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OwnerAndre Alexsen, Tony J. Mireles +1inventors
InventorsAndre Alexsen, Tony J. Mireles, John J. Marshall
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A disposable shopping cart sheath and method of using the same. The sheath comprises a sheet of plastic material, such as polyethylene, which is manually wrapped radially about the handle of a conventional shopping cart. According to a first preferred embodiment, the sheath is formed to have a generally triangular shape with an elongate slit formed in generally parallel relation along a respective side thereof, and opposite a respective corner or point of the triangular member. Such corner or point of the triangular member is insertable through the slit to thus enable the sheath to radially wrap about the handle member. In a second alternative embodiment, the sheath comprises a generally rectangular sheet of plastic material that is designed to cling to the handle as well as itself to thus stay wrapped about the handle during use. Following use, the sheaths are simply disposed of and may be recycled.
A sheath for reducing the transmissibility of pathogens from the handle portion of a shopping cart to the hands of an individual using the same comprising a flat sheet of plastic material wrappable about said handle portion, said sheet of plastic material being sized and configured to substantially cover said handle portion such that said sheet of plastic material forms a physical barrier between the user's hands and the handle portion of said cart.
A system for preventing the transmissibility of pathogens from the handle portion of a shopping cart to the hands of an individual using the same comprising a multiplicity of flat sheets of plastic wrappable about said handle portion, each one of said multiplicity of sheets being sized and configured to substantially cover said handle portion such that said sheets of plastic material form a physical barrier between the user's hands and the handle portion of said cart, said multiplicity of sheets of plastic material being formed as a roll such that each respective one of said multiplicity of sheets may be selectively and individually removed therefrom.
A method for reducing the transmissibility of pathogens from the handle portion of a shopping cart to the hands of an individual using the same comprising the steps:
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