Back to results
US 4,788,733 AGranted
Combined cleaning glove and disposal bag
OwnerRoss E. Lernerinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A glove which is to be constructed of a thin plastic material with the front surface of the glove to be substantially covered with a towel layer. The towel layer may be impregnated with a cleaning solution. Mounted on the glove in the area of the access opening to within the glove is a tie. The glove is capable of being turned inside-out to enclose a soiled article and the tie utilized to tightly shut the access opening so that the glove can now function as a disposal bag for the solid article.
Claims2
A combined cleaning glove and disposal bag for cleaning and disposing of waste comprising:
- a single thin plastic glove adapted to be located about a hand of a human being, said glove having a frontal surface to be juxtapositioned against the palm area of the hand, said glove including an access opening through which the hand is to be inserted when putting on said glove;
- a towel layer attached to said glove substantially covering said frontal surface, said tower layer to be usable to clean an object, whereby said glove is to be movable to an inside-out position to thereby enclose a soiled article grasped by the user;
- tie means permanently incorporated with said glove directly adjacent said access opening, said tie means to be usable to tightly shut said access opening when used as said disposable bag;
- said glove assuming an outwardly flared configuration in the area of said access opening, whereby said outwardly flared configuration facilitating moving said glove to said inside-out position to assume said disposal bag configuration;
- and
- said glove defining three different compartments, one of said compartments to connect with the thumb of the hand of the user and another of the compartments to connect with the little finger of the hand of the user with the remaining compartment to accommodate the other three fingers of the hand of the user, whereby said three different compartments greatly enhance the stability of said glove during usage.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.