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US5987645:
Sanitary hand shields
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Teaster, Sherrill Dean; New Hudson, MI 48165
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-11-23
/ 1998-10-30
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| Application Number: |
US1998000183681
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
IPC-7:
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47K10/16; A41D19/00P4;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/159;
002/016;
002/161.6;
015/227;
150/154;
Original:
002/159;
002/016;
002/161.6;
015/227;
150/154;
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| Field of Search: |
002/016,158,159,161.7,161.6,167,169
D02/610,611,617,619,622
150/154
015/227
602/021,22,61,62
132/073,285
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-10-30 |
US1998000183681 |
| 1997-10-31 |
US1997000063783P |
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| Abstract: |
A two-sided pocketed hand shield (10, 12, or 16) for protecting a hand from germs includes a sheet (18) of flexible material and a piece (28 or 48) of flexible material. The piece (28 or 48) of flexible material is shorter than the sheet (18) and attached to the front surface of the sheet (18) in a manner to form a pocket adapted to fit a hand and in a manner that (a) leaves an opening (60, 64, or 72) for the insertion of a hand and (b) allows the sheet (18) to extend beyond the opening (60, 64, or 72). The opening (60, 64, or 72) has two ends and is preferably angled from one end to the other end. The sheet (18) may be rectangular and the piece (28 or 48) may be mitten-shaped or trapezoidal, and either may be formed of absorbent material or plastic. The piece (28 or 48) is preferably attached to the sheet in a way which renders the pocket in the shape of a mitten. Another embodiment is an array (80) of pocketed sanitary hand shields (81). The array (80) of hand shields (81) includes a continuous sheet (82) of a flexible material having evenly-spaced weakened connections (85) dividing the sheet (82) into sections (86) and a piece (83) of a flexible material attached to the front surface of each section (86). Each piece (83) is attached to the continuous sheet (82) in a manner that forms a pocket adapted to fit a hand.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Cornwall, Susan M. ;
Cargill, Lynn E. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Oleksa, Diana; Moran, Kate M.
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| Parent Case: |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/063,783 filing date, Oct. 31, 1997.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A two-sided pocketed sanitary hand shield for protecting a hand from germs, comprising:
- a rectangular sheet of flexible material having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges, the rectangular sheet forming one side of the hand shield; and
- a trapezoidal piece of flexible material having a top edge, a bottom edge and two parallel side edges which are perpendicular to the top edge and not perpendicular to the bottom edge, the trapezoidal piece being sized to fit over a hand and forming the second side of the hand shield and being attached to the front surface of the sheet in a manner such that the top edges and the side edges of the rectangular sheet and the trapezoidal piece are aligned and form a pocket adapted to fit a hand, the piece being shorter than the sheet and being attached to the sheet along the top edge and the sides edges of the trapezoidal piece and the rectangular sheet to leave an opening near yet spaced away from the bottom edge of the rectangular sheet, the opening having two ends, the opening for the insertion of a hand, the opening being angled from one end to the other end relative to the bottom edge of the sheet.
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