Publicly-accessible moist hand cleaning wipe station
AssigneeHandago, LLC
InventorKimberly A. Parker
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Abstract
An integrated, self-contained hand sanitizer station is provided by this invention. The enclosure of the station may be located in a public venue, and conveniently dispenses wet wipe towelettes for people to clean their hands without resort to soap and water. A trash receptacle contained within the station enables ready disposal of the towelettes by the patrons after their use. By making a good hand hygiene available to customers, a merchant or public authority can help to reduce germs, viruses, and bacteria that can otherwise cause the spread of infectious illnesses.
Claims18
A method for cleaning a user's hands in a public place comprising:
- (a) the user taking a moist towelette from an integrated, self-contained station located within such public place without readily accessible soap and water, such station comprising:
- (i) an enclosure having a side wall and a top wall for defining an interior zone;
- (ii) at least one outlet opening formed in one of the enclosure walls for communicating with the interior zone;
- (iii) an inlet opening formed in one of the enclosure walls for communicating with the interior zone;
- (iv) a plurality of moist towelettes impregnated with a cleaning solution located inside the interior zone, wherein a leading edge of the first towelette partially extends through the outlet opening, and is interconnected to the second towelette with each towelette being interconnected to the following towelette, so that the first towelette may be pulled through the outlet opening to separate it from the next towelette, which draws the leading edge of the second towelette through the outlet opening, the separated first towelette being used to clean the hands;
- (v) means for securing the plurality of moist towelettes inside the interior zone within close proximity of the outlet opening;
- (vi) a trash receptacle located inside the interior zone of the enclosure;
- (b) the user wiping her hands with the moist towelette to clean her hands without use of a separate supply of soap and water;
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- (c) the user inserting the used towelette through the inlet opening of the station, so that it falls into the trash receptacle located inside the second interior zone.
An integrated, self-contained station for cleaning a user's hands, comprising:
- (a) an enclosure located within a public place without readily accessible soap and water having a side wall and a top wall defining an interior zone;
- (b) at least one outlet opening formed in one of the enclosure walls for communicating with the interior zone;
- (c) an inlet opening formed in one of the enclosure walls for communicating with the interior zone;
- (d) a plurality of moist towelettes impregnated with a cleaning solution located inside the first interior zone, wherein a leading edge of the first towelette partially extends through the outlet opening, and is interconnected to the second towelette with each towelette being interconnected to the following towelette, so that the first towelette may be pulled through the outlet opening to separate it from the next towelette, which draws the leading edge of the second towelette through the outlet opening, the separated first towelette being used to clean the hands;
- (e) means for securing the plurality of moist towelettes inside the interior zone within close proximity of the outlet opening;
- (f) a trash receptacle located inside the interior zone of the enclosure, so that upon insertion of the used towelette through the inlet opening, it falls into the trash receptacle;
- (g) an enclosure wall of such interior zone having a movable door for allowing removal of the trash receptacle from the interior zone;
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- (h) wherein such moist towelette is employed to clean a user's hands without a separate source of soap and water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.