Disposable Covers for Hot Handles
AssigneeSpellbound Development Group, Inc.
InventorEarl Votolato
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Abstract
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for a low-cost, disposable protective cover for handles and other objects. The disposable cover can include a flexible tube having first and second ends, an inner surface and an outer surface. One or more layers of the tube will preferably include corrugations, ridges, bumps or other non-smooth surface such that air spaces are formed between the handle and the inner surface, or the inner surface and the outer surface.
Claims20
A disposable protective cover for a handle portion of a device, comprising:
- a tube comprising a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the tube is sized and dimensioned to receive the handle portion of the cooking device;
- and
- wherein the tube is configured to thermally protect a user's hand.
A length of safety sleeves including a first safety sleeve and a second safety sleeve, comprising:
- a tube comprising a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the tube is sized and dimensioned to receive a handle portion of the device;
- wherein the tube is configured to thermally protect a user's hand;
- and
- wherein the tube comprises a first tear ring between the first and second ends that divides the first safety sleeve from the second safety sleeve.
A disposable protective cover for a handle portion of a device, comprising:
- a tube comprising a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the tube is sized and dimensioned to receive the handle portion of the cooking device;
- wherein the tube is configured to thermally protect a user's hand;
- and
- wherein at least 70% of a surface area of at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface comprises a non-smooth surface comprising a set of notched areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.