Glove removal and/or retention

Apparatus for use in removing and retaining gloves, comprising:

• housing means having opening means to receive, in use, a respective left and right gloved hand, the housing means providing means which is dimensioned to be contactable with the exterior of each glove in a light gripping or frictional manner without stretching of the glove and wherein the contact force offers a resistance to removal of the glove on withdrawal of a band from the glove;
• wherein the housing means has aperturing to receive a thumb of each glove to aid frictional engagement of the glove with the housing and to limit penetration of the glove into the housing;
• and
• in which the aperturing is formed in a wall of the housing means and, in use, the thumb of the glove overlies part of said wall when projecting through said aperture and in which the position of the aperturing is such that the left and right gloved thumbs can contact each other.

A method of removing and putting on gloves which avoids skin contact with the exterior of the gloves, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a housing having an opening or respective openings for left and right gloved hands;
• pushing each gloved hand into the housing opening therefor and making frictional engagement of the glove with the housing without stretching of the gloves;
• inserting a thumb of the gloves into a respective thumbhole therefor to aid frictional engagement of the glove with the housing and to limit penetration of the glove into the housing;
• and
• withdrawing the hands from the gloves.