Protective bag and dispenser to make mobile devices more hygienic
AssigneeMobile Guard RX, LLC
InventorsDaniel Magner, Siddharth Chhokar, Derek King
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Abstract
A protective bag into which a mobile device can be placed to limit exposure of the device to unsanitary conditions or conversely to limit exposure of other surfaces to an unsanitary mobile device. The protective bags are distributed to users using a dispenser. The system improves overall hygiene associated with use of mobile devices.
Claims25
A dispenser system for dispensing a roll of protective bags for protecting a mobile device, comprising:
- a dispenser housing comprising a plurality of panels enclosing an interior space, the interior space being sized and shaped to house the roll of protective bags, each of the protective bags of the roll having a width and a length, the plurality of panels including a front panel;
- a slot disposed in the front panel and having a widened portion and a lateral portion, the widened portion having a width equal to or greater than the width of the protective bags of the roll, the lateral portion being sized and shaped to allow a user to retrieve a protective bag from the roll of protective bags through the slot, the lateral portion intersecting the widened portion at one or more corners, the one or more corners being sized and shaped to facilitate opening the retrieved protective bag from the roll of protective bags;
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- an external shelf extending from the dispenser housing at a distance below the slot, the distance being equal to or less than the length of each of the protective bags of the roll so that the external shelf supports the retrieved protective bag when the mobile device is disposed in the retrieved protective bag and the protective bag is connected to the roll.
A dispenser system for dispensing a single protective bag from a roll of protective bags for use with a mobile device, the dispenser system comprising:
- a housing forming an interior space for the roll of protective bags;
- a spindle disposed within the interior space and coupled to the housing, the spindle supporting the roll;
- a slot for dispensing the single protective bag from the roll of bags;
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- an external shelf extending from an outer surface of the housing.
A dispenser system for dispensing a single protective bag from a roll of protective bags for use with a mobile device, the dispenser system comprising:
- a housing forming an interior space for the roll of protective bags;
- a spindle disposed within the interior space and coupled to the housing, the spindle supporting the roll;
- a slot for dispensing the single protective bag from the roll of bags;
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- one or more guides or rollers for guiding an end of the roll of protective bags through the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.