surface of the hand portion of the underlying glove 
 v. Each extending finger portion having overlapping protective plates including a proximal phalange plate serving to protect the proximal phalange of the user, a medial phalange plate serving to protect the medial phalange of the user, and a distal phalange plate serving to protect the distal phalanges of the user 
 vi. Each thumb portion having overlapping protective plates including a thumb plate protecting the base of the thumb where it meets the hand portion, a proximal phalange plate and a distal phalange plate 
 vii. Each finger and thumb portion having an underlying material strip positioned between the overlapping protective plates and the dorsal surface of the underlying glove 
 viii. The underlying material strip extending under each of the protective plates at each finger being attached to the underlying glove near the wrist and near the finger tips 
 ix. One underlying material strip extending under the protective plates of the thumb and connected to the underlying glove near the wrist and near the thumb tip 
 x. One underlying material strip extending from the base of the thumb plate laterally toward and under the backplate, the material strip being attached with the underlying glove at the base of the thumb and the back of the hand portion 
 xi. Each of the overlapping protective plates of the fingers and thumb having top, bottom and side edges 
 xii. Each of the distal phalange plates of the fingers and thumb having holes for anchoring attachment the plates to the underlying material strips and underlying glove at the finger-tip 
 xiii. The overlapping protective plates of the fingers and thumb being contoured to extend around the knuckles of the user without inhibiting mobility or ability of the user to maintain a tight hand or fist; 
 xiv. The thumb plate of the thumb portion extending outward and contoured to extend toward the palm and hug the flexor polices brevis and abductor polices brevis muscles of the user 
 xv. The protective plates of the index finger at the thumb side edge extending outward and contoured around the finger to protect the side of the index finger 
 xvi. The protective plate of the pinky finger at the outside edge extending outward and contoured around the finger to toward the outside edge of the hand to protect the bottom side of the pinky finger 
 xvii. The protective plates being attached to the underlying material strip and underlying glove by connection means