There is provided a package of disposable gloves (10) and a glove dispensing apparatus (60). The package of disposable gloves comprises a plurality of gloves (25) joined to one another in a line wherein adjacent ones of the gloves are connected together by a respective first frangible connection (26) which is breakable to separate the gloves from one another. Each of the gloves has a glove edge (29) lying transversely to the first frangible connection to form an open cuff (30) of each glove (25), and at least one finger (11b) of each glove is connected to an adjacent finger (1b) or thumb (11c) of the glove by a corresponding further frangible connection (52) which is breakable to separate the connected fingers or finger and thumb of the glove. The glove dispensing apparatus (60) can be used for enabling hygienic location of a glove of the glove package (10) on a user's hand. The dispensing apparatus comprises a storage (64, 65) for storing the package of gloves, a glove line feed arrangement (72a, 72b) for advancing the line of gloves to locate an end glove of the line in a hand insertion zone (68) of the apparatus, and a glove opening system including adherent surfaces (83), the glove opening system (70) being operable for contact of the adherent surfaces with opposed first and second layers (18, 20) of the end glove of the line to adhere to the layers and subsequently to draw the adhered layers of the glove apart for allowing a user to insert their hand into the open cuff (30) of the glove in the hand insertion zone (68). There are also provided methods for use of the glove dispensing apparatus.

A glove donning system including glove assemblies is provided that maintains the cleanliness of a glove until the glove is utilized. In addition, the glove donning system assists a user during a donning process thereby preventing contamination of the glove during the donning process.

A ring-shaped member is arranged for engaging with an opening of a glove to form a circumferential trough around the opening of the glove. A glove and a method of manufacturing a glove comprise a conical collar forming a circumferential trough around the opening of the glove and where the collar comprises such ring-shaped member. The ring-shaped member comprises a first annular portion of a conical shape, a second annular portion of a conical shape, and a central annular portion in between the first and the second annular portions. The ring-shaped member is foldable about the central portion to attain a folded configuration wherein the second annular portion is folded down to lie essentially alongside the first annular portion.

A cartridge for receiving a plurality of adjacent, aligned, disposable gloves is described, the cartridge comprising a base; and a first element being arranged in use for alignment of the finger portions of the plurality of gloves. Furthermore, a machine arranged for dispensing a disposable glove is described, the machine comprising: an articulated arm arranged in use for contacting and retaining a first part of the glove and for moving said glove from a first position in which the glove is located in a cartridge containing one or more gloves, to a second position in which a second part of the said glove is able to be contacted with and retained by an anchoring means to open the cuff to allow a user to don the glove.

Disclosed herein is are systems, methods, and devices for automatically custom-fitting one or more glove on a user hand.

The glove application device enables the placement of a glove on a glove retainer. An inverted glove is provided to the user to simplify placement of the glove on the glove retainer. The inverted glove presents a donning surface for insertion of the user's hands when installed onto the glove retainer. A glove indicator on the glove aligns with an orientation indicator, such as a particular location on the glove retainer, a component, or a device indicator. The application device provides an indicator such as a release toggle, a device indicator, or other component of the device that informs the user of the proper orientation of the glove when placing the glove on the glove retainer.

A glove-dispensing system (120) may position glove cartridges (50) adjacent to glove portals (150) through which hands (190) can be inserted to don the gloves (20) that have been expanded. The glove-dispensing system (120) may dispense gloves (20) of different sizes in response to a size selection signal.

A glove dispenser is disclosed that permits sanitary donning of gloves by a user without the user touching the exterior of the glove during the donning process. The disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of glove attachment areas configured on a platform that allows disposable and non-disposable gloves to be releasably attached to it by their cuffs, and present the inside of the glove cuffs to a user for easy sanitary donning. As such, a user may open the glove by pulling on the inner portion of the cuff with one hand, inserting the other hand into the opened glove, releasing the pulled cuff, and simply detaching the donned glove from the dispenser. Furthermore, the invention provides a new method for holding and donning gloves of various sizes, materials, construction, etc. while preventing a user from touching the exterior of the gloves, thus preventing contamination of the gloves.

A glove remover apparatus is provided. The glove remover apparatus is especially suitable for the removing of a used medical glove in a sterile manner; however the glove remover apparatus is not limited to removing only medical gloves. The glove remover apparatus may have an extended long handle having a trigger spring at the distal end wherein the trigger spring grasps a glove on the user's hand. Once grasped by the apparatus, the used glove may be safely removed without a user needing to actually touch the glove.

An apparatus for removing and disposing of contaminated gloves is provided. The apparatus has a vertical frame with a hook assembly on top which is operatively connected to a pedal assembly at the frame bottom. A shelf below the hook assembly supports a container for receiving discarded gloves.