IP Library Granted Patent US 10,220,979
Granted Patent B2
US 10,220,979 · App. 15/199,014 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Container for rubber or surgical gloves with magnetic mounting device

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Patent No.
US 10,220,979
App. No.
15/199,014
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container ( 100 ) includes a first side ( 101 ) defining an aperture ( 107 ), a second side ( 102 ), and a plurality of other sides ( 103,104,105 ). The first side, the second side, the plurality of other sides defining an interior volume ( 106 ) of the container. A plurality of gloves ( 110 ) is disposed within the interior volume such that one or more gloves may be drawn from the container through the aperture. A magnetic device ( 112 ) is proximately located with the second side. When the second side is proximately located with a ferrous object, the magnetic device magnetically couples the container to the ferrous object.

Claims (28)

1. A container, comprising:

a first side defining an aperture;

a second side; and

a plurality of other sides;

the first side, the second side, the plurality of other sides defining an interior volume of the container;

a plurality of gloves disposed within the interior volume such that one or more gloves may be drawn from the container through the aperture; and

a magnetic device disposed within the interior volume and proximately located with the second side;

wherein when the second side is proximately located with a ferrous object the magnetic device magnetically couples the container to the ferrous object;

the first side defining a first major face of the container, the second side defining a second major face of the container, and the plurality of other sides defining minor faces of the container disposed between the first major face and the second major face;

the magnetic device configured as a single, unitary, contiguous sheet;

the single, unitary, contiguous sheet defining another aperture.

2. The container of claim 1 , the first side, the second side, and the plurality of other sides comprising single-ply cardboard.

3. The container of claim 1 , the first side, the second side, and the plurality of other sides manufactured from plastic.

4. The container of claim 1 , the aperture configured as one of a circle, an oval, a square, or a rectangle.

5. The container of claim 1 , the magnetic device disposed adjacent to the second side.

6. The container of claim 1 , the magnetic device adhesively coupled to the second side.

7. The container of claim 1 , the aperture covered by a removable segment.

8. The container of claim 1 , the plurality of gloves comprising a plurality of disposable gloves.

9. The container of claim 1 , the plurality of gloves manufactured from a compressible material and arranged in a stacked configuration with a force coefficient to draw a glove through the aperture decreasing as a number of gloves in the stacked configuration decreases, a magnetic force of the magnetic device greater than the force coefficient associated with a first glove of the plurality of gloves.

10. The container of claim 9 , further comprising a perforated covering spanning the aperture and defining another force coefficient to draw the first glove through a perforation of the perforated covering, the magnetic force greater than the force coefficient and the another force coefficient.

11. The container of claim 10 , the container having associated therewith a weight, the magnetic force greater than a sum of the force coefficient, the another force coefficient, and the weight.

12. The container of claim 11 , the force coefficient greater than three pounds.

13. The container of claim 1 , the plurality of gloves and the interior volume sterile.

14. The container of claim 1 , the plurality of gloves manufactured from one of latex or vinyl.

15. The container of claim 1 , the plurality of gloves each comprising finger portions pointing in a common direction within the container.

16. The container of claim 1 , the single, unitary, contiguous sheet comprising a planar, single, unitary, contiguous sheet.

17. The container of claim 1 , the single, unitary, contiguous sheet manufactured from a magnetically flexible material.

18. The container of claim 1 , the another aperture spanning a greater area than the aperture.

Assignments (5)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
CONVERSION OF ENTITY FROM CORPORATION TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Recorded Oct 31, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 057977/0567 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057927/0091 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058040/0001 →