Dispenser for sanitary gloves

• US 6,021,919 A
• Filed: 01/15/1997
• Issued: 02/08/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kevin J. Kelly
• Original Assignee: Kevin J. Kelly
• Inventors: Kelly, Kevin J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ellis, Christopher P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HESS, DOUGLAS A
• Application Number:
  US08/783,273
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: 221/25, 221/70, 221/155, 221/197, 221/281, 221/282, 221/287, 221/303
• US Class Current: 221/25
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/40 Packages or dispensers

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved dispenser for sanitary gloves. The dispenser comprises a rectangular enclosure having a top, bottom, left and right side walls, front and back, for receiving individually packaged sanitary gloves. The front is permanently joined to the top, bottom, left and back, while the right side wall is pivotally attached to the bottom wall. The front contains an opening near the top for dispensing the sanitary gloves one at a time. A window near the bottom portion of the front is used to visually inspect the quantity of gloves remaining in the dispenser at any given time.

Claims

1. A dispenser for individually packaged, sanitary gloves in individual sanitary environments which comprises a generally rectangular shaped dispenser containing a front, back, right and left sides, top, bottom and interior cavity;

and a plurality of individually packaged sanitary gloves contained in separate sterilized packages which are removably attached to a plurality of separate sterilized packages containing said gloves located in said interior cavity, wherein the front contains a horizontal, elongated opening near the top portion thereof and a vertical elongated cylindrical opening near the bottom portion thereof, and wherein gravity maintains the plurality of packages containing said sanitized gloves in stacked formation in the rectangular shaped enclosure until the gloves are ready for use;

said right side of the dispenser being pivotally attached to the bottom and is connectable attached to the top thereof.

2. The dispenser for the individually packaged, sanitary gloves of claim 1, wherein each pair of sanitized gloves is individually contained in separate sterilized packages which are removably attached to a plurality of separate sterilized packages containing said gloves.

3. The dispenser for the individually packaged, sanitary gloves of claim 1, wherein the plurality of separately packaged sanitary gloves are stacked in the interior cavity of the rectangular shaped dispenser and the top package is inserted through the opening near the top portion of the front of said dispenser.

4. A dispenser for sanitized gloves which comprises a rectangular shaped enclosure having a top, bottom, front, back and right and left sides, said enclosure defining a space;

and a plurality of individually packaged sanitized gloves, each package folded one upon the other and attached to each other via serrated tear strips located in said enclosure, wherein the front contains a horizontal, elongated opening near the top portion thereof and a vertical elongated cylindrical opening near the bottom portion thereof, and wherein gravity maintains the plurality of packages containing said sanitized gloves in stacked formation in the rectangular shaped enclosure until the gloves are ready for use;

said right side of the dispenser being pivotally attached to the bottom and is connectably attached to the top thereof.

5. The dispenser for the sanitized gloves described in claim 4, wherein the front of the rectangular shaped enclosure is permanently joined to the top, bottom, back and left side and the right side and connectably attaches to the top.

6. The dispenser for the sanitized gloves of claim 4 wherein the horizontal elongated opening near the top portion is for dispensing sanitized gloves and the vertical opening is used as a sight window near the bottom portion thereof.

7. The dispenser for the sanitized gloves of claim 4, wherein the sanitized gloves are individually packaged in a sanitary environment.

8. The dispenser for the sanitized gloves of claim 7, where the sanitized gloves are individually vacuum wrapped in a sanitary environment.