Protective hand covering and dispenser apparatus

Abstract

A protective hand covering for adhering to the user's hand. Pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the back surface of a sheet of thin flexible film, which is shaped to cover a protected area of the users hand. The pressure-sensitive adhesive provides a sufficiently strong bond to prevent the hand covering from being inadvertently dislodged, but a sufficiently weak bond to allow the hand covering to be removed without injuring the user. The film is sufficiently impervious to contaminates to prevent the transfer of contaminates from the substance or object being handled to the user and vice versa.

1 . A hand covering system, comprising: 
 a stack of protective hand coverings, each made of a thin, flexible plastic film having an adhesive side; and    wherein the stack of protective hand coverings is packaged in tablet format such that individual coverings are at least temporarily joined so that use of one of the coverings causes the next covering on the stack to be staged for subsequent use.    
   
   
       2 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein the protective hand coverings in the stack are edge-joined.  
   
   
       3 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein the back surface of each protective hand covering is joined to front surface of the protective hand covering directly above it.  
   
   
       4 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the back surface of each protective hand covering is joined to front surface of the protective hand covering directly above it; and    wherein the affinity of the adhesive for the opposing surface of the adjacent sheet is less than the affinity of the adhesive for a user's hand.    
   
   
       5 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the back surface of each protective hand covering is joined to front surface of the protective hand covering directly above it; and    a release coating between the individual coverings.    
   
   
       6 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the back surface of each protective hand covering is joined to front surface of the protective hand covering directly above it; and    a silicone release coating between the individual coverings.    
   
   
       7 . The hand covering system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the back surface of each protective hand covering is joined to front surface of the protective hand covering directly above it; and    a petroleum gel release coating between the individual coverings.