Disposable rain protector
OwnerWilliam E. Wallaceinventor
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Abstract
A pocket sized disposable rain protector including a thin flexible plastic canopy with a window or viewing port, wherein the plastic canopy is dimensioned and configured to at least partially surround the head, shoulders and entire human torso down to about the knees. The plastic sheet from which the canopy is made is treated with a cohesion inhibitor in the form of an electrostatic charge placed on opposite surfaces of the plastic sheet to permit easy opening of the protector. The protector is fitted over the top of and partially supported by the user's head and upon being folded will slip into a pocket size envelope.
Claims6
A disposable rain protector comprising:
- canopy means formed from a flexible sheet material and defining a predetermined configuration;
- and cohesion inhibitor means comprising a positive electrostatic charge disposed on opposite surface portions of said flexible sheet material and coextensive with said surface portions, whereby adherence of said flexible sheet material to itself and to the user thereof is substantially reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.