Patent Grant
9033195
The disclosure relates to glove rack devices and more particularly pertains to a new glove rack device for storing and transporting gloves in a position maximizing air flow in and around the gloves to promote drying of the gloves.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a basket having a bottom will and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from a perimeter edge of the bottom wall. A handle is coupled to the basket. At least one glove holder is coupled to the basket. The glove holder has a palm section and a plurality of finger sections coupled to and extending from the palm section. The glove holder also has an open bottom end and a plurality of openings in environmental communication with the open bottom end. The openings are positioned in spaced relationship over and around the palm section and each of the finger sections wherein the glove holder is configured to provide air flow to a palm and each finger of a glove positioned over the glove holder.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A pair of glove holders 40 is coupled to the basket 12. Each glove holder 40 has a palm section 42 and a plurality of finger sections 44 coupled to and extending from the palm section 42. The palm section 42 may be elongated providing support for a long glove which would cover a wrist and lower forearm of a person wearing the glove. Each glove holder 40 has an open bottom end 44, a hollow interior 46 and a plurality of openings 48 in environmental communication with the open bottom end 74 of the glove holder 40. The openings 48 of each glove holder 40 are positioned in spaced relationship over and around the palm section 42 and each of the finger sections 44 wherein each glove holder 40 is configured to provide air flow to a palm 50 and each finger 52 of a glove 54 positioned over the glove holder 40.
A pair of biasing members 56 is provided. Each biasing member 56 is coupled to and extends between the raised medial section 28 of the bottom wall 14 of the basket 12 and an associated one of the glove holders 40.
A handle 58 is coupled to the basket 12. The handle 58 has a pair of parallel side portions 60 and an arcuate medial portion 62 extending between upper ends 64 of the side portions 60 of the handle 58. Lower ends 68 of each of the side portions 60 of the handle 58 are coupled to the raised medial section 28 of the bottom wall 14 of the basket 12. The handle 58 may be positioned between and positioned parallel to the pair of glove holders 40.
The perimeter wall 16 may have a rectangular cross-sectional shape 66 taken parallel to the bottom wall 14 of the basket 12. The rectangular shape 66 may include a square shape having equal length sides. As shown in
In use, work gloves, winter gloves or any other glove may be positioned on the glove holders 40 in the basket 12 holding the gloves 54 in a spread position and promoting air flow into and through the gloves 54 to dry each glove 54 thoroughly between uses. The medial portion 62 of the handle 58 may extend above a top edge 76 of the basket 12 and the glove holders 40 to permit attaching the basket 12 to a pole, hook, or other device for storage or transport.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.
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