Nested Glove Assembly with Removal Tab

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Solution Overview

Problem

Individuals using disposable gloves for health reasons often face exposure to contamination when removing a contaminated glove, as they may inadvertently touch surfaces with their bare hands, necessitating a solution for maintaining hand protection with a clean glove underneath.

Innovation Solution

A nested glove assembly comprising a first glove with a tab extending from its cuff, allowing the second glove to be positioned inside, with additional tabs and securing members for easy removal and use of each glove independently, ensuring continuous hand protection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a single disposable glove is used, then the glove provides hand protection during tasks, but the user's bare hand becomes exposed to contamination when the glove is removed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand protectionVSAvoidcontamination exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the nesting principle by placing a second glove inside the first glove, creating a nested glove assembly. The second glove remains protected inside the first glove until needed, allowing the user to remove the contaminated first glove while the second glove remains intact and ready for use, thus maintaining continuous hand protection without exposure to contamination

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Reliability

If multiple gloves are carried separately, then continuous hand protection can be maintained, but the device complexity and inconvenience increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontinuous hand protectionVSAvoidglove carrying arrangement

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By nesting the second glove inside the first glove, the patent eliminates the need for separate carrying arrangements. The nested glove assembly becomes a single integrated unit that is easier to carry and store, while still providing the benefit of multiple gloves for continuous hand protection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple gloves into a single integrated assembly by nesting them together with connecting features. This combining approach reduces the number of separate items the user must manage, simplifying the overall system while maintaining the functionality of multiple gloves

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of operation

If tabs and securing members are added to the glove assembly, then easy removal and independent use of each glove is enabled, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveglove removal and useVSAvoidglove assembly production

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the glove assembly into distinct functional components (gloves, tabs, securing members) that can be manufactured separately and then assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while simplifying the overall manufacturing process through modular assembly

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11278069B2Glove assembly and method of using same

Publication Date: 2022.03.22 BEDROSIAN GLOBAL LLC

AI summary

A nested glove assembly that includes a first glove that includes a front, a back, a thumb side, a pinky side, a first cuff and a plurality of finger portions that cooperate to define a first glove interior, and a second glove that includes a front, a back, a thumb side, a pinky side, and a second cuff and a plurality of finger portions that cooperate to define a second glove interior. A first tab extends from the first cuff and the second glove is positioned in the first glove interior.