Patent ID: 6832708
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: A47G,A61B

Abstract:
A system for expanding a cuff portion of an elastically expandable glove from a non-expanded condition to an expanded open condition and for releasably holding said cuff portion in said open condition, said open condition being at least sufficient to enable a hand to pass through the cuff portion of the glove, the system comprising:(a) holding means comprising suction means and at least one suitable contact surface for sealingly holding said cuff portion in said open condition when said cuff portion is in abutting contact with said at least one contact surface; and (b) expandable ring means capable of being expanded from a first configuration to a second configuration and capable of being contracted from said second configuration to said first configuration, wherein in said first configuration said ring means comprises a compact external profile such as to enable said ring means to be inserted into said cuff portion when said glove is in said non-expanded condition, and wherein in said second configuration said ring means comprises an expanded external profile at least substantially complementary to that of said at least one contact surface to enable the cuff portion to be abutted thereagainst.