Sanitizing stand and method for dispensing free public health cleaning and sanitizing supplies

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to cleaning, maintenance and sanitizing and public health and in particular to a sanitizing station equipped with containers for freely dispensing wiping and sanitizing means to clean and sanitize shared facilities and equipment and the user's hands, and an eye-level advertising and information display, the sanitizing station having a stand-alone supported pole and being positionable in central locations adjacent to shared facilities where cleaning and sanitizing supplies are needed for public health, the advertising media subsidizing the public health benefits of the supplies.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

#These and other details of my invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are furnished only by way of illustration and not in limitation of the invention, and in which drawings:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the stand-alone sanitizing stand with top eye-level information/advertising display and a pole with containers for freely dispensing cleaning and sanitizing liquids, sprays and disposable wipes and including a waste disposal container clipped to the pole and resting on a base plate.

#In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 a stand for the free dispensing of cleaning and sanitizing supplies and for displaying information comprises a flat base plate 40 capable of supporting an upright element, a pole 10 permanently supported by the base with a conventional support means in a vertical upright position, an information display 20A, 20B, and 20C positioned adjacent to a top of the pole at eye level, attached to the pole by conventional bracket means 25, a number of free dispensers 30 including at least one wipe dispenser 31, permanently attached to the pole 10 by a conventional bracket means 35, for containing and freely dispensing at least one disposable wiping means 32 at a time, at least one sanitizing spray container 36 removably attached to the pole 10 as resting in a conventional holder 39 for freely dispensing a quantity of a sanitizing fluid through a nozzle 37 operated by a handle 38 for spraying common use facilities and equipment, at least one hand cleaning dispenser 33 permanently attached to the pole 10 by a conventional bracket 35 for freely dispensing a quantity of at least one hand cleaning substance such as through a liquid dispenser 34, and at least one waste disposal receptacle 41 resting on the base plate 40 and removably clipped to the pole 10 by a clip means 43, which could be spring-loaded clip or an upside-down hook, as a means to retain a waste disposal bag 42 inside the receptacle 41 and maintain the receptacle in an upright position.

#The public health cleaning and dispensing containers 30 can be any of a variety of different types of dispensing containers dispensing any of a variety of cleaning, wiping and sanitizing means. In FIG. 1 the hand cleaning substance is preferably an antibacterial hand cleaner dispensed through the liquid dispenser 34 of the hand cleaning dispenser 33. The disposable wiping means comprises a paper towel 32 dispensed through the wipe dispenser 31. Preferably the disposable wiping means comprises a disposable towel 32 impregnated with an antibacterial agent. Another wipe means could be a personal paper tissue or a personal paper tissue impregnated with an antibacterial agent, or a moist towlette. The sanitizing spray container 36 removably attached to the pole 10 preferably comprises a spray bottle of sanitizing fluid for spraying equipment, such as athletic equipment or other entertainment or other devices in shared use.

#The information display 20A, 20B, and 20C is capable of displaying at least one paid advertisement 22A, 22B, and 22C to subsidize the free dispensing of cleaning and sanitizing supplies for the benefit of public health and providing better service to customers for businesses. The information display comprises at least two panels, preferably three panels 21A permanently attached adjacent to a top of the pole by a conventional bracket means 25, with the three panels 21A interconnected in a triangular configuration end to end around the pole so that they are visible from all angles. In FIG. 1 the panels 21A comprise smooth panels for receiving printed media, such as a printed ad 22A mounted thereon.