Glove holder with sheath

Abstract

A reusable glove holder device includes: (a) a belt loop portion at an upper end of the glove holder device; (b) a backbone portion extending downward in a generally vertical direction from the belt loop portion; (c) at least two corresponding strips of hook and loop material, each of the corresponding strips extending out from an opposite side of a base of the backbone portion in a generally horizontal direction; (d) at least one finger release strap attached to a first end of at least one of the at least two corresponding strips; and preferably (e) a sheath within the backbone portion.

1 . A reusable glove holder device, comprising:
 (a) a belt loop portion at an upper end of the glove holder device;   (b) a backbone portion extending downward in a generally vertical direction from the belt loop portion;   (c) at least two corresponding strips of hook and loop material, each of the corresponding strips extending out from an opposite side of a base of the backbone portion in a generally horizontal direction;   (d) at least one finger release strap attached to a first end of at least one of the at least two corresponding strips; and   (e) a sheath within the backbone portion.   
   
   
       2 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , in combination with at least one removable elongated object within the sheath. 
   
   
       3 . The glove holder device according to  claim 2 , wherein the sheath comprises a sheath opening on a front of the backbone portion above the base portion of the holder device. 
   
   
       4 . The glove holder device according to  claim 3 , wherein an upper end portion of the elongated object extends out from the sheath opening in front of the belt loop portion but does not extend up over the top of the glove holder device. 
   
   
       5 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath supports a removable elongated object that is also a stiffener for the glove holder device when the elongated object is in the sheath. 
   
   
       6 . The glove holder device according to  claim 5 , wherein the elongated object is a removable carpenter's pencil, a substantial portion of the carpenter's pencil fitting within the sheath. 
   
   
       7 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath comprises a single sheath opening in a bottom edge of the backbone portion; and wherein the glove holder device is one-piece, and substantially planar in the open position. 
   
   
       8 . The glove holder device according to  claim 7 , wherein the sheath comprises a single sheath opening in the front of the base of the backbone portion, the sheath extending upward in a generally vertical direction from the sheath opening. 
   
   
       9 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein two second ends of two of the hook and loop strips are affixed to opposite edges of a base portion of the holder backbone portion, the release strap being attached to a first end of one of the two hook and loop strips. 
   
   
       10 . The glove holder device according to  claim 9 , wherein a first one of the hook and loop strips has hook material on a front surface of the first hook and loop strip, and a second one of the hook and loop strips has corresponding loop material on an opposite, rear surface of the second hook and loop strip, portions of the first and second hook and loop strips being removably joined together when the glove holder device is in the closed position. 
   
   
       11 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath comprises a single sheath opening on the front surface of the backbone portion, the sheath opening being adjacent the lower end of the belt loop portion. 
   
   
       12 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the finger release strap has two opposite ends, the finger release strap ends being affixed to opposite ends of a first end of the hook and loop strip. 
   
   
       13 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the belt loop portion comprises an end that is detachably attachable to the upper end of the backbone portion of the glove holder device. 
   
   
       14 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath comprises a single sheath opening on a front surface of the glove holder device. 
   
   
       15 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath supports a removable stiffener. 
   
   
       16 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein a hook or loop side of the first hook and loop strip is removably attachable to a corresponding hook or loop side of the second hook and loop strip, and the holder device does not comprise other attachment mechanisms. 
   
   
       17 . The glove holder device according to  claim 16 , wherein the first hook and loop strip is aligned with, and not parallel to, the second hook and loop strip. 
   
   
       18 . The glove holder device according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one elongated object comprises two opposite, generally planar, same sized long sides. 
   
   
       19 . A glove holder device for holding work gloves, the glove holder device comprising: (a) a belt loop portion at an upper end of the glove holder device; (b) a backbone portion extending downward in a generally vertical direction from the belt loop portion; (c) at least two strips of hook and loop material extending out from a base of the backbone portion in opposite, generally horizontal directions, a hook side of a first one of the hook and loop strips facing in an opposite direction from a loop side of a second one of the hook and loop strips; and (d) at least one release strap attached to a first end of the at least one hook and loop strip. 
   
   
       20 . The glove holder device according to  claim 19 , in combination with at least one removable elongated object within the sheath.