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Sanitary collection and disposal deviceRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, GlovesSanitary collection and disposal device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070192927, Sanitary collection and disposal device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Provisional Application No: 60/755879 Filed Jan. 4, 2006 FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to a disposable device for handling, collecting and disposing of odiferous, messy, unsanitary or undesirable materials. More particularly, this invention is directed to a device having a glove portion, a wrist portion and an attached bag portion extending beyond the wrist portion which is adapted for use on either hand of a wearer, affording the wearer an enhanced means of grasping and manipulating odiferous, messy, unsanitary or undesirable materials or objects while avoiding contact with said materials or objects. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Commonly, a glove, mitten or other protective gear is used to protect a wearer's hand when the wearer desires to touch, grasp or manipulate odiferous, messy, unsanitary or undesirable materials or objects such as pet or human waste, oil or gasoline soaked rags, rotted or rotting materials, dirty objects and the like. The wearer grasps the material or object and places the material or object in a bag or other container for disposal. [0004] Disposable gloves or mittens are found in many applications for protecting the wearer's hands. They are commonly seen in gas stations, given out to patrons buying diesel fuel. Dog parks frequently have boxes containing disposable mittens placed strategically so that dog owners are encouraged to pick up droppings. [0005] However, the disposable mittens presently in use are designed for the wearer to pick up the droppings and deposit them into another container or bag. Moreover, the mitten design does not allow the wearer sufficient flexibility to grasp the softer droppings, resulting in a smeared mess and fecal matter left on the ground or ground covering, essentially defeating the purpose for which the mittens were intended, namely to remove the fecal matter entirely. [0006] Gloves used for cleaning are found in many varying configurations. The glove itself commonly fits to the wearer's hand snugly with five appendages for the digits of a wearer's hand. Usually, the wrist portion of the glove is loose, usually to allow the wearer to slip the glove on and off easily. Gloves with an upper portion extending beyond the wearer's wrist are used in the Veterinary field to protect the wearer's arm while the hand is inserted into a larger animal's (bovine's) anus. The upper portion of these gloves is not intended to contain any material which may be withdrawn from the animal. Moreover, the upper portion of gloves presently in use is either form fitting to the wearer's arm or, if loose, tend to flop over onto the glove forcing the wearer to use his or her other hand to adjust the upper portion. [0007] Commonly, an individual faced with the unpleasant task of handling an object such as a dead rodent will use any bag that comes in handy such as a bag commonly used at grocery stores to bag vegetables, inserting his hand into the bag, grasping the object and reversing the bag to capture the object within the bag. The hand is uncovered and the inverted bag is closed off, the upper edges grasped and tied off for easy disposal of the bag and its contents. [0008] However, the common bag does not allow for manipulation of the object. The edges of the bag flop onto the object, causing more mess to adhere to the top of the bag, obviating the protective aspect of the operation. Precise manipulation of the common bag to grasp, contain and enclose a particularly fluid or large volume of undesirable material is not possible. The opening of the bag is large and is not easily gathered at the opening to contain the object. Moreover the lack of control possible with a common bag contributes to spillage, especially in the case of fluid or large volumes of undesirable materials. [0009] A wide variety of gloves and bags for holding materials are known. However, these gloves and bags are not combined in an easily manufacturable, cost efficient and usable way. [0010] The present invention was designed to meet the need for a device which would allow the user to efficiently, conveniently and with confidence collect, manipulate, contain and dispose of a wide variety of undesirable, messy, odiferous or voluminous materials. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0011] An object of the present invention is to provide a glove and bag combination (glove bag) allowing for manipulation, containment and disposal of undesirable, unsanitary, odiferous or messy materials such as animal or human fecal matter, rotted or rotting materials, cleaning debris, oil spills or any material that when in any contact with the wearer would produce an undesirable or deleterious effect. [0012] The above object is achieved in the present invention by providing a glove and bag combination comprising a glove portion, a wrist portion and a bag portion, the wrist portion of sufficient size to afford support to and separation of the glove portion from the bag portion, the bag portion extending from the wrist portion to the mid forearm of the wearer, having an open upper portion being of sufficient width and length to allow the ends of the upper portion to be grasped and tied into a secure knot or to allow the upper portion of the bag portion to be looped about itself, forming a secure knot, containing the undesirable materials therein. [0013] The wearer inserts either right or left hand into the glove portion, manipulates and grasps the undesirable object or material and while maintaining a grip on the undesirable object or material, inverts the bag portion over the glove and wrist portion to form a bag within which the glove portion, wrist portion and undesirable object or material is contained. The wearer then withdraws his or her hand from the glove portion and either grasps the opposing edges of the upper bag portion, to tie them together in a knot, or loops the upper portion of the bag portion around itself to form a knot, completely enclosing the undesirable object or material, creating a bag to be conveniently deposited in an appropriate refuse container or receptacle for disposal. [0014] An advantage of the invention is that the wearer's forearm and elbow are protected by the invention, the bag portion of the invention being of sufficient length to cover the wearer's forearm and clothing, limiting contact with undesirable material or materials. [0015] The opening of the upper bag portion has an unadorned edge but the edge may be folded over to enclose a string or other means to draw the bag portion closed, containing the glove portion, the wrist portion and the materials within the bag portion. [0016] In a preferred embodiment, the dimensions of the bag portion may vary in size and dimension according to an intended use. The bag portion may be wide to accommodate the collection of bulky items such as piles of oily or greasy rags. The bag portion may be of a length extending to the wearer's mid forearm, allowing for the containment of small amounts of undesirable materials such as pet fecal matter. The bag portion may be long to afford extra protection for a wearer's arm, possibly extending to the wearer's shoulder for use in applications requiring extraction of materials from deep within a messy area such as a bovine's anus. An object of the invention is that the bag portion must be of a length to allow for the containment of the undesirable materials and tying off the bag portion opening. [0017] In a preferred embodiment, any size glove portion may be paired with any size wrist portion and any size bag portion. For example, a small glove portion may have a small wrist portion and a medium sized bag portion. A large glove portion may have a medium sized wrist portion and a small bag portion, and so on. [0018] In the various permutations of glove sizes and bag portion sizes, one glove portion size may be common to a variety of bag portion sizes. [0019] In a preferred embodiment, the device for handling, collecting and disposing has a five-fingered glove portion which may be form fitting to the wearer's hand extending to the wearer's wrist, form fitting to the wearer's wrist. An object of the invention is that the glove portion allow for manipulation of the undesirable object or materials. The glove portion may be made in a variety of sizes to fit small, medium and large right and left hands. In a preferred embodiment, the bag portion is roughly a square, the body of the bag portion extending outwardly from the wrist portion at an obtuse angle thence forming a wide sleeve, the length of which may extend past the wearer's elbow. [0020] The bag portion size may vary from small to large depending on the ultimate intended use of the invention (i.e. to contain a large mound of fecal matter or to contain the tissues used to wipe a baby's bottom.). In a preferred embodiment, the bag portion forms one seamless piece from the tips of the digits of the glove portion to the upper portion of the bag portion. In a preferred embodiment the opening of the bag portion is wide enough to allow the ends of the opening to be grasped and tied in a knot to contain the undesirable materials in the bag portion. In a preferred embodiment the length of the bag portion is sufficient to allow the upper portion of the bag portion to be wrapped around itself to form a knot which may be drawn tight upon itself to contain the undesirable materials in the bag portion. Continue reading about Sanitary collection and disposal device... 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