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.
Claims20
A glove donning system comprising:
- a housing having a glove dispensing opening;
- a 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 glove assembly including 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 aperture defined therein, and wherein the at least one track set engages the alignment aperture and conveys the glove assembly to a ready position for the donning sequence.
The glove donning system of claim 9, wherein the conveyance assembly further comprises a glove box loading switch that generates a signal to notify a user that the glove box is positioned correctly within the housing.
A glove donning system comprising:
- a housing having a glove dispensing opening and a glove box for storing a plurality of glove assemblies;
- a conveyance assembly, comprising at least one track set configured to support a plurality of glove assemblies;
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- a front-to-back glider assembly that positions the plurality of glove assemblies horizontally toward and away from a user;
- a transverse glider assembly that positions the plurality of glove assemblies horizontally transversely with respect to the user;
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- a pair of grabber assemblies that remove a glove assembly from the plurality of glove assemblies in the glove box 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 aperture defined therein, and wherein the at least one track set engages the alignment aperture and conveys the glove assembly to a ready position for the donning sequence.
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;
- positioning the right and left grabber assemblies toward the 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;
- rotating the right and left grabber assemblies, thereby ejecting the glove insert card from the glove;
- rotating the right and left grabber assemblies further, thereby forming a glove cuff in the glove;
- extending in a substantially horizontal direction the right and left grabber assemblies and positioning the glove for donning by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.