Non-Woven Antibacterial Hand Glove

Methods and devices for rendering hand gloves antibacterial are disclosed. A hand glove comprising a non-woven, porous, and/or hydrophobic sheet can be impregnated with a sanitizing-based solution on an exterior surface. The sanitizing-based solution, which can be a porous alcohol or a non-alcohol based solution that contains functional ingredients can be used to kill germs and bacteria during initial contact with surfaces. After impregnation with the sanitizing-based solution, the hand glove can provide functionality that allows the sanitizing-based solution to uniformly adhere to the hand glove such that a gloved hand can touch and clean surfaces while keeping hands protected and safeguarded.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to an antibacterial hand glove. The antibacterial hand glove can be non-woven, porous, and/or hydrophobic sheet. The sheet can be impregnated with an alcohol or non-alcohol-based sanitizer solution that includes polymeric beads, which are characterized in providing controlled release of a functional ingredient.

BACKGROUND

A variety of treated cloths which are adapted for skin care are commercially available. Such products typically comprise paper or non-woven hydrophobic or permeable fabric sheets which are wetted with an aqueous sanitizing solution of alcohol based or non-alcohol solution that is soluble or water dispersible ingredients. The benefit presented by these ingredients is that they are typically water insoluble or hydrophobic. However, emulsions tend to be unstable. Further, the chemicals that emulsify hydrophobic materials also tend to keep such components from uniformly adhering to the human hand.

Therefore, it would be advantageous to provide hydrophobic functional material as well as option permeable material in the form of an antibacterial hand glove that allows disbursement of the sanitizing solution in a stable form.

It is a further object of the present invention to controllably release such functional ingredients when applied to the human skin or environmental surfaces.

Other objects advantages and novel features of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description and appended claims.

SUMMARY

Examples of the present disclosure comprise methods and devices for rendering hand gloves antibacterial. The device can include a hand glove comprising a non-woven, porous, and hydrophobic sheet that can be impregnated with a sanitizing solution at an exterior surface of the sheet. Once impregnated, the hand glove can be rendered antibacterial while preventing the sanitizing, solution from adhering to the hand when worn.

Further features of the disclosed design, and the advantages offered thereby, are explained in greater detail hereinafter with reference to specific examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like elements, are indicated be like reference designators.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1 and 2show embodiments of a nonwoven antibacterial hand glove. In the embodiment shown inFIGS. 1 and 2, the glove has an area to insert a wrist1and an area to insert a plurality of fingers2for ease of use of the glove. In bothFIGS. 1 and 2, 3is the of the glove that can be saturated with aqueous liquids or hydrophobic formulas to obtain different antibacterial uses of the gloves.FIGS. 1 and 2, 3contains the contents of non-woven hydrophobic material and/or permeable material that is used to cover the human hand and protect with the aqueous sanitizes solution.