US 12,349,747 B1
Hand shield and dispenser
Henry Franklin Ledford, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed by Henry Franklin Ledford, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/708,744.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/396,942, filed on Sep. 20, 2016.
Int. Cl. A41D 19/015 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 19/015 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A same-hand, hand shield formed of a flexible material consisting of:
(a) an opening adapted for receiving at least a portion of a user's hand, said opening having a width, said opening width configured to be greater than a width of a palm and thumb portion of the user's hand;
(b) first and second side wall adapted for same-hand removal, said first and second side wall having a width between one another, said first and second side wall width being configured to be greater than the width of the palm and thumb portion of the user's hand;
(c) wherein said first and second side walls being aligned one with another in a parallel manner, and a defined thumb portion separated from a defined first digit portion and the defined first digit portion separated from a defined second digit portion, said first digit portion including two first digit sides and said second digit portion including two second digit sides, wherein the first digit sides and the second digit sides are all formed parallel with one another along the length of all the sides;
(d) a partial palm portion adapted for same-hand donning, said partial palm portion of said hand shield including
(i) a palm flap adapted to cover a portion of a palm face of the user's hand while also leaving a portion of a palm face of the user's hand uncovered and
(ii) a back flap adapted to cover a back face of the user's hand,
said palm flap having a length measured from an end of the first digit portion to a terminating end of the palm flap at the opening, said back flap having a length measured from the end of the first digit portion to a terminating end of the back flap at the opening, and said back flap length being greater than said palm flap length, wherein the lower peripheral edge of said palm flap being parallel but not coextensive with the lower peripheral edge of said back flap,
wherein the palm flap length is between 50 percent up to 90 percent and the back flap length is longer than the palm flap length,
(iii) an opening angle defined between the opening and a first side wall and also between the opening and a second side wall, along each hand shield side, the opening angle being 90 degrees, and
whereby said hand shield may be donned and removed with the user's hand without requiring an opposing hand.