Patent ID: 7712642
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A47G,A61B

Abstract:
1. A glove dispensing and donning apparatus comprising: a housing having a glove dispensing opening; a feed roll having a spaced pair of upper and lower feed sheets at least partially received within said housing; a glove having a cuff defining a hand opening sandwiched between said upper and lower feed sheets; a feed sheet drive for advancing said upper and lower feed sheets and said glove toward said glove dispensing opening; a pair of grabbers each having a base and an arm affixed to said base positioned one on each side of said feed roll; and a grabber drive connected to said grabbers which moves said grabber arms into engagement with said glove cuff, rotates said grabber arms towards each other to secure said glove and then moves said grabber arms apart to cause said glove hand opening to expand to enable a user to easily insert a hand into said glove hand opening, and rotates said grabber arms away from each other to withdraw said grabber arms from said glove cuff to release said glove after a user's hand has been inserted into said glove.