Patent attributes
A disposable sanitary sheath for a shopping cart handle featuring a sheet wrappable about the handle having a length and width so as to cover at least the portion of the handle coming into contact with a user's hands, an adhesive strip positioned about one side of a surface of the sheet for securing the sheet about the handle, a perforated pull-away strip disposed along the length of the sheet, and a pull tab accommodated on the pull-away strip. Other embodiments include disposable sanitary sheaths for shopping cart handles with a sheet wrappable about the handle wherein the sheet is made of one of the following materials: paper, polyethylene, rubber, polypropylene, vinyl, mylar, Teflon, polycarbonate, Kynar, Uvex, butyrate, F.E.P. (tetraflourethyleneperflourpropylene,) and polyester. The sheath may also be made up of two or more sheaths that are used in conjunction to cover one or more portions of a handle. Additionally, a sanitizing compound such as an antibacterial agent can be applied to the sheath.
