Patent ID: 8684226
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A glove dispensing assembly comprising: a dispenser surrounding a stack of interfolded gloves, the dispenser defining an opening through which the gloves are dispensed; the stack of interfolded gloves made from an elastic material, the elastic material comprising a natural latex polymer, a polyvinyl chloride polymer, a nitrile polymer, a block copolymer, or a neoprene, each glove including a finger end comprising distinct and separate fingers and a cuff end, the stack including an initial glove and a plurality of subsequent gloves, wherein each of the subsequent gloves includes a first fold and a second fold defining a cuff portion, an intermediate portion and a finger portion, the cuff portion being folded towards a first side of the intermediate portion and the finger portion being folded towards a second and opposite side of the intermediate portion, wherein the finger portion of a subsequent glove is positioned in between an intermediate portion and a cuff portion of an adjacent glove in the stack and wherein the cuff end of each subsequent glove in the stack is oriented toward the initial glove in relation to the finger end of each subsequent glove such that the gloves are dispensed through the opening cuff end first, wherein the dispenser has an opening defined entirely within at least one side of the dispenser in a lateral direction in relation to the first fold and the second fold of each of the plurality of subsequent gloves, wherein the gloves are removed cuff first in a direction parallel to the gloves laying in the stack from the opening defined in the at least one side of the dispenser and a separate opening distanced from the opening in the at least one side and defined entirely within at least the top or bottom of the dispenser positioned in a perpendicular direction in relation to the first fold and the second fold of each of the plurality of subsequent gloves, wherein the gloves are removed cuff first in a direction perpendicular to the gloves laying in the stack from the opening defined within at least the top or bottom of the dispenser, wherein the plurality of subsequent gloves are each folded in an S-like configuration; and wherein a removable panel is associated with each opening, and removing either panel and pulling gloves through either opening maintains the interfolded nature of the entire stack within the assembly regardless of the quantity of gloves present in the stack.