Andrea K Bates

US Patent:

20090188018, Jul 30, 2009

Filed:

Jan 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/011592

Inventors:

Andrea Elizabeth Bates - Atlanta GA, US
Lance Donald Reich - Smyrna GA, US
E. Michelle Tyde - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A41D 19/01
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

2158, 29428

Abstract:

A disposable hygienic mitt that is selectively detachable from other mitts, preferably held in a dispensable roll or stack. The mitt has a rectangular body formed of at least an outer absorbent layer and an inner substantially liquid-repellant layer, and has a thumb portion thereof that is integral with the body and selectively individually articulable therefrom with a thumb passage therein. The inner layer forming a substantially liquid-tight interior of the mitt such that a hand selectively fits within the interior and the thumb of the hand fits within the thumb passage. The thumb portion preferably articulates from the body from the thumb being inserted into the thumb passage.