Disposable shopping cart handle sanitary cover

Abstract

A cart grip sanitary cover is provided having multiple layers each with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. The bottom face of each layer has adhesive formed thereon for adhering to a top face of an adjacent layer therebeneath. The layers are stacked with a bottommost layer being attachable to a grip of a cart. In use, a topmost layer of the sanitary cover is removable for exposing another layer therebeneath for providing a sanitary surface to be gripped by a user.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to shopping carts, and more particularly to shopping cart handle sanitary covers. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Most of the public buys groceries at supermarkets. Probably just about everyone has grabbed one of the shopping carts at a supermarket and pushed it around while buying groceries and other items. The handle or grip of the shopping cart is tubular in shape and is normally made from a tubular metal or plastic product. Everyone else that has previously used the shopping cart grabs the grip at the same place while pushing the shopping cart. [0003] Because the shopping carts will be used for years and because the shopping carts are either never cleaned or not cleaned in a sanitary manner, germs can be passed from one shopper to the next. In other words, a person using the shopping cart previously may have had a communicable disease. Shoppers using that same cart thereafter will be grabbing the same shopping cart g...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] In still another embodiment, a non-adhesive covering may be positioned on the bottom face of the bottommost layer of the sanitary cover for protecting the adhesive of the bottommost layer. Such non-adhesive covering may be removable for attachment of the adhesive of the bottommost layer of the sanitary cover to the grip of the cart.

[0013] In another embodiment, a cart grip sanitary cover formed of a single layer is provided with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. The bottom face of the sanitary cover has adhesive formed thereon. Further, a non-adhesive covering is positioned on the bottom face of the sanitary cover for protecting the adhesive. Such non-adhesive covering is adapted for being removed for attachment of the adhesive to a grip of a cart. For providing an optimal sanitary surface, the sanitary cover has an area substantially similar to an area of the grip of the cart.

Problems solved by technology

Young children and infants are especially at risk as they are placed in the seat of the shopping cart where they inevitably put their mouths on the grip or put their hands in their mouths after having them on the grip.

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