Apparatus used to facilitate the donning of elastic gloves

An apparatus for installing a pair of gloves having elastic cuffs onto the hands of a user, the apparatus comprising:

• bracket means for mounting to a wall or other stationary object;
• and
• a pair of cylindrical members mounted to said bracket means and spaced one from the other by said bracket means, each said cylindrical member comprising an upper rim and elongated sides which extend downwardly from said upper rim, said elongated sides having a slot formed therein with upper edges of said slot having teeth means formed thereon and said upper rim having a pair of flared portions formed thereon and being located essentially diametrally across from one another on said upper rim, said upper rim sloping downward such that the lower most point of said upper rim terminates at the point where said teeth means on the upper edges of said slot commerce, said upper rim, said flared portions and said teeth means together cooperating to receive and hold said elastic cuff in a stationary, open configuration when the elastic cuff is stretched over the upper rim, said flared portions, and said teeth means, said upper rim further comprising in cross-section a modified ellipsoidal shape having a first dimension such that when said elastic cuff is stretched over the upper rim, the cuff is stretched in a maximum manner along said first dimension, and having a second dimension such that when stretched over the upper rim, said elastic cuff is stretched in a minimal manner along said second dimension, and said slot providing an opening which is wide enough to permit removal of said hand after the hand is inserted into said glove and is moved downwardly and forward through said slot to effect release of said elastic cuff from said teeth means, said flared portions and said upper rim.