US 12,239,176 B2
Glove holder
Nathan Helten, Garden Plain, KS (US)
Filed by Nathan Helten, Garden Plain, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,381.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225707 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 19/0034 (2013.01) [A41D 2400/44 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holder for holding a work glove, the holder comprising:
a support arm, the support arm having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, the first end portion being spaced apart from the second end portion in a glove insertion direction along the longitudinal axis, the support arm having an inner face facing generally in a first direction along an arm spacing axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
a catch arm having a first end portion connected to the first end portion of the support arm and a free second end portion spaced apart from the first end portion of the catch arm in a glove removal direction along the longitudinal axis, the glove removal direction being opposite the glove insertion direction, the catch arm having an inner face facing generally in a second direction along the arm spacing axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction, at least a portion of the inner face of the catch arm being disposed in adjacent, face-to-face relationship with at least a portion of the inner face of the support arm such that the holder defines a glove retention area between the support arm and the catch arm, the holder being configured to grip a portion of a cuff of the work glove in the glove retention area between the support arm and the catch arm whereby the holder retains the work glove; and
a single hook protruding from the inner face of the support arm toward the catch arm, wherein the single hook is configured to grip a portion of the work glove;
wherein the single hook is located along the longitudinal axis nearer to the first end portion of the catch arm than the free second end portion of the catch arm,
wherein the inner face of the support arm comprises a first segment extending from the single hook to the first end portion of the support arm, and a second segment extending from the single hook to the second end portion of the support arm,
wherein the first segment and the second segment of the inner face of the support arm are flat.