Mirror wipe assembly

Abstract

A mirror wipe assembly for use in particular by dentists consists of an absorbent strip of material on a backing strip saturated with a defogging substance for transfer to the surface of the mirror used by such dentist to look within the mouth of a patient, by wiping the saturated absorbent strip across the mirror's surface. A single absorbent strip with its backing strip are enclosed within the impervious sealed pocket of a metalized flexible sheet pouch that is impervious to penetration by liquid or gaseous materials. The pouch may be opened for entrance to the pouch by pulling apart or by cutting. The pouch includes an adhesive strip with a peel off cover strip on the back of the pouch for the dentist or other user to adhere the pouch to a convenient location while working on a patient. To clear a fogged up mirror surface, the saturated absorbent strip is withdrawn from the pouch and wiped across the surface of the mirror, then replaced in the conveniently located pouch for re-use if necessary while working on that particular patient. When the dentist is through with that patient, the pouch and absorbent strip with its backing strip are then thrown away, and a new pouch with a new sealed in saturated absorbent strip are then obtained from the dentist's storage supply.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A mirror wipe assembly comprising a pouch having an impervious pocket bounded by an impervious peripheral wall to prevent entrance of water and other liquid materials as well as air and other gaseous materials from entering into said pocket when sealed, and to prevent such materials from escaping outwardly from said pocket when sealed, and a material transfer member having a material transfer substance thereon received in said pocket when sealed, said impervious peripheral wall of said pocket having an access portion for entrance to said pocket.  
     
     
         2 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said material transfer substance is a substance that is transferable to the surface of a mirror to prevent fogging of the mirror surface.  
     
     
         3 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer member includes an absorbent material to absorb said substance that is transferable to the surface of a mirror, and a backing strip, said absorbent material being held on said backing strip.  
     
     
         4 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said pouch comprises a peripheral wall of metalized foil material.  
     
     
         5 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said pouch comprises a first sheet of metalized foil material and a second sheet of metalized foil material superimposed on said first sheet of metalized foil material, said first and second sheets each having a peripheral edge extending entirely around, each of said peripheral edges of said first and second sheets being sealed together throughout the portions thereof adjacent said impervious pocket, said impervious pocket being bounded by said sealed together peripheral edges.  
     
     
         6 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein at least one of said metalized foil sheets includes metalized polyester and polyethylene.  
     
     
         7 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein at least one of said metalized foil sheets includes forty-eight gage metalized polyester and two mils of peelable polyethylene.  
     
     
         8 . A pouch for health care purposes having an impervious pocket bounded by an impervious peripheral wall to prevent entrance of water and other liquid materials as well as air and other gaseous materials from entering into said pocket when sealed, and to prevent such materials from escaping outwardly from said pocket when sealed, and an item for health care purposes received in said pocket when sealed, said impervious peripheral wall of said pocket having an access portion for entrance to said pocket, wherein said impervious wall bounding said pocket includes an inwardly facing surface facing inwardly of said pocket and an outwardly facing surface facing outwardly of said pocket, an adhesive strip on said outwardly facing surface of said peripheral wall and a peelable cover strip over said adhesive strip for peeling from said adhesive strip when said adhesive strip is to be exposed for adhering said pouch to a convenient surface.  
     
     
         9 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer substance includes a mirror defogging material.  
     
     
         10 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer substance includes a surfactant material.  
     
     
         11 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer substance includes mineral oil.  
     
     
         12 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer substance includes benzylkonium chloride.  
     
     
         13 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said material transfer substance includes a small amount of a disinfectant material.  
     
     
         14 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein a portion of said peripheral edges of said first and second sheets of metalized foil material outward from and remote from said impervious pocket are not sealed together to provide access for pulling adjacent portions of said sheets apart for access to said impervious pocket.  
     
     
         15 . A mirror wipe assembly as set forth in  claim 4 , wherein said metalized foil material may be cut with a scissors to thereby gain entrance to said impervious pocket.