U.S. patent application number 10/756580 was filed with the patent office on 2005-07-14 for glove box.
Invention is credited to Feusner, John.
Application Number | 20050150788 10/756580 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34739863 |
Filed Date | 2005-07-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050150788 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Feusner, John |
July 14, 2005 |
Glove box
Abstract
A disposable glove dispense and shipping container has a first
box and a second box both having dispense apertures disposed
therein for dispensing a right hand disposable glove and a left
hand disposable glove respectively. The first and second boxes are
hingably attached along the first box top and inner surface
junction and the second box top and inner surface junction. In the
open or dispense position the inner sides of the first box and the
second box are both parallel and touching with the top surfaces
having the dispense apertures lying flat and side by side for
dispensing purposes. In the closed or ship position, the top
surface of the first box and the top surface of the second box fold
onto one another creating a third box suitable for distribution and
shipping.
Inventors: |
Feusner, John; (Salem,
OR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Carl D. Crowell
P.O. Box 923
Salem
OR
97308
US
|
Family ID: |
34739863 |
Appl. No.: |
10/756580 |
Filed: |
January 12, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/278 ;
229/120.01; 229/120.011 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 83/0805 20130101;
B65D 85/18 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/278 ;
229/120.011; 229/120.01 |
International
Class: |
B65D 085/18; B65D
023/00; B65D 005/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A disposable glove container comprising: a first box having a
first top surface having a first dispense aperture disposed therein
for dispensing disposable gloves, a second box having a second top
surface having a second dispense aperture disposed therein for
dispensing disposable gloves; whereby said first box and said
second box are hingably attached to fold onto one another creating
a third box.
2. A disposable glove container comprising: a first box having a
first top surface having a first dispense aperture disposed therein
for dispensing disposable gloves, a first inner surface having a
first inner surface length edge, a first outer surface having a
first outer surface length edge, a first bottom surface, a first
inner intersection at said junction of the first inner surface and
said first top surface along said first inner surface length edge,
and a first outer intersection at said junction of said first outer
surface and said first top surface along said first outer surface
length edge; and a second box having a second top surface having a
second dispense aperture disposed therein for dispensing disposable
gloves, a second inner surface having a second inner surface length
edge, a second outer surface have a second outer surface length
edge, a second bottom surface, a second inner intersection at said
junction of said second inner surface and said second top surface
along the second inner surface length edge, and a second outer
intersection at said junction of said second outer surface and said
second top surface along said second outer surface length edge;
whereby said first box and said second box are hingably attached
along said first inner intersection and said second inner
intersection such that said first top surface and said second top
surface fold onto one another creating a third box.
3. The disposable glove container of claim 2, further comprising:
at least one assembly tab disposed at said first outer intersection
extending from said first outer side and perpendicular to said
first top surface; and at least one assembly slot disposed at said
second outer intersection; whereby said assembly tab slides into
said assembly slot upon closing of said disposable glove container
thereby securing said first box and said second box into one
assembly.
4. The disposable glove container of claim 2, wherein the container
is constructed from a single piece of paper board.
5. The disposable glove container of claim 2, wherein the container
is constructed from a single piece of corrugated cardboard.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a container for disposable
gloves in general and more particularly to a single container for
shipping and dispensing of disposable gloves having separate
compartments for left hand and right hand gloves.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Relatively thin, disposable polyethylene, nitrile, vinyl,
latex, or similar gloves have a variety of uses and applications in
the present marketplace and have been available for many years.
However, of the major drawbacks to expanding the use or
availability of such gloves resides in the manner in which they
have been packaged for use or distribution to the ultimate user.
Given the intended disposable nature of the gloves and the
necessity of maintaining a low cost per glove, ambidextrous gloves,
or gloves that are neither right nor left handed but work on
either, were developed. With ambidextrous gloves, a box contained a
large quantity of gloves that were all the same shape, eliminating
the need to search for a right or a left specifically. Although
this minimized waste and made packaging simple and inexpensive,
many found ambidextrous gloves uncomfortable, as a single shape or
profile is seldom satisfactory for everyone as well as thumb
placement is a problem with ambidextrous gloves. Ambidextrous
gloves do not conform to the natural contours of the reflexive
hands. When ambidextrous gloves are worn for extended periods, they
tend to promote fatigue due to the pressures placed on the hand,
which are better accommodated by hand specific gloves. Those
professionals requiring high sensitivity through their hands, such
as doctors or surgeons also require both a specific size and also
the handed gloves, or one specific right and one specific left hand
glove.
[0003] A prior means for packaging a large quantity of pairs in a
unit for dispensing consisted of a paperboard box containing
several pairs of gloves stacked in an alternating right hand, then
left hand glove in a folded relationship. Another packaging means
for such gloves included a roll of tissue paper carrying pairs of
gloves mounted on the paper roll in spaced relationship from one
another along the length of the roll.
[0004] The first described means has been found less than
satisfactory because it is very difficult to consistently retrieve
only one pair of gloves at a time. This results in an objectionable
percentage of waste as too often a user pulls several gloves out of
the box in a single grab resulting in discarding all but the one
pair required. Additionally, when only a left or a right glove is
needed, it is likely that a full pair will be taken and therefore
one glove is wasted. The second means is not satisfactory because
manufacturing in a paired/rolled configuration is too costly for
most high volume disposable applications. And, as in the stacked
pair configuration, when only one glove is needed, an entire pair
must be taken from the roll, wasting the unneeded glove.
[0005] A further attempt to minimized costs to the ultimate user
made separate boxes for left hand gloves and separate boxes for
rights. This decreased manufacturing costs as one box design would
accommodate both left hand and right hand gloves of all sizes. This
requires two boxes for each glove size. In addition, with the
rights and lefts being in similar but separate boxes, invariably
the user ends up with inventory issues such as two boxes of lefts
and no rights or vice versa; or, one box of lefts and one box of
rights in different sizes.
[0006] There are clear cost and convenience advantages to having
disposable gloves packaged such that left hand gloves and right
hand gloves of the same size are packaged together in one low cost
container.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The present invention is a system for packaging and
dispensing disposable gloves.
[0008] This one-piece folded system has a separate folded
compartment, or box, for left hand gloves and a separate folded
compartment, or box, for right hand gloves. The two compartments
are hingably attached along one side such that the top portions
having the dispense aperture of the two compartments fold toward
one another until they are parallel and touching. This creates a
box with the dispense aperture to the interior of the box, creating
a package with an exterior that is ready for shipping.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0009] The above description and other objects, advantages, and
features of the present invention will be more fully understood and
appreciated by reference to the specification and accompanying
drawings, wherein:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a plan view of a foldable dual compartment
disposable glove shipping and dispense box (hereinafter "wallet
box") that is constructed in accordance with the preferred
embodiment of the present invention.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the wallet box of the
preferred embodiment of the present invention in the open or
dispense position.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the wallet box constructed
in accordance with the present invention in the closed or ship
position.
DETAILED DISCUSSION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0013] Referring to the figures, like elements retain their
indicators throughout the several views. With reference to FIG. 1
of the drawings, one embodiment of a one-piece foldable disposable
glove box, or wallet box, constructed from paper board in
accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention
is indicated generally by 100 and is illustrated in a flat unfolded
condition prior to folding thereof as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 to
provide a box for both shipping and dispensing of right hand and
left hand disposable gloves.
[0014] With reference to FIG. 1, the wallet box 100 in the
preferred embodiment is constructed from one piece of paperboard.
Other embodiments are contemplated constructing the wallet box 100
from corrugated board (cardboard), a foldable plastic, or any other
material that is foldable and sturdy enough to endure shipping.
Wallet box 100 is essentially symmetrical about center fold line
115 where to the left of center fold line 115 a first box is folded
and formed, and to the right of center fold line 115 a second box
is folded and formed. The first box and the second box are hingably
attached at center fold line 115. In FIG. 1, all dashed lines are
fold lines and all solid lines are cut lines.
[0015] The first box to be formed has a first box bottom 104 and a
first box top 102 having an oblong first box dispense aperture 126
for dispensing gloves from the first box. A first box outer side
108 is formed by folding wallet box 100 up along second vertical
fold line 109 and third vertical fold line 111. A first box inner
side 110 is formed by folding wallet box 100 up along fourth
vertical fold line 113 and down at center fold line 115. A first
end is constructed on the first box by folding up first box first
end first tuck flap 114, first box first end second tuck flap 120,
and first box first end second section 118 along first horizontal
fold line 103. Next first box first end first section 116 is folded
along third horizontal fold line 125 such that first box first
assembly tab 122 is inserted into first box first end assembly slot
128. First box first end first tuck flap 114 and first box first
end second tuck flap 120 are now folded between first box first end
first section 116 and first box first end second section 118.
[0016] Similarly, a second end is constructed on the first box by
folding up first box second end first tuck flap 134, first box
second end second tuck flap 140, and first box second end second
section 138 along second horizontal fold line 105. Next first box
second end first section 136 is folded along fourth horizontal fold
line 127 such that first box second assembly tab 142 is inserted
into first box first end assembly slot 130. First box second end
first tuck flap 134 and first box second end second tuck flap 140
are now folded between first box second end first section 142 and
first box first end second section 138.
[0017] The first box is closed by folding first box inner flap 106
toward the interior of the first box and along first vertical fold
line 107, folding first box first end flap 112 toward the interior
of the first box and along first horizontal fold line 103, folding
first box second end flap 132 toward the interior of the first box,
and folding wallet box 100 along second vertical fold line 109 such
that first box top 102 is parallel to first box bottom 104 and
first box first end flap 112, first inner flap 106, and first box
second end flap 132 are folded toward the inside of the first box.
Finally, first box top 102 is held closed by inserting first box
first end closing tab 124 into first box first end closing slot 129
and first box second end closing tab 144 into first box second end
closing slot 131.
[0018] The second box to be formed has a second box bottom 154 and
a second box top 152 having an oblong second box dispense aperture
176 for dispensing gloves from the second box. A second box outer
side 158 is formed by folding wallet box 100 up along sixth
vertical fold line 119 and seventh vertical fold line 121. A second
box inner side 160 is formed by folding wallet box 100 up along
fifth vertical fold line 117 and down at center fold line 115. A
first end is constructed on the second box by folding up second box
first end first tuck flap 164, second box first end second tuck
flap 170, and second box first end second section 168 along first
horizontal fold line 103. Next second box first end first section
166 is folded along third horizontal fold line 125 such that second
box first assembly tab 172 is inserted into second box first end
assembly slot 178. Second box first end first tuck flap 164 and
second box first end second tuck flap 170 are now folded between
second box first end first section 166 and second box first end
second section 168.
[0019] Similarly, a second end is constructed on the second box by
folding up second box second end first tuck flap 184, second box
second end second tuck flap 190, and second box second end second
section 188 along second horizontal fold line 105. Next second box
second end first section 186 is folded along fourth horizontal fold
line 127 such that second box second assembly tab 192 is inserted
into second box first end assembly slot 180. Second box second end
first tuck flap 184 and second box second end second tuck flap 190
are now folded between second box second end first section 192 and
second box first end second section 188.
[0020] The second box is closed by folding second box inner flap
156 toward the interior of the second box and along eighth vertical
fold line 123, folding second box first end flap 162 toward the
interior of the second box and along first horizontal fold line
103, folding second box second end flap 182 toward the interior of
the second box, and folding wallet box 100 along seventh vertical
fold line 121 such that second box top 152 is parallel to second
box bottom 154 and second box first end flap 162, second inner flap
156, and second box second end flap 182 are folded toward the
inside of the second box. Finally, second box top 152 is held
closed by inserting second box first end closing tab 174 into
second box first end closing slot 179 and second box second end
closing tab 194 into second box second end closing slot 181.
[0021] To completely close the box for shipping purposes first box
top 102 and second box top 152 are folded flat against one another
along center fold line 115 with center folding line 115 being the
hinge line. The box is secured for shipping or distribution by
inserting a closing tab 196 into a receiving slot 148 and held in
place by medially deforming the closing tab 196 to create a offset
or displacement of the tab along a slot or cut line 198. The
displaced slot or cut line 198 is then able to catch or lock to the
top of the receiving slot 148.
[0022] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the wallet box 100 of the
preferred embodiment of the present invention in the open or
dispense position. The phantom outlines of gloves in FIG. 2
illustrates the concept of having a separate box for a left glove
204 and a separate box for a right glove 202 in hingably attached
boxes. When the box is closed, the closing tab 196 is inserted into
the receiving slot 148, and held in place by the displacement along
the cut line 198 locking with the top of the receiving slot 148. In
order to add strength to the closed box to tolerate shipping rigor,
it is contemplated that tape could be placed along the seamed
junction between the first box and the second box.
[0023] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the wallet box 100
constructed in accordance with the present invention in the closed
or ship position.
[0024] Wherein the terms and expressions which have been employed
in the foregoing specification are used therein as terms of
description and not of limitation, there is no intention, in the
use of such terms and expressions, of excluding equivalents of the
features shown and described or portions thereof, it being
recognized that the scope of the invention is defined and limited
only by the claims which follow.
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