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US 11,889,936 B2Granted
Glove cartridge
OwnerTravis E. Waineoinventor
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Abstract
A glove-dispensing system (120) may position glove cartridges (50) adjacent to glove portals (150) through which hands (190) can be inserted to don the gloves (20) that have been expanded. The glove-dispensing system (120) may dispense gloves (20) of different sizes in response to a size selection signal.
Claims35
A glove cartridge, comprising:
- a flexible glove including an upper region, a middle region, and a lower region of glove material, wherein the upper region includes multiple finger parts, wherein the middle region includes a palm part and a back part, and wherein the lower region includes a wrist part and a glove base that defines a glove opening;
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- a cartridge including a cartridge frame having a cartridge boundary and a cartridge aperture, wherein the cartridge aperture defines an inner edge of the cartridge frame, wherein the glove opening is positioned to extend around a majority of the cartridge aperture, wherein the inner edge is in proximity to an aperture ridge that extends along at least a portion of the cartridge aperture, wherein the aperture ridge has a ridge base and a ridge lip, wherein the inner edge is closer to the ridge base than to the ridge lip, wherein the ridge base has an exterior ridge base perimeter that is smaller than an exterior lip perimeter of the ridge lip, and wherein the glove base is positioned at the ridge base or between the ridge base and the ridge lip.
An inventory of multiple glove cartridges including a first glove cartridge and a second glove cartridge, comprising:
- a first flexible glove of the first glove cartridge including a first upper region, a first middle region, and a first lower region of glove material, wherein the first upper region includes multiple first finger parts, wherein the first middle region includes a first palm part and a first back part, and wherein the first lower region includes a first wrist part and a first glove base that defines a first glove opening;
- a first cartridge of the first glove cartridge including a first cartridge frame having a first cartridge boundary and a first cartridge aperture, wherein the first cartridge has a first cartridge boundary configuration, wherein the first cartridge aperture defines a first inner edge, wherein the first inner edge is in proximity to a first aperture ridge that extends along at least a first portion of the first cartridge aperture, wherein the first aperture ridge has a first ridge base and a first ridge lip, wherein the first inner edge is closer to the first ridge base than to the first ridge lip, wherein the first ridge base has a first exterior ridge base perimeter that is smaller than a first exterior lip perimeter of the first ridge lip, and wherein the first glove base is positioned at the first ridge base or between the first ridge base and the first ridge lip such that the first glove opening is positioned about the first cartridge aperture;
- a second flexible glove of the second glove cartridge including a second upper region, a second middle region, and a second lower region of glove material, wherein the second upper region includes multiple second finger parts, wherein the second middle region includes a second palm part and a second back part, and wherein the second lower region includes a second wrist part and a second glove base that defines a second glove opening;
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- a second cartridge of the second glove cartridge including a second cartridge frame having a second cartridge boundary and a second cartridge aperture, wherein the second cartridge has a second cartridge feature that is different from a first cartridge feature of the first cartridge, wherein the second cartridge aperture defines a second inner edge, wherein the second inner edge is in proximity to a second aperture ridge that extends along at least a second portion of the second cartridge aperture, wherein the second aperture ridge has a second ridge base and a second ridge lip, wherein the second inner edge is closer to the second ridge base than to the second ridge lip, wherein the second ridge base has a second exterior ridge base perimeter that is smaller than a second exterior lip perimeter of the second ridge lip, and wherein the second glove base is positioned at the second ridge base or between the second ridge base and the second ridge lip such that the second glove opening is positioned about the second cartridge aperture.
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A glove cartridge, comprising:
- a flexible glove including an upper region, a middle region, and a lower region of glove material, wherein the upper region includes multiple finger parts, wherein the middle region includes a palm part and a back part, and wherein the lower region includes a wrist part and a glove base that defines a glove opening;
- a cartridge including a cartridge frame having a cartridge boundary and a cartridge aperture, wherein the cartridge aperture defines an inner edge of the cartridge frame, and wherein the glove opening is positioned to extend around a majority of the cartridge aperture;
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- an aperture ridge that is in proximity to the inner edge and extends along at least a major portion of the inner edge, wherein the aperture ridge is discontinuous.
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A glove cartridge, comprising:
- a flexible glove including an upper region, a middle region, and a lower region of glove material, wherein the upper region includes multiple finger parts, wherein the middle region includes a palm part and a back part, and wherein the lower region includes a wrist part and a glove base that defines a glove opening;
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- a cartridge including a cartridge frame having a cartridge boundary and a cartridge aperture, wherein the cartridge aperture defines an inner edge of the cartridge frame, wherein the glove opening is positioned to extend around a majority of the cartridge aperture, wherein the cartridge has a front side and a rear side, wherein the cartridge comprises a front protective layer that at least partly occludes the cartridge aperture on the front side of the cartridge, and wherein the front protective layer has an open central portal.
A glove cartridge, comprising:
- a flexible glove including an upper region, a middle region, and a lower region of glove material, wherein the upper region includes multiple finger parts, wherein the middle region includes a palm part and a back part, and wherein the lower region includes a wrist part and a glove base that defines a glove opening;
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- a cartridge including a cartridge frame having a cartridge boundary and a cartridge aperture, wherein the cartridge aperture defines an inner edge of the cartridge frame, wherein the glove opening is positioned to extend around a majority of the cartridge aperture, and wherein the cartridge boundary has at least one perimeter edge having one or more notches or one or more outward tabs.
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