IP Library Granted Patent US 10,414,577
Granted Patent B2
US 10,414,577 · App. 15/570,064 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Glove dispensing assembly

Inventors: Shantilal Hirjibhai Modha (Milton, GA); Tantima Saelim (Songkhla, TH); Khoa Tuan Lien (Alpharetta, GA)
Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
B65D83/0817B65D5/724
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Patent No.
US 10,414,577
App. No.
15/570,064
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes a container having a plurality of exterior panels that define an internal chamber. The exterior panels include at least opposing side panels and a top panel having an opening configured to dispense a plurality of articles therethrough. The dispensing assembly also includes an article dispensing component housed within the internal chamber that includes a base panel arranged with the top panel of the container so as to form an article storage area. The article storage area is configured to receive the plurality of articles. The base panel is biased towards the top panel via at least one flexible member that is secured to at least one of the opposing side panels of the container. Thus, the flexible member is configured to allow movement of the base panel towards to the top panel as each article is dispensed from the opening.

Claims (12)

1. A dispensing assembly, comprising:

a container comprising a plurality of exterior panels defining an internal chamber, the plurality of exterior panels comprising at least opposing side panels and a top panel having an opening configured to dispense a plurality of articles therethrough, the opposing side panels comprising a first side panel and a second side panel, the first and second side panels each comprising separate first and second slots formed therethrough; and

an article dispensing component housed within the internal chamber, the article dispensing component comprising a base panel arranged with the top panel of the container to form an article storage area, the article storage area configured to receive the plurality of articles,

wherein the base panel is biased towards the top panel of the container via a flexible member that is secured through the first and second slots formed into each of the first and second side panels of the container, the flexible member extending out of the first slots of the first and second side panels, across a portion of an exterior surface of the first and second side panels, and back into the second slots of the first and second side panels, wherein the flexible member is configured to allow movement of the base panel toward to the top panel as each article is dispensed from the opening,

wherein the opposing side panels are constructed of an outer-most panel, one or more inner-most panels, and an intermediate panel, wherein the outer-most panel comprises at least one securement flap configured to fit within a securement slot of the intermediate panel,

wherein the inner-most panels, when arranged together, define a passageway for the flexible member to pass therethrough when engaged with the base panel, wherein the passageway is adjacent to at least one of the bottom panel or the top panel of the container.

2. The dispensing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base panel comprises one or more notches configured to receive the flexible member.

3. The dispensing assembly of claim 2 , wherein the base panel comprises mirrored notches configured to receive the flexible member.

4. The dispensing assembly of claim 3 , wherein the mirrored notches are configured within opposing sides of the base panel.

5. The dispensing assembly of claim 3 , wherein the flexible member extends through the first and second slots of each of the first and second side panels and through the mirrored notches of the base panel.

6. The dispensing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of panels of the container are integral with each other.

7. The dispensing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the article storage area comprises open sides.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2026
From: O&M HALYARD, INC.; MEDICAL ACTION INDUSTRIES INC.; OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: PLC AGENT LLC
Reel/Frame 075647/0354 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: O&M HALYARD, INC.; OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 074212/0570 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: MEDICAL ACTION INDUSTRIES INC.; O&M HALYARD, INC.; OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 074203/0026 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Dec 31, 2025
From: MEDICAL ACTION INDUSTRIES INC.; O&M HALYARD, INC.; OWENS & MINOR MEDICAL, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS LEAD COLLATERAL AGENT; PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS CO-COLLATERAL AGENT; WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS CO-COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 074161/0401 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: O&M HALYARD, INC.; OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 059541/0024 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 12, 2021
From: MEDICAL ACTION INDUSTRIES INC.; OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION, INC.; O&M HALYARD, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 055582/0407 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 8, 2019
From: O&M HALYARD, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049342/0991 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: AVENT, INC.
To: O&M HALYARD, INC.
Reel/Frame 046324/0227 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2017
From: MODHA, SHANTILAL HIRJIBHAI; SAELIM, TANTIMA; LIEN, KHOA TUAN
To: AVENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 043978/0088 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62251387 · Nov 5, 2015
Provisional Application 62155238 · Apr 30, 2015
Related Publication 20180105348A1 · Apr 19, 2018