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US 10,799,310 B2Granted
Glove donning system
AssigneeGlove First, LLC
InventorsLynne H. Gaines, Shelly H. Schaefer
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Abstract
A glove donning system including glove assemblies is provided that maintains the cleanliness of a glove until the glove is utilized. In addition, the glove donning system assists a user during a donning process thereby preventing contamination of the glove during the donning process.
Claims21
A glove donning system comprising:
- at least one conveyance assembly that facilitates an initiation of a glove donning sequence, comprising at least one track set configured to support a plurality of glove assemblies;
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- at least one set of grabber assemblies configured to remove a glove assembly from the plurality of glove assemblies, wherein the glove assembly comprises a glove and a glove insert card, wherein the glove insert card includes an exposed portion disposed outside the glove and an insertion portion disposed inside the glove, wherein the exposed portion includes at least one alignment feature defined therein, and wherein the at least one track set engages the alignment feature and conveys the glove assembly to a ready position for the donning sequence.
A glove donning system comprising:
- a housing having at least one glove dispensing opening and at least one glove container for containing a plurality of glove assemblies;
- at least one conveyance assembly, comprising at least one track set configured to support a plurality of glove assemblies;
- at least one front-to-back glider assembly that positions the plurality of glove assemblies toward and away from a user;
- at least one transverse glider assembly that positions the plurality of glove assemblies transversely with respect to the user;
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- at least one set of grabber assemblies that remove a glove assembly from the plurality of glove assemblies and prepare the glove assembly for donning;
- wherein each glove assembly includes a glove and a glove insert card, wherein the glove insert card includes an exposed portion disposed outside the glove and an insertion portion disposed inside the glove, wherein the exposed portion includes at least one alignment feature defined therein, and wherein the at least one track set engages the alignment feature and conveys the glove assembly to a ready position for the donning sequence.
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A method of preparing a glove for donning comprising:
- activating a glove donning system;
- positioning a glove assembly in a position where it will be ready to cooperate with left and right grabber assemblies, wherein the glove assembly is supported by at least one track set;
- positioning the right and left grabber assemblies toward a glove assembly;
- moving the right and left grabber assemblies toward the glove assembly;
- engaging pinchers of the right and left grabber assemblies with a face of the glove assembly;
- inserting the pinchers between a glove and a glove insert card of the glove assembly;
- pinching the glove between the pinchers and grabbers of the right and left grabber assemblies;
- moving the right and left grabber assemblies in a direction away from the plurality of glove assemblies, thereby disengaging the glove insert card from the at least one track set;
- rotating the right and left grabber assemblies to bend at least a portion of a glove wrist, thereby ejecting the glove insert card from the glove;
- rotating the right and left grabber assemblies further, thereby completing the bend in at least a portion of the glove wrist;
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- extending the right and left grabber assemblies and positioning the glove for donning by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.