Patent ID: 8714215

Claim:
A method for making a protective guard to cover at least some of a handle to be grasped in a hand of an individual to prevent the individual's hand from making direct touch contact with the handle, said method comprising the steps of: providing a material having a top surface to receive the individual's hand thereagainst and an opposite bottom surface; applying a mixture of adhesive and microbicide to the bottom surface of said material; winding the material into a roll for transport such that the top surface of the material becomes germ tree by means of the contact between said top surface of said material and the opposing bottom surface of said material to which said mixture of adhesive and microbicide is applied; unwinding at least some of the roll of material and separating from said material a portion thereof; and pressing the bottom surface of said portion having said mixture of adhesive and microbicide against the handle to be covered such that said portion is adhesively bonded to the handle and the top surface of said portion is germ free to establish said protective guard between the individual's hand and the handle.