Patent ID: 6279792
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A47G,A61B

Abstract:
In combination, an apparatus facilitating the removal of a latex glove from the hand of a wearer who is wearing the glove and a protective hood which is positionable about the apparatus so as to provide a barrier between the face of the wearer and the wearer's hand during a glove-removal operation wherein the glove includes a finger portion disposed about the fingers of the wearer's hand and a cuff portion attached to the finger portion so as to encircle the wrist of the wearer's hand, the apparatus comprising:a support base which is securable in a stationary condition relative to a tabletop or other stationary support surface; anda pair of blade-like members which are rigidly attached to the support base and wherein each blade-like member includes a tip portion having an arcuate edge which is projected in a first direction, and the arcuate edge is sized to be accepted by the cuff portion of the glove while the glove is being worn upon the hand of the wearer so that the cuff portion of the glove encircles the wrist of the wearer's hand so that by sliding the inside of the forearm of the glove-wearing hand relative to and along one side of the blade-like member in a direction opposite the first direction, the cuff portion of the glove which encircles the wrist of the wearer's hand accepts and becomes hooked upon the arcuate edge at the wearer's wrist and so that continued movement of the forearm in the direction opposite the first direction backs the hand out of the glove while the cuff portion of the glove remains hooked upon the arcuate edge; andwherein the pair of blade-like members are supported by the support base in a substantially parallel relationship and so that the tip portions thereof are both directed generally in the first direction so that a pair of gloves can be simultaneously removed from the hands of the wearer as the wearer slides the inside surfaces of the forearms of his glove-wearing hands relative to and along the sides of the blade-like members in a direction opposite the first direction so that the cuff portions of the gloves are accepted and become hooked upon the arcuate edges and so that continued movement of the forearms in the direction opposite the first direction backs the hands out of the gloves.