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WO2000041641A1
WO2000041641A1 PCT/GB2000/000097 GB0000097W WO0041641A1 WO 2000041641 A1 WO2000041641 A1 WO 2000041641A1 GB 0000097 W GB0000097 W GB 0000097W WO 0041641 A1 WO0041641 A1 WO 0041641A1
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Geoffrey Rowe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D19/00—Gloves
    • A41D19/0055—Plastic or rubber gloves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B42/00—Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
    • A61B42/40—Packages or dispensers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments

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  • the present invention is concerned with glove packs , and, in particular, packs of so-called three-dimensional gloves.
  • plastics gloves There are in general two types of formed plastics gloves, namely gloves of plastics film, which are formed by heat-sealing a pair of plastics films together around a hand- shaped periphery (these being so-called two-dimensional gloves), and gloves integrally formed on a former (the latter being known as three-dimensional gloves).
  • three- dimensional gloves are vinyl gloves (of PVC or the like) and latex gloves (which are generally formed by dipping).
  • Such three-dimensional gloves have many uses, including, for example, as surgeons' gloves, medical inspection gloves, industrial gloves and household gloves.
  • the non-medical gloves are ones for use in hairdressing (for professional or home use), when it is desired to protect the user's hands during application of liquid chemicals to the hair. Examples of such chemicals include dyes, permanent waving solutions and the like.
  • Gloves for use by hairdressers or the like are often provided on a carrier sheet member, typically of paper or the like, which generally requires the gloves to be laid flat or folded on the carrier. I have found that a more space-efficient pack, either for hairdressing use or for medical use or the like, can be made if the gloves are compressed.
  • a glove pack which comprises:
  • a rolled pair of integral three-dimensional gloves of polymeric material the gloves each having a wrist-receiving portion and a plurality of (or set of) digit-receiving portions remote from the respective wrist-receiving portion, with a palm-receiving portion intermediate between each wrist-receiving portion and the respective digit- receiving portions, the pair of gloves being in overlapping relationship such that at least some of the digit-receiving portions of a first glove of the pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of the pair, the pair of gloves further being rolled about one another while in the overlapping relationship; and
  • an outer retaining member which holds the rolled pair in compression.
  • the pair of gloves preferably remains flexible after rolling, so that the rolled pair can be further folded or compressed into an even smaller space.
  • the pair of gloves has preferably been rolled together in such a manner that air is excluded from the resultant rolled pair gloves, so as to preclude inadvertent "inflation" of closed ends of the digit-receiving portions; air may even (in some embodiments) be expelled in the rolling operation (for example, when the rolling is from tips of the digit-receiving portions towards the respective wrist-receiving portion).
  • the pair of gloves is rolled together by successive turns about a series of longitudinal axes which extend along the length of the respective gloves from the wrist-receiving portion to the respective digit-receiving portions; the rolling operation in this preferred embodiment is therefore transverse to the longitudinal direction.
  • the rolled pair of gloves is then folded about a median fold line intermediate between the respective digit-receiving portions and wrist-receiving portion.
  • the pair of gloves is rolled such that the digit-receiving portions of a first glove of the pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of the pair.
  • each glove There are preferably five digit-receiving portions on each glove, one being arranged to receive a thumb of a user and the other four being arranged to receive respective fingers of the user.
  • the three-dimensional gloves are preferably of dipped elastomeric material (so-called latex gloves); alternatively, they may be of polyurethane, vinyl plastics or the like.
  • the outer retaining member may be a clip, band, tie or the like adapted to retain the pair of gloves in rolled configuration.
  • the outer retaining member may be in the nature of a sheath, substantially surrounding the entire rolled pair of gloves.
  • a sheath When a sheath is used, it may be formed from a thin flexible sheet, typically of thermoformed plastics, metal foil, paper or the like. In some embodiments, it is preferred that the sheath substantiallly surrounding the rolled pair of gloves should be substantially air-impermeable.
  • the sheath may comprise a tubular member (which may in some embodiments be shrunk around the rolled pair of gloves), or it may be a substantially rigid preformed tube, or a longitudinally hinged tubular member, which may in this embodiment be hinged together to hold the rolled pair of gloves in compression.
  • a tubular member which may in some embodiments be shrunk around the rolled pair of gloves
  • it may be a substantially rigid preformed tube, or a longitudinally hinged tubular member, which may in this embodiment be hinged together to hold the rolled pair of gloves in compression.
  • Any of the above embodiments of sheath may be formed from one or more component parts; for example, there may be two nesting open-ended canister members, which nest together in the manner of pharmaceutical capsules or the like.
  • the tubular member may be of translucent or transparent plastics material; typically the material may be moulded by injection moulding or the like
  • the sheath may comprise a sheet which is tightly wrapped around the rolled pair of gloves.
  • marginal edges and/or ends of the sheet may be sealed together to form a closed pack.
  • the gloves are for use as medical inspection gloves, surgeons gloves or the like, it is preferred that they and the sheath should be impermeable and/or sterilisable (typically by ionising radiation or the like.
  • the glove pack according to the invention may itself be provided in an outer pack (such as a box, carton, envelope, sachet or the like).
  • the pack may further be provided with one or more further pairs of gloves, a printed set of instructions (particularly when the pack is for hairdressing use), a skin sensitivity testing patch or the like.

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Abstract

The glove pack comprises a rolled pair of integral three-dimensional gloves of polymeric material. Each glove has a wrist receiving portion and a plurality of digit-receiving portions remote from the respective wrist-receiving portion. A palm receiving portion is intermediate between each wrist-receiving portion and the respective digit-receiving portions. The pair of gloves overlap each other such that at least some of the digit-receiving portions of the first glove overlap the digit-receiving portions of the second glove of the pair. One of the pair of overlapping gloves has been rolled about the other of the pair to form a roll. The rolled pair of gloves are held in compression by an outer retaining member.

Description

Glove Pack
The present invention is concerned with glove packs , and, in particular, packs of so-called three-dimensional gloves.
There are in general two types of formed plastics gloves, namely gloves of plastics film, which are formed by heat-sealing a pair of plastics films together around a hand- shaped periphery (these being so-called two-dimensional gloves), and gloves integrally formed on a former (the latter being known as three-dimensional gloves). Examples of such three- dimensional gloves are vinyl gloves (of PVC or the like) and latex gloves (which are generally formed by dipping).
Such three-dimensional gloves have many uses, including, for example, as surgeons' gloves, medical inspection gloves, industrial gloves and household gloves. Amongst the non-medical gloves are ones for use in hairdressing (for professional or home use), when it is desired to protect the user's hands during application of liquid chemicals to the hair. Examples of such chemicals include dyes, permanent waving solutions and the like.
Gloves for use by hairdressers or the like are often provided on a carrier sheet member, typically of paper or the like, which generally requires the gloves to be laid flat or folded on the carrier. I have found that a more space-efficient pack, either for hairdressing use or for medical use or the like, can be made if the gloves are compressed.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, therefore, there is provided a glove pack, which comprises:
(a) a rolled pair of integral three-dimensional gloves of polymeric material, the gloves each having a wrist-receiving portion and a plurality of (or set of) digit-receiving portions remote from the respective wrist-receiving portion, with a palm-receiving portion intermediate between each wrist-receiving portion and the respective digit- receiving portions, the pair of gloves being in overlapping relationship such that at least some of the digit-receiving portions of a first glove of the pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of the pair, the pair of gloves further being rolled about one another while in the overlapping relationship; and
(b) an outer retaining member which holds the rolled pair in compression. The pair of gloves preferably remains flexible after rolling, so that the rolled pair can be further folded or compressed into an even smaller space.
The pair of gloves has preferably been rolled together in such a manner that air is excluded from the resultant rolled pair gloves, so as to preclude inadvertent "inflation" of closed ends of the digit-receiving portions; air may even (in some embodiments) be expelled in the rolling operation (for example, when the rolling is from tips of the digit-receiving portions towards the respective wrist-receiving portion).
However, it is particularly preferred that the pair of gloves is rolled together by successive turns about a series of longitudinal axes which extend along the length of the respective gloves from the wrist-receiving portion to the respective digit-receiving portions; the rolling operation in this preferred embodiment is therefore transverse to the longitudinal direction. Preferably the rolled pair of gloves is then folded about a median fold line intermediate between the respective digit-receiving portions and wrist-receiving portion.
It is preferred that the pair of gloves is rolled such that the digit-receiving portions of a first glove of the pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of the pair.
There are preferably five digit-receiving portions on each glove, one being arranged to receive a thumb of a user and the other four being arranged to receive respective fingers of the user.
The three-dimensional gloves are preferably of dipped elastomeric material (so-called latex gloves); alternatively, they may be of polyurethane, vinyl plastics or the like.
The outer retaining member may be a clip, band, tie or the like adapted to retain the pair of gloves in rolled configuration. Alternatively, the outer retaining member may be in the nature of a sheath, substantially surrounding the entire rolled pair of gloves. When a sheath is used, it may be formed from a thin flexible sheet, typically of thermoformed plastics, metal foil, paper or the like. In some embodiments, it is preferred that the sheath substantiallly surrounding the rolled pair of gloves should be substantially air-impermeable. The sheath may comprise a tubular member (which may in some embodiments be shrunk around the rolled pair of gloves), or it may be a substantially rigid preformed tube, or a longitudinally hinged tubular member, which may in this embodiment be hinged together to hold the rolled pair of gloves in compression. Any of the above embodiments of sheath may be formed from one or more component parts; for example, there may be two nesting open-ended canister members, which nest together in the manner of pharmaceutical capsules or the like. In such embodiments, the tubular member may be of translucent or transparent plastics material; typically the material may be moulded by injection moulding or the like
Alternatively, the sheath may comprise a sheet which is tightly wrapped around the rolled pair of gloves. When such a sheet is tightly wrapped around the pair of gloves, marginal edges and/or ends of the sheet may be sealed together to form a closed pack.
When the gloves are for use as medical inspection gloves, surgeons gloves or the like, it is preferred that they and the sheath should be impermeable and/or sterilisable (typically by ionising radiation or the like.
The glove pack according to the invention (including a sheath such as that described above, when present) may itself be provided in an outer pack (such as a box, carton, envelope, sachet or the like). The pack may further be provided with one or more further pairs of gloves, a printed set of instructions (particularly when the pack is for hairdressing use), a skin sensitivity testing patch or the like.

Claims

1. A glove pack which comprises:
(a) a pair of integral three-dimensional gloves of polymeric material , said gloves each having a wrist receiving portion, a plurality of digit-receiving portions remote from the respective wrist-receiving portion, with a palm-receiving portion intermediate between each wrist-receiving portion and the respective digit-receiving portions, said pair of gloves being in overlapping relationship such that at least some of said digit-receiving portions of a first glove of said pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of said pair, said pair of gloves being in the form of a roll in which one of said pair has been rolled about the other of said pair while said pair of gloves is in said overlapping relationship; and
(b) an outer retaining member which holds said rolled pair of gloves in compression.
2. A glove pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of said gloves remains flexible after rolling.
3. A glove pack according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said rolled pair of gloves is substantially free of air between said gloves.
4. A glove pack according to claim 3, wherein air is excluded when said pair of gloves is rolled.
5. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein said pair of gloves has been rolled transverse to the longitudinal direction.
6. A glove pack according to claim 5, wherein said pair of gloves has been rolled together by successive turns about a series of longitudinal axes which extend along the length of said respective gloves from said wrist-receiving portion to said respective digit-receiving portions.
7. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein said rolled pair of gloves has a fold about a median fold line intermediate between said respective digit-receiving portions and said wrist-receiving portion.
8. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein said pair of gloves has been rolled such that said digit-receiving portions of a first glove of said pair overlap corresponding digit-receiving portions of a second glove of said pair.
9. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein each glove of said pair of gloves is provided with five digit-receiving portions, one said digit-receiving portion being arranged to receive a thumb of a user's hand and the other four said digit- receiving portions being arranged to receive respective fingers of the user's hand.
10. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein said three-dimensional gloves are each of dipped elastomeric material.
11. A glove pack according to any preceding claim, wherein said outer member is an air- impermeable sheath.
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EP1534594A2 (en) * 2002-06-13 2005-06-01 Jordan Biologics, Inc. Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor
US7874455B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2011-01-25 Oneglove, Llc Dispenser and gloves

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US2454864A (en) * 1947-02-20 1948-11-30 Barkley & Dexter Package of individual cleansing tissue
US4094120A (en) * 1976-01-14 1978-06-13 L'oreal Method of manufacturing a pair of plastic gloves and packaging them within a sheet of wrapping material
US5175977A (en) * 1988-09-27 1993-01-05 Becton, Dickinson And Company Kit and method for packaging gloves
GB2289616A (en) * 1994-05-11 1995-11-29 Geoffrey Rowe Glove pack

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US2454864A (en) * 1947-02-20 1948-11-30 Barkley & Dexter Package of individual cleansing tissue
US4094120A (en) * 1976-01-14 1978-06-13 L'oreal Method of manufacturing a pair of plastic gloves and packaging them within a sheet of wrapping material
US5175977A (en) * 1988-09-27 1993-01-05 Becton, Dickinson And Company Kit and method for packaging gloves
GB2289616A (en) * 1994-05-11 1995-11-29 Geoffrey Rowe Glove pack

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EP1534594A2 (en) * 2002-06-13 2005-06-01 Jordan Biologics, Inc. Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor
EP1534594B1 (en) * 2002-06-13 2010-05-19 Jordan Biologics, Inc. Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor
EP2216252A1 (en) * 2002-06-13 2010-08-11 Oneglove, LLC Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor
US8132692B2 (en) 2002-06-13 2012-03-13 Oneglove, Llc Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor
US7874455B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2011-01-25 Oneglove, Llc Dispenser and gloves
US8061558B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2011-11-22 Oneglove, Llc Dispenser and gloves

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