Apparatus and method for rapid hands-free application of gloves

Abstract

A glove-donning apparatus includes a support structure and a pair of rings attached to the support structure. Each ring defines an opening configured to receive a hand of a user and to support an opening of an elastic glove stretched thereover. In certain embodiments, the rings are non-continuous and define a gap to enable a user's hand or arm to pass through the rings. The rings may be positioned to receive both hands of the user simultaneously, and the gloves may be positioned such that thumbs of the gloves are directed toward one another. When a user inserts his or her hands into the gloves and moves the hands through the rings, the gloves disengage from the rings and contract around the user's hands. The apparatus may enable the user to don gloves without handling the gloves during the donning process.

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