Hygienic tissue

Abstract

A hygienic tissue includes a front side and a back side. The front side includes an absorbent material and the back side includes an absorbent material. A fluid resistant material is between the front side absorbent material and the back side absorbent material, and a pocket is on the back side for receiving one or more of a user's fingers. The back side defines an aperture for providing access to the pocket. The aperture is surrounded on one or more sides by the back side such that one or more pockets are formed along the back side. Attachments can be used to attach the tissue to a user's hand, wrist or ears. The tissue can be used, for example, when sneezing, coughing, nose blowing or touching contaminated surfaces, as a hygienic tissue, face mask, and wet wipe.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hygienic tissue, comprising:
 a front side and a back side,   the front side including an absorbent material,   the back side including an absorbent material,   a fluid resistant material between the front side absorbent material and the back side absorbent material; and   a pocket on the back side for receiving one or more of a user's fingers.   
     
     
         2 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  wherein the front side comprises a layer of absorbent material. 
     
     
         3 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 2  wherein the back side comprises a layer of absorbent material. 
     
     
         4 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 3  wherein the fluid resistant material comprises a layer of fluid resistant material between the front side layer and the back side layer. 
     
     
         5 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 3  wherein the back side layer defines an aperture for providing access to the pocket. 
     
     
         6 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 4  wherein the front side layer, the fluid resistant layer, and the back side layer are separate sheets that are joined. 
     
     
         7 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 6  wherein the layers are joined along their outer edge regions. 
     
     
         8 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 4  wherein the front side layer, the fluid resistant layer, and the back side layer comprise a single sheet. 
     
     
         9 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 5  wherein the aperture is surrounded on four sides by the back side layer such that pockets are formed along an entire circumference of the back side. 
     
     
         10 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  wherein at least one section of the tissue is folded back to form the pocket. 
     
     
         11 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 10  wherein four sections of the tissue are folded back to form pockets. 
     
     
         12 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  comprising four outer edge regions and wherein at least one edge region includes an open portion. 
     
     
         13 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the materials comprises a three dimensional patterned material. 
     
     
         14 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  having a bacterial filtration efficiency performance of at least 95% as measured according to the Bacterial Filtration Efficiency Test Method. 
     
     
         15 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  having a particulate filtration efficiency performance of at least 95% at 0.1 micron as measured according the Particle Filtration Efficiency Test Method. 
     
     
         16 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  having a fluid resistance to penetration of synthetic blood at a velocity of at least 80 mmHg as measured according to the Synthetic Blood Penetration—Liquid Barrier Test Method or Synthetic Blood Penetration—Splash Resistant Test Method. 
     
     
         17 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 1  being infused with liquid for use as a wet wipe. 
     
     
         18 . A hygienic tissue, comprising:
 a front side and a back side,   the front side including an absorbent material,   a fluid resistant material behind the absorbent material; and   pockets along an entire circumference of the back side for receiving one or more of a user's fingers.   
     
     
         19 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein the front side comprises a layer of absorbent material. 
     
     
         20 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein the back side comprises a layer of absorbent material. 
     
     
         21 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein the fluid resistant material comprises a layer of fluid resistant material. 
     
     
         22 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein the back side layer defines an aperture for providing access to the pockets. 
     
     
         23 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein the front side comprises a layer of absorbent material, the back side comprises a layer of absorbent material, and the fluid resistant material comprises a layer of fluid resistant material, the front side layer, the fluid resistant layer, and the back side layer being separate sheets that are joined or a single sheet. 
     
     
         24 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  wherein four sections of the tissue are folded back to form the pockets. 
     
     
         25 . The hygienic tissue of  claim 18  being infused with liquid for use as a wet wipe. 
     
     
         26 . A method of using a hygienic tissue, comprising:
 positioning one or more fingers into a pocket on a back side of the tissue, the tissue having a front side and the back side, the front side including an absorbent material, the tissue including a fluid resistant material behind the absorbent material; and   placing the tissue over a mouth and/or nose using the fingers positioned in the pocket when sneezing, coughing or nose blowing.