Improvements in Glove Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
COME LEIE TE
Improvements in Glove Holders.
We, STANLEY FREE, and WILLIAM SPITTLER both of New Haven, in the
County of New Haven, State of Connecticut, in the United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention relates to improvements in glove holders and is especially designed
for holding a number of pairs of gloves together.
In the drawings herewith accompanying and making a part of this application,
Fig. 1. is a plan view illustrating how our improved glove holder is cut from a
single piece of material.
Fig. 2. is a plan view of our improved glove holder showing a different method
of constructing the connecting strip between the two sides.
Fig. 3. is a sectional view on the lines X. X. and
Fig. 4. is a perspective view of our improved glove holder according to Fig. 1.
In all said figures same letters refer to like parts.
This invention relates to improvements in glove holders, and particularly to such
as are employed by manufacturers in packing gloves in boxes for the market. It
is customary to place several pairs between two long strips of card-board and
secure them by a band passing round the two strips, several of such packages are
placed in a box for the trade. It is often desirable to place an advertisement upon
the outside of the strip, but as the band is liable to slip, or the strip become
reversed, the benefit of such advertisement is lost.
The object of this invention is to form the strips and band from a single piece
of material, and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described and more
particularly recited in the claims.
The holder is preferably made from celluloid, and consists of two long strips a. b.
united midway of their length by a short strap or hinge c or they may have an
intermediate section a. formed by scores or perforations y. said section forming one
edge of the holder; the flap forming the other. The edge of the strip a. opposite
the strap c. is extended to form a flap d. said strip, strap and flap being cut from
a single piece of material. Preferably the corners formed by the strip and strap
and Hap are rounded as at e. to prevent tearing. The flap d. is provided with a
hook and the strip b. with a series of eyelets g. adapted to receive the hook f. so
that the sides of the holder may be readily changed to conform to the varying
number of gloves in the package.
To prevent possible injury to the gloves by the hook f. we preferably secure a
strip . by its ends to the inside of the strip b. beneath the eyelets g. and upon
which the end of the hook will rest. If preferred the hook may be secured to the
strip b. and the eyelets to the flap d. which will avoid the difficulty just referred to
and not require the strap h. By this construction, the strap 6. is free from
obstruction and the means for binding the package are always in proper position.
Sometimes the inner sides of the strips a. aud . are covered with silk or some
other suitable material, such material being secured to the holder by means of bows
or rosettes or any other similar means.
We do not limit ourselves to hooks and eyes for securing the parts, as any known
devices may be employed for that purpose. We are aware, however, that a strap
for packages of gloves has been made which is adjustable as to length and do not
therefore wish to be understood as claiming such as our invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A glove holder comprising two long strips having edges united by a short
strap or hinge, and a flap extending outwards from the outer edge of one strip
and adapted to have its ends adjustably engaged with the other strip substantially
as described.
2. A glove holder formed from a single piece of material and consisting of two
connected strips, and a flap extending from one strip and adapted to be adjustably
secured to the other strip, substantially as described.
3. A glove holder consisting of two strips connected midway of their length, a
flap extending from the outer edge of one of the strips and adapted to be secured
to the other strip, the corners formed by the strip, strap, and flap, being rounded
substantially as described.
4. A glove holder composed of two long strips, a suitable intermediate connecting
strap or hinge, a flap extending from one strip, and adapted to be adjustably
secured to the other strip, and a clasp for locking said strips together, substantially
as described.
Dated this 29th day of December 1893.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.