Personal sanitation device

Abstract

A personal sanitation device comprises a container, a substrate disposed within the container and a disinfecting agent carried by the substrate. The personal sanitation device is utilized by the user, for example, by inserting a portion of their body into the container to contact the substrate. The disinfecting agent is transferred from the substrate to the inserted body portion to sanitize that portion of the user. Objects may also be placed within the container to come in contact with the substrate so as to have the disinfecting agent transferred to said objects, thereby disinfecting them.

1 . A personal sanitation device comprising: 
 a container;    a substrate disposed within said container; and    a disinfecting agent infused into said substrate, whereby a portion of the disinfecting agent is transferred onto an object each time the object contacts the substrate.    
   
   
       2 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the container is made of a flexible material capable of contouring about the object.  
   
   
       3 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the container further comprises a fastening means for temporarily fastening the device to a user's clothing or to an object.  
   
   
       4 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the container further comprises a re-sealable opening.  
   
   
       5 . The sanitation device of  claim 4  wherein the re-sealable opening has a resealing means selected from the group consisting of magnetic strips, a hook-and-loop fastener, a draw-string, a zipper, and a snap-lock seal.  
   
   
       6 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the substrate covers all interior surfaces of the container.  
   
   
       7 . The sanitation device of  claim 6  wherein substrate is removable.  
   
   
       8 . The sanitation device of  claim 6  wherein the substrate is permanently adhered to the inside of the container.  
   
   
       9 . The sanitation device of claims  7  wherein the substrate can be re-infused with the disinfecting agent once said disinfecting agent is depleted from said substrate.  
   
   
       10 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the substrate further comprises a plurality of baffles wherein the baffles define a plurality of sub-chambers for carrying the disinfecting agent.  
   
   
       11 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the multiple substrates are disposed in the container, each substrate infused with a different type of disinfecting agent.  
   
   
       12 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the disinfecting agent is a liquid.  
   
   
       13 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the disinfecting agent is a suspension.  
   
   
       14 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the disinfecting agent is a gas.  
   
   
       15 . The sanitation device of  claim 1  wherein the disinfecting agent is a powder.  
   
   
       16 . A method for discretely sanitizing an object, the method comprising: 
 (a) providing a container wherein said container is suitable for holding a substrate infused with a disinfecting agent;    (b) inserting a substrate into the container;    (c) adhering the substrate to interior surfaces of the container;    (d) infusing a disinfecting agent into the substrate;    (e) inserting an object to be disinfected into the container; and    (f) contacting the inserted object with the substrate with enough force to release the disinfecting agent onto the inserted object.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein step (d) occurs before step (c).  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein step (b) further comprises permanently adhering the substrate to interior surfaces of the container.