U.S. patent application number 11/251193 was filed with the patent office on 2007-05-03 for disposable glove cartridge.
Invention is credited to Jie Liu.
Application Number | 20070094766 11/251193 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37994365 |
Filed Date | 2007-05-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070094766 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu; Jie |
May 3, 2007 |
Disposable glove cartridge
Abstract
The present invention disclosed a hanging disposable gloves
cartridge, which includes a plurality of disposable gloves
alignedly overlapped with each other to form a glove stack, wherein
each of the disposable gloves has a perforated tear line
transversely spanned thereon for separate a hand portion from a
waist portion; a clamp holder, which includes a pair of mounting
wings for substantially sandwiching the glove stack there between
at a position above the tear lines of the disposable gloves,
wherein each of the disposable gloves are made of two layers of
film forming a hand cavity therebetween, a human hand is able to
insert into the hand cavity to shell off an outermost dispose glove
from the cartridge.
Inventors: |
Liu; Jie; (City of Industry,
CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Jie Liu;Suite 401
17700 Castleton Street
City of Industry
CA
91748
US
|
Family ID: |
37994365 |
Appl. No.: |
11/251193 |
Filed: |
October 14, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/159 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45F 5/021 20130101;
A41D 19/0072 20130101; A41D 2400/72 20130101; A61B 42/40 20160201;
A45F 5/02 20130101; A45F 5/06 20130101; A41D 2400/52 20130101; A47F
13/085 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
002/159 |
International
Class: |
A41D 19/00 20060101
A41D019/00 |
Claims
1. A hanging disposable glove cartridge, comprising: a plurality of
disposable gloves alignedly overlapped with each other to form a
glove stack, wherein each of said disposable gloves has a
transverse perforated tear line s spanned thereon for dividing said
disposable glove into a waist portion and a hand portion; and a
clamp holder, which comprises a pair of mounting wings for
substantially sandwiching said glove stack there-between at a
position above said tear lines of said disposable gloves, and means
for attaching said clamp holder to an object so as to enable said
disposable gloves attached onto said object with an individually
suspended manner; wherein each of said hand portions has a first
layer bordered said perforated tear line and a second layer having
a peripheral edge seamed with said first layer so as to form a hand
cavity between said first layer and said second layer for receiving
a human hand, and automatically leave an elongated opening adjacent
to said perforated tear line for permitting said human hand slipped
into said hand cavity to peel off said hand portion of an outermost
disposable glove of said glove stack from said cartridge.
2. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said
disposable gloves are made of thermoplastic materials selected from
a group consisting of polypropylene, polybutylene, polyamides,
ethylene/vinyl-acetate copolymer, polyvinyl chloride,
polyvinylidine chloride, and so on for ensuring said disposable
gloves with a pliable property.
3. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said waist
portions of said disposable gloves are superposed together and
reinforced by said two mounting wings, each of said mounting wings
has a lower edge positioned adjacent to said tear line.
4. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 2, wherein said waist
portions of said disposable gloves are superposed together and
reinforced by said two mounting wings, each of said mounting wings
has a lower edge positioned adjacent to said tear line.
5. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said clamp
holder is a rigid plastic strap bisectionally folded to generate a
pair of symmetrical said mounting wings respectively wrapped up
onto either side of said glove stack for retaining said waist
portions of said glove stack 101 in position.
6. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 4, wherein said clamp
holder is a rigid plastic strap bisectionally folded to generate a
pair of symmetrical said mounting wings respectively wrapped up
onto either side of said glove stack for retaining said waist
portions of said glove stack 101 in position.
7. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said waist
portions of said plurality of disposable gloves are stiffened by
thematically fusing said waist portions into an integrated holding
part while said hand portions of said disposable gloves are
downwardly suspended thereof, wherein said tear lines are markedly
exposed from said integrated holding part for gradually and
subsequently peeling off said outermost disposable glove in
convenience.
8. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 5, wherein said waist
portions of said plurality of disposable gloves are stiffened by
thematically fusing said waist portions into an integrated holding
part while said hand portions of said disposable gloves are
downwardly suspended thereof, wherein said tear lines are markedly
exposed from said integrated holding part for gradually and
subsequently peeling off said outermost disposable glove in
convenience.
9. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 6, wherein said waist
portions of said plurality of disposable gloves are stiffened by
thematically fusing said waist portions into an integrated holding
part while said hand portions of said disposable gloves are
downwardly suspended thereof, wherein said tear lines are markedly
exposed from said integrated holding part for gradually and
subsequently peeling off said outermost disposable glove in
convenience.
10. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said first
layer and said second layer of said hand portion are human-hand
shaped to form a five-finger glove.
11. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 8, wherein said first
layer and said second layer of said hand portion are human-hand
shaped to form a five-finger glove.
12. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said first
layer and said second layer of said hand portion are human-hand
shaped to form a thumb/multi-finger mitten.
13. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 8, wherein said first
layer and said second layer of said hand portion are human-hand
shaped to form a thumb/multi-finger mitten.
14. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said
elongated opening is upwardly orientated and easily deformed for
facilitating a hand-insertion action.
15. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 10, wherein said
elongated opening is upwardly orientated and easily deformed for
facilitating a hand-insertion action.
16. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 13, wherein said
elongated opening is upwardly orientated and easily deformed for
facilitating a hand-insertion action.
17. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said clamp
holder is a clipper for shifting said two mounting wings between an
opening position and a closing position, wherein at said opening
position, said disposable gloves are stacked with an aligned manner
to form said glove stack to be disposed between two said two
mounting wings , and at said closing position, said two mounting
wings are inwardly folded for clamping said glove stacks.
18. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 6, wherein said clamp
holder is a clipper for shifting said two mounting wings between an
opening position and a closing position, wherein at said opening
position, said disposable gloves are stacked with an aligned manner
to form said glove stack to be disposed between two said two
mounting wings , and at said closing position, said two mounting
wings are inwardly folded for clamping said glove stacks.
19. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 9, wherein said clamp
holder is a clipper for shifting said two mounting wings between an
opening position and a closing position, wherein at said opening
position, said disposable gloves are stacked with an aligned manner
to form said glove stack to be disposed between two said two
mounting wings , and at said closing position, said two mounting
wings are inwardly folded for clamping said glove stacks.
20. The glove cartridge, as recited in claim 16, wherein said clamp
holder is a clipper for shifting said two mounting wings between an
opening position and a closing position, wherein at said opening
position, said disposable gloves are stacked with an aligned manner
to form said glove stack to be disposed between two said two
mounting wings , and at said closing position, said two mounting
wings are inwardly folded for clamping said glove stacks.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to disposable gloves, and more
particularly, relates to a disposable glove cartridge, which
enables a user easily and quickly retrieve individual glove from
the cartridge with a handy and convenient manner.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Arts
[0004] Nowadays, people living in the civilized world have been
changed to be more and more environment and health concerned.
Unsurprisingly, hygiene enforcement equipments, such as disposable
gloves, became mandatory means in many occasions for accustoming a
clean or sterile environment. Needless to say, there would be
enormous requirements for disposal gloves in medical industry and
food industry. This is due to the fact that the disposable gloves
are capable of minimizing the spread of viruses and other
contaminants among individuals. The likelihood of the dirty means
transmission between personnel' hands and foods to be served will
be significantly reduced.
[0005] Moreover, the food handlers are required to frequently
replace the gloves under certain circumstances. For instance, in
foodservice industry, a food-dispatching employee would have to
handle a variety of items at the same time, wherein different items
are probably not permitted to contact with each other. As a result,
the food service personnel are willing to wear an easily
replaceable glove from time to time. That is to say, every time he
touched one item of the food, he would discard the used or
contaminated glove immediately, and then don another new glove in a
prompted manner to touch another item.
[0006] To satisfy such special requirements in the food industry
and medical industry, many types of cheaper and reliable
thermoplastic disposable gloves have been introduced into the
market. The disposable gloves are interposed together with an
overlapped manner to form a multi-layer structure. As a result, the
food service personnel are able to frequently replace the gloves by
carrying on such multi-layer disposable gloves.
[0007] Commonly, such multi-layer gloves could be sold in a
dispenser having a slot defined thereon, and the user are able to
retrieve the gloves from the slot of the dispenser one by one in
routine application. In other words, such kind of disposable glove
is just defined like a paper tissue removed from a tissue
dispenser.
[0008] Unfortunately, the disposable gloves are different with the
tissue paper in physical properties and functional characteristics.
The disposable gloves are made of plastic materials and prepared to
have an opening for insertion into a human hand. When the gloves
are removed from the dispenser, the thermoplastic gloves are
susceptible to be creased or deformed in shape. It would be
troublesome for food service personnel to straighten out the
plastic gloves first and then figure out where is the opening to
insert his hand. In other words, the disposable gloves retrieved
from such gloves dispenser would be difficult to be instantly
serviceable.
[0009] What is more, since the food service personnel always change
the gloves under a flurry time-saving circumstance. Inadvertent
removal of more than one glove would be inevitable thus causing
unnecessary wastes of such disposable gloves. It is desirable to
develop an improved disposable gloves dispensing arrangement for
overcoming above-mentioned problems of the conventional disposable
gloves.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0010] A primary object of the present invention is to provide a
disposable glove cartridge, which is easily carried by a user for
ensuring a reliable and efficient glove dispensing procedure.
[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
disposable glove cartridge, wherein a human hand could be easily
and quickly inserted into each individual glove so as to release
the disposable glove from the cartridge, as a result, a user is
able to simultaneously retrieve the glove and insert his hand into
the glove for achieving a timesaving serviceable purpose.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
disposable glove cartridge, wherein no complicated enclosure or
dispenser would be required for supporting the glove cartridge in
position; that is to say, the disposable glove cartridge is capable
of being carried by the user in a handy manner or detachably
attached to a nearby object.
[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
disposable glove cartridge having a plurality of disposable gloves,
wherein frequent and regular retrieval of a new glove would not
affect the reuse function of the glove cartridge; in other words,
the glove cartridge would be maintain a ready-to-use condition
after a repetitious removal of the disposable gloves, the outermost
glove of the disposable glove cartridge is always ready to be
serviceable.
[0014] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
disposable glove cartridge, wherein each glove of the cartridge
could be removed safely and efficiently, that is to say, whenever a
user is willing to retrieve a glove, there is no possibility that
more than one gloves shelled off from the cartridge at the same
time.
[0015] Accordingly, to achieve above mentioned objects, the present
invention provides a hanging disposable gloves cartridge,
comprising:
[0016] a plurality of disposable gloves alignedly overlapped with
each other to form a glove stack, wherein each of the disposable
gloves has a transverse perforated tear line spanned thereon for
dividing the disposable glove into a waist portion and a hand
portion; and
[0017] a clamp holder, which comprises a pair of mounting wings for
substantially sandwiching the glove stack there between at a
position above the tear lines of the disposable gloves, and means
for attaching the clamp holder to an object so as to enable the
disposable gloves supported by the object with an individually
suspended manner;
[0018] wherein each of the hand portions has a first layer bordered
the perforated tear line and a second layer having a peripheral
edge seamed with the first layer so as to form a hand cavity
between the first layer and the second layer for receiving a human
hand, and automatically leave an elongated opening adjacent to the
perforated tear line for permitting the human hand slipped into the
hand cavity to peel off the hand portion of an outermost disposable
glove of the glove stack from the cartridge.
[0019] These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the
present invention will become apparent from the following detailed
description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended
claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanging disposable glove
cartridge according to a preferred embodiment of the present
invention.
[0021] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the disposable glove
cartridge according to above preferred embodiment of the present
invention showing an outermost glove is torn off from the cartridge
by a human hand.
[0022] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the disposable glove
cartridge according to the preferred embodiment showing an
alternative mode of the clamping holder for suspendedly supporting
the disposable gloves in position.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0023] Referring to the FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a hanging disposable
glove cartridge according to a preferred embodiment of the present
invention is illustrated. The hanging disposable glove cartridge 1
comprises a plurality of disposable gloves 10 alignedly overlapped
with each other to form a glove stack 101, wherein each of the
disposable gloves 10 has a transverse perforated tear line 110 for
dividing the disposable glove 10 into a waist portion 11 and a hand
portion 12.
[0024] That is to say, the hand portion 12 is integrally extended
from the waist portion 11 to conform a human hand shape.
Furthermore, the disposable glove cartridge 1 comprises a clamp
holder 20, which comprises a pair of mounting wings 21 for
substantially sandwiching the glove stack 101 there-between at a
position above the tear line 110 of the disposable gloves, and
means 22 for attaching the clamp holder 20 to an object so as to
enable the disposable gloves 10 attached onto the object with an
individually suspended manner. Here, the mounting wings 21 are
respectively provided at either side of the glove stack 101 for
retaining the plurality of waist portions 11 in position so as to
suspend the glove stack 101 as shown in FIG. 2.
[0025] What is more, each of the hand portions 12 has a first layer
121 bordered with the perforated tear line 110 and a second layer
122 having a peripheral edge 123 seamed with the first layer 121
along an human hand shape so as to form a hand cavity 30 between
the first layer 121 and the second layer 122 for receiving a human
hand and automatically define an elongated opening 31 adjacent to
the tear line 110 for allowing the human hand slipped into the hand
cavity 30 to peel off the hand portion 12 of an outermost dispose
glove 10 from the cartridge 1.
[0026] Preferably, the glove stack 101 of the disposable gloves
cartridge 1 is prepared by generally overlaying a plurality of
identical disposable gloves 10. In the present invention, the
disposable gloves 10 are made of low cost thermoplastic materials,
such as Polypropylene or polyethylene. This is due to the fact that
such thermoplastic materials are of pliable property to be easily
deformed for facilitating a better maneuverability and
manageability. And more importantly, such plastic materials are
inert to a wide range of chemicals and adapted to be applied over a
remarkable scope of temperatures. It is noted that the
thermoplastic materials is selected from a group consisting of
polypropylene, polybutylene, polyamides, ethylene/vinyl-acetate
copolymer, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidine chloride, and so
on.
[0027] The perforated tear line 110 is purposely arranged onto each
individual disposable glove 10 for dividing the disposable glove 10
into a waist portion 11 and a hand portion 12, wherein the waist
portion 11 could be superposed with other waist portions 11 and be
reinforced or strengthened by two mounting wings 21 of the clamp
holder 20 to form a rigid hanging holder with respect to the
downwardly suspended pliable hand portions 12. Preferably, the
perforated tear line 110 is arranged at a position adjacent to the
lower edges of the mounting wings 21. It is noted that the
perforated tear line 110 could be applied as a grooved weaken line
for easier manufacture in case of the glove material is thick.
[0028] According to the preferred embodiment of the present
invention, the clamp holder 20 is a rigid plastic strap
bisectionally folded to generate a pair of symmetrical mounting
wings 21 respectively wrapped up onto both sides of the glove stack
101 for retaining the waist portions 11 of the glove stack 101 in
position. On the other hand, the waist portions 11 of the plurality
of disposable gloves 10 are be reinforced or stiffened by
thematically fusing the waist portions 11 into an integrated
holding part 102 while the hand portions 12 of all disposable
gloves 10 are downwardly suspended thereof, wherein the tear line
110 are markedly exposed from the integrated holding part 102 for
gradually and subsequently peeling off the outermost disposable
glove 10 in convenience. In other words, the waist portions 11 of
the glove stack 101 could be formed as a rigid strap for supporting
the dangling gloves in purposes.
[0029] In other words, the clamp holder 20 enable the waist
portions 11 and the hand portions 12 stand in sharp contrast,
wherein the stiffened waist portions 11 are retained and reinforced
by the mounting wings 21 of the clamp holder 20, whereas the hand
portions 12 of the disposable gloves 10 are extended from the clamp
holder 20 with a suspended manner.
[0030] Furthermore, the clamp holder 20 has means 22 for detachably
attaching such clamp holder 20 onto an ambient object, such as a
hook, a belt, a rod, and so on. In the preferred embodiment, the
attaching means 22 are two through holes penetrating the mounting
wings 21 at an upper position, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. As a
result, the user is able to freely hang the clamp holder 20 at his
or her belt, a wall hook, or any other nearby objects. By the way,
the attaching means 22 could be embodied as snaps, buttons, screws,
Velcro fastener, as well as zippers for detachably attaching the
clamp holder onto nearby objects. Preferably, the hanging
disposable glove cartridge 1 of the present invention is supposed
to detachably attached onto the user' belt, such that a user could
carry such glove cartridge on his two sides during operating
procedure.
[0031] As shown in FIG. 2, each of the hand portions 12 has a first
layer 121 bordered with the perforated tear line 110 and a second
layer 122 having a peripheral edge 123 seamed with the first layer
121. In other words, each of the hand portions 122 is formed of two
layers of thermoplastic film, namely the first layer 121 and the
second layer 122, which are seamlessly sealed along the peripheral
edge. Here, the first layer 121 and the second layer 122 could be
shaped to form a human hand shape, such as a five-finger glove or a
thumb/multi-finger mitten. Since the second layer 122 is welded
onto the first layer 121 along the human hand shape peripheral
edge, the elongated opening 31 would be automatically formed
transversely spanning on two lateral edges of the hand portion 12.
Since the disposable glove cartridge 1 of the present invention is
detachably attached to a nearby object, the glove stack 101 would
be supported in a suspended manner. As a result, the elongated
opening 31 would be upwardly orientated, such that a user is able
to quickly and easily slip his or her hand into such elongated
opening 31 without further effort. What is more, the weight of the
second layer 122 would more or less downwardly deform the elongated
opening 31 for facilitating such hand-insertion movement.
[0032] Moreover, it is noted that the thermoplastic first layer 121
and second layer 122 provide excellent touch sensitivity and
seamlessly sealed intact for provide a waterproof function.
Accordingly, hand portion 12 is grease and oil resistant, and
impervious to water based solutions.
[0033] In short, a primary goal of the present invention is to
provide a hanging disposable glove cartridge 1, such that a user is
able to conveniently carry such cartridge to constantly and
subsequently retrieve new gloves in a handy manner. For example,
the glove cartridge 1 could be attached onto the user's utility
belt at a position adjacent to user's hand, such that the user is
able to naturally extend his or her hand into each individual glove
without any intended maneuver. And more importantly, the elongated
opening 31 would ensure the human hand slip into the hand cavity
without any undesirable hassles. That is to say, the elongated
opening 31 would substantially reduce the likelihood of two layers
121, 122 stick together.
[0034] Alternatively, the clamp holder 20 could be applied as a
clipper 20' having two mounting wings 21' directly clamping the
glove stack 101 in position as shown in FIG. 3. As a result, the
clamp holder 20 would have a degree of rigidity significantly
greater than the disposable gloves 10 and extend across the wrist
portion 12 of the outermost one of the glove stack 101 for
sandwiching the glove stack 101 in position. It is worth to mention
that the clipper 20' is engaged onto the waist portion 11 well
above the tear line 110. Therefore, the clamp holder 20 could be
embodied as conventional clippers made of wood, rigid plastics as
well as metals. Such clippers could be shifted between an open
position and a close position.
[0035] When the clipper 20' is folded into the open position, the
plurality of disposable gloves 10 are stacked with an aligned
manner to form the glove stack 101 for a quick operation. Since
each disposable glove 10 includes a perforated tear line 110 across
the glove for dividing the disposable glove 10 into the waist
portion 11 and the hand portion 12. Afterwards, the waist portions
12 of the glove stack is disposed between two mounting wings 21' of
the clipper 20'. On the other hand, in the closed position, the
pair of mounting wings 21' is inwardly folded for clamping the
glove stacks 101 as shown in FIG. 4. Commonly, each of the mounting
wings 21 has a straight edge, which is purposely positioned
adjacent to the tear line 110 with a parallel manner. It is noted
that such clipper 20 further comprises a click-on element 22'
integrally from the clipper 20 for assisting the clipper 20'
detachably attached onto user's belt as shown in FIG. 3.
[0036] One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment
of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described
above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
[0037] It will thus be seen that the objects of the present
invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. It
embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of
illustrating the functional and structural principles of the
present invention and is subject to change without departure form
such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all
modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the
following claims.
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