Finger protection usable for archery

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIGS.
1 and 2, a protection, e.
g.
a finger tab 10 has a finger protecting strip 11 made of a relatively soft, resilient and humidity absorptive material such as a leather called cordovan skin and having a pattern which covers almost the entire area of the index, middle and ring fingers IF, MF and RF.
On the finger side 11a, i.
e.
the side facing the fingers during use, the strip 11 is provided with a fastener band 12 into which the middle finger MF should be inserted in order to fix the tab 10 to the archer's hand H for operating the bowstring BS.
This fastener band 12 is bound to the strip 11 via a band holder 13 provided on the bowstring side 11b, i.
e.
the side facing the bowstring BS during the use of the strip 11.
At a portion bordering the index and middle fingers IF, MF, the strip 11 is provided with a slit 14 running in the lengthwise direction of the finger IF and extending to the position whereat the band holder 13 is provided.
The slit 14 facilitates the smooth following movement of the strip to the finger's action.
The protecting strip 11 is further provided with a pair of raised sections or strips 16 and 17 on the bowstring side 11b at positions corresponding to the first joints of the middle and ring fingers MF, RF when the finger tab 10 is carried by the archer's hand H.
These raised sections or strips 16 and 17 may be made of leather alone or of a combination of leather with other material or materials such as plastic, wood and the horn of buffaloes.
Each raised strip of leather is sewn to the finger protecting strip 11.
When the above-described other material is to be added, the selected material is inserted in the opening 16a formed between the two members 11 and 16.
Preferably, the height of the raised section 16 or 17 is in a range between 1 and 2 mm.
whereas the thickness of the finger protecting strip 11 is about 1 mm.
These raised sections 16 and 17 are adapted for holding and pulling the bowstring BS as shown in FIG