Apparatus used to facilitate the donning of elastic gloves
First Claim
1. An apparatus for installing a glove having an elastic cuff onto a hand, the apparatus comprising:
- a fixed bracket holding means, mountable to said fixed bracket so as to become integrally attached to said bracket as a part thereof when so mounted, for receiving the elastic cuff of the glove and for holding the cuff in a stretched, stationary, open configuration when the elastic cuff of said glove is stretched over said holding means, such that the glove is thereby held stretched and open and is ready to receive the hand inserted therein; and
release means, formed on the holding means, for releasing the glove onto the hand after the hand is inserted therein and as the hand is moved downwardly and pulled forward so as to thereby pull the elastic cuff of said glove off of said holding means.
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Abstract
A system for facilitating the donning of gloves having elastic cuffs. The system is particularly adapted for allowing healthcare personnel to don elastic gloves without requiring the assistance of another individual and without contacting the outer surface of the gloves. A curved rim member is comprised of flared portions along the periphery of the rim as well as teeth which are formed on the upper edges of a slot, the flared portions and teeth serving to help the rim frictionally to hold the elastic cuff of a glove in a stretched open configuration so that the user'"'"'s hand may be inserted therein. A slot in combination with the design of the curved rim member and the flared portion and teeth of the rim member allows the user, by proper movement of the wrist and forearm, to release the glove from the curved rim member whereupon the glove assumes a proper fit on the user'"'"'s hand.
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41 Claims
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1. An apparatus for installing a glove having an elastic cuff onto a hand, the apparatus comprising:
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a fixed bracket holding means, mountable to said fixed bracket so as to become integrally attached to said bracket as a part thereof when so mounted, for receiving the elastic cuff of the glove and for holding the cuff in a stretched, stationary, open configuration when the elastic cuff of said glove is stretched over said holding means, such that the glove is thereby held stretched and open and is ready to receive the hand inserted therein; and release means, formed on the holding means, for releasing the glove onto the hand after the hand is inserted therein and as the hand is moved downwardly and pulled forward so as to thereby pull the elastic cuff of said glove off of said holding means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for installing a glove having an elastic cuff onto a hand, the apparatus comprising:
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bracket means for mounting to a wall or other stationary object; a cylindrical member comprising means for attachment to said bracket means so as to become an integral part thereof when so attached, said cylindrical member comprising an upper rim over which said elastic cuff of said glove is held in a stretched, stationary, open configuration such that the glove is ready to receive said hand inserted therein, and said cylindrical member further comprising sides extending downwardly from said upper rim and having a slot formed in said sides such that after the hand is inserted in the glove the hand may be moved downwardly and pulled forward through said slot to permit removal of the glove from said cylindrical member and installation of the glove onto the hand. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for installing a pair of gloves having elastic cuffs onto the hands of a user, the apparatus comprising:
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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.
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