A glove for wearing on a user's hand to grip an object, such as a barbell. The glove has a palm side which carries a plurality of pads that have gripping surfaces. The pads are positioned in spaced-apart relationship and connected together by a flexible connecting layer. The connecting layer is sufficiently thinner than the pads to allow the glove and user's hand to be comfortably curled about and uncurled from a object while enabling a secure grip. Valleys between the pads serve to recess the connecting layer below the gripping surfaces.

The invention provides exemplary athletic, driving and work gloves and methods for their use. In an exemplary embodiment, a flexible athletic glove is provided having a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side. A plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side are operably attached to said glove body. The glove further comprises at least one resilient pad comprising silicon foam operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body.

There is provided a vibration-proof glove which is wore particularly in an operation with a vibration tool such as a rock drill or engine cutter. The vibration-proof glove comprises a stretchy glove body 1 made of such as a knit material, and a vulcanized foam rubber 2 provided at least on the palm portion of the globe body. A plurality of crosswise grooves 2a or lengthwise grooves 2b are provided on the palm portion of the glove. The vulcanized foam rubber material 2 may be formed with chloropylene rubber or natural rubber.

A video game glove offers protection for the thumb and forefinger of the game player. The glove extends over these two digits, and includes reinforced areas on the front of the tip of the two digits. The remaining fingers of the hand are fully exposed, and the glove is attached with a VELCRO.RTM. or similar fastener for a secure fit. The glove is preferably made of LYCRA.RTM. or a related material. The protective forefinger pad and thumb pad are preferably made of ULTRASUEDE.RTM. or a similar material.

A lightweight glove having finger grip inserts for use by persons playing slot machines or the like that includes a light weight fabric glove shell having an elastic wrist band and insert receiving ends formed into the thumb and index fingers thereof and two resilient elastomeric finger grip inserts one secured to each of the insert receiving ends of the thumb and index finger portions of the glove shell. Each of the resilient elastomeric finger grip inserts includes a lower coin contact area for receiving the tip of the users finger, a U-shaped glove finger top attachment portion formed integrally with and adjacent to the perimeter edge of the lower coin contact area, a glove finger attachment edge, a contact area biasing strip integrally formed between the two parallel portions of the U-shaped glove finger top attachment portion, and a moisture vent opening defined by the contact area biasing strip and the U-shaped glove finger top attachment portion. Each of the insert receiving ends of the glove shell includes a finger covering portion terminating in a tubular end opening sized for receiving the glove finger attachment edge of the resilient elastomeric finger grip insert therein and a finger top attachment tab extending from and formed integrally with the top of the finger covering portion. The finger top attachment tab is sized to fit over the U-shaped glove finger top attachment portion and in registration with the perimeter edge of the lower coin contact area.