Patent ID: 8276626

Claim:
A sanitary shield for preventing direct contact of a user with an exterior surface of said elongated handle, said shield comprising: (a) a flexible sheet having each of a predetermined width, a predetermined length and a predetermined thickness, said flexible sheet manufactured from a predetermined material; (b) a tubular body provided by said flexible sheet so as to surround the exterior surface of the elongated handle; and (c) a gripping arrangement including: i. a first plurality of intermeshing tabs and notches formed through said predetermined thickness and disposed in series with each other on a first longitudinal edge of said flexible sheet, ii. a second plurality of intermeshing tabs and notches formed through said predetermined thickness and disposed in series with each other on a second longitudinal edge of said flexible sheet, iii. wherein each of said second plurality of tabs is aligned and operably interlocked with a respective one of said first plurality of notches and wherein each of said second plurality of notches disposed on said second longitudinal edge is aligned and operably interlocked with a respective one of said first plurality of tabs disposed on said first longitudinal edge when said tubular member is mounted onto the elongated handle, and iv. wherein a depth of each notch is smaller than a height of a respectively aligned and cooperating tab.