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Sanitary mitt to prevent the spread of germs through vehicle hand grips and method of use thereof

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-12-13
MIZRAHI CHARLES
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[0009]It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a novel sanitary mitt which resists the spread of germs from a wearer's hand to a hand grip and vice versa.
[0013]It is yet another object of the invention to provide a sanitary mitt which is simple, inexpensive, and easy to manufacture.

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These germs can be easily transferred from the rider's hands to the support structures and vice versa and cause various types of sicknesses.
This problem is further compounded by the number of riders who utilize public transportation, increasing the spread of germs.
However, this may be ineffective in preventing the spread of germs.

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[0030]Turning now in detail to the drawings and in particular FIG. 1, which illustrates a moving vehicle 10, here a bus or, alternatively, for example, a train or an underground subway (not shown) which, due to the vehicle's 10 movement, noted by the arrow 12, requires that the boarded passengers, such as passenger 14, illustrated in FIG. 2, board and unboard vehicle 10 and maintain his / her balance while riding. In order to board or unboard vehicle 10 or to maintain balance while riding, vehicle 10 is provided with various support structures, such as, for example, hand grip 16, which passenger 14 can grasp, as in FIG. 2. While riding, as seen in FIG. 2, passenger 14 can grip hand grip 16 which is attached in depending relation in the interior passenger area 18 of the vehicle 10. However, vehicles 10 often times have alternative types of support or gripping structures, such as, rails, vertical or horizontal poles, handles, etc. (not shown).

[0031]Hand grip 16 or the other types of sup...

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Abstract

A disposable sanitary mitt for use to grip a support structure on public transportation vehicles to prevent the spread of germs, having a pair of complimentary planar, plastic sheets which are sealed together along a portion of the periphery and unsealed along the remaining periphery, to define an opening having a thumb receiving portion and a separate finger receiving portion. The opening is accessible by the unsealed portion of the periphery to allow a wearer to insert a hand in the opening, with the wearer's thumb in the thumb receiving portion and the wearer's fingers in the finger receiving portion and grip the support structure on the public transportation vehicle with the sanitary mitt covering the wear's hand to maintain balance while the sanitary mitt resists the spread of germs.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims benefit from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 520,558, filed Jun. 13, 2011, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The invention is directed to a sanitary mitt for covering a wearer's hand to resist the spread of germs when gripping support structures or hand grips on public transportation vehicles.[0004]2. Brief Description of the Prior Art[0005]Many people utilize public transportation when traveling, such as buses, trains or subways. To assist riders in boarding and exiting the vehicle, as well as, to maintain balance while riding, the vehicles are provided with various types of support structures or hand grips such as rails, poles, handles, or straps, etc., which the rider can grasp.[0006]However, human hands are common carriers for germs, viruses, bacteria or the like. These germs can be easily transferred from th...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D19/015A41D19/01
CPCA41D19/0072
Inventor MIZRAHI, CHARLES
Owner MIZRAHI CHARLES
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