Dispenser assembly for dispensing gloves including glove positioner
View Patent ↗A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, which includes a dispenser. The dispenser has a housing which forms an inner surface and an internal compartment configured to hold a stack of gloves, and at least one dispensing opening. A stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser on a glove positioner and the glove positioner biases the stack of gloves toward the dispensing opening and a portion of the housing such that the glove positioner controls the stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of the stack and into the space to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove therefrom.
1. A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, the dispensing assembly comprising:
a dispenser having a housing comprising a plurality of walls which cooperate to form an inner surface and an internal compartment, the dispenser configured to hold a stack of gloves and a stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser, the dispenser including a dispensing opening, the stack of gloves positioned on a glove positioner including a resilient material such that the stack of gloves forms a trapezoidal cross-section within the internal compartment of the dispenser, the glove positioner biasing the stack of gloves toward the dispensing opening and a portion of the housing such that the glove positioner controls the stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of the stack and into the space, the stack of gloves biased against the dispensing opening to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove therefrom, and a flap positioned over at least a portion of the stack of gloves, whereby the flap encourages a user to withdraw a glove via a cuff of the glove and prevents withdrawal of a glove via a finger/thumb area.
2. The dispensing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the glove positioner includes a plate.
3. The dispensing assembly of claim 2 , wherein the plate is biased toward the dispensing opening.
4. The dispensing assembly of claim 3 , wherein the plate is biased toward the dispensing opening via a resilient material.
5. The dispensing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser is rectangular and the stack of gloves defines a trapezoidal cross-section within the internal compartment and the glove positioner biases the stack of gloves against a portion of the housing such that the stack of gloves continues to form a trapezoidal cross-section until all of the gloves of the stack are withdrawn from the dispenser.
6. A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, the dispensing assembly comprising:
a dispenser having a housing comprising a plurality of walls which cooperate to form an inner surface and an internal compartment, the dispenser configured to hold a stack of gloves and a stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser, the dispenser including a pair of spaced-apart dispensing openings, the stack of gloves positioned on a glove positioner having a pair of opposing ends such that gloves are arranged in an alternating cuff-to-finger/thumb alignment so that the cuffs are adjacent one of the dispensing openings, the glove positioner including a resilient material which biases the stack of gloves toward the dispensing opening and a portion of the housing such that the glove positioner controls the stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of the stack and into the space, the stack of gloves biased against the dispensing openings to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove therefrom.
7. The dispensing assembly of claim 6 , wherein the glove positioner includes a plate.
8. The dispensing assembly of claim 7 , wherein the plate is biased toward the dispensing opening via bands which are coupled to the plate.
9. The dispensing assembly of claim 6 , wherein the dispenser is rectangular and the stack of gloves defines a rectangular cross-section within the internal compartment and the glove positioner biases the stack of gloves against a portion of the housing such that the stack of gloves continues to form a rectangular cross-section thereby controlling the glove alignment and the space within the dispenser until all of the gloves of the stack are withdrawn from the dispenser.
10. A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, the dispensing assembly comprising:
a dispenser having a housing comprising a plurality of walls which cooperate to form an inner surface and an internal compartment, the dispenser configured to hold a first and second stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser, the dispenser including a pair of dispensing openings, the first and second stack of gloves each respectively positioned on a first and second glove positioner that are closely adjacent to each other, each first and second glove positioner including a resilient material that moves all of each glove positioner toward one of the dispensing openings, each first and second stack of gloves forming a trapezoidal cross-section within the internal compartment of the dispenser, each glove positioner biasing its respective first and second stack of gloves toward at least one of the pair of dispensing openings and at least one portion of the housing such that each of the pair of glove positioners controls its respective first and second stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of their respective stacks and into the space, the first and second stack of gloves each positioned to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove from each first and second stack, and a flap positioned over at least a portion of each stack of gloves, whereby the flap encourages a user to withdraw a glove via a cuff of the glove and prevents withdrawal of a glove via a finger/thumb area.