Patent ID: 7862877

Claim:
A sanitary article for reducing the spread of contamination between a user and an object, the article comprising: a permeable layer of material defining a first fringe area; an impermeable layer of material defining a second fringe area, the impermeable layer being sealed to the permeable layer along a continuous seal substantially within the first and second fringe areas of the respective ones of the permeable and impermeable layers, the impermeable layer further including an adhesive disposed on an exterior surface of the impermeable layer; an anti-bacterial gel interposed between the permeable layer and the impermeable layer, the gel being substantially laterally bounded by the seal between the permeable and impermeable layers; wherein the gel at least partially diffuses through the permeable layer upon user contact therewith to be imparted to the user, and wherein the gel is not diffusible through the impermeable layer toward the object upon the object contacting the impermeable layer.