Capture bag
OwnerDonald N. Surplusinventor
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Abstract
A bag is sized to accept a hand, wrist and at least a portion of an arm of the user. The bag has an open end and a closed end and parallel side walls extending from the open end towards the closed end such that the portion of the bag sized to fit over a portion of the user's arm and wrist is in the profile of a square or rectangle. The closed end of the polymeric sheet material is configured to accept the thumb and at least two fingers of a user. The bag is specifically adapted to enable a user to pick up and retain an object whereupon the bag can be everted encasing the object in the polymeric sheet material.
Claims8
A bag sized to fit over a hand, wrist and at least a portion of an arm of a user, said bag being characterized as having an open end and a closed end and parallel side walls extending from said open end toward said closed end such that the portion of the bag sized to fit over a portion of the user's arm and wrist is in the profile of a single square or single rectangle and, at said closed end, said bag having separate portions for receiving a thumb and at least two fingers of the user when said bag is fit over the hand of a user.
A method of grasping and disposing of an object, said method comprising providing a bag sized to fit over a hand, wrist and at least a portion of an arm of a user, said bag being characterized as having an open end and a closed end and parallel side walls extending from said open end toward said closed end such that the portion of the bag sized to fit over a portion of the user's arm and wrist is in the profile of a single square or single rectangle and, said closed end of said bag having separate portions for receiving a thumb and at least two fingers of the user when said bag is fit over the hand of a user, applying the bag over the hand, wrist and portion of the user's arm, grasping an object with at least said thumb and two fingers of the user and everting said bag so that said bag encloses said object.
A bag sized to fit over a hand, wrist and at least a portion of an arm of a user, said bag consisting essentially of an open end and a closed end and parallel side walls extending from said open end toward said closed end such that the portion of the bag sized to fit over a portion of the user's arm, and wrist is in the profile of a single square or a single rectangle and, at said closed end, said bag being configured to accept a thumb and at least two fingers of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.