Safety Sleeve

Abstract

A heat-resistant, protective sleeve is worn on the forearm of a cook or waiter, with a patch of material attached to the sleeve that stabilizes and grips a plate when the waiter is delivering multiple plates of food balanced on one arm. The patch has a number of configurations, including ribbed/valleys, non-skid surfaces, strips of ridges and/or non-skid strips, adjustable hook and loop fasteners, buttons, snaps and magnets.

What I claim as my invention is: 
     
         1 . A device for the protection of cooks, waiters, food runners and other workers associated with the restaurant industry and food service in general, consisting of: a sleeve and a patch, wherein the patch is attached to an outer surface of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is heat resistant, wherein the sleeve is breathable, wherein the sleeve has an elbow end and a wrist end, wherein the elbow end has an elbow diameter and wherein the wrist end has a wrist diameter, and wherein the elbow diameter is larger than the write diameter, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of ridges, and a plurality of valleys, wherein each valley is defined by two ridges, wherein each of the ridges has a non-skid top coat, wherein the sleeve is non-skid, wherein the patch is attached by heat transfer 
     
     
         2 . A device for the protection of cooks, waiters, food runners and other workers associated with the restaurant industry and food service in general, comprising: a sleeve and a patch, wherein the patch is attached to an outer surface of the sleeve. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the sleeve is heat resistant. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the sleeve is breathable. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the sleeve has an elbow end and a wrist end, wherein the elbow end has an elbow diameter and wherein the wrist end has a wrist diameter, and wherein the elbow diameter is larger than the write diameter. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the sleeve has a plurality of ridges, and a plurality of valleys, wherein each valley is defined by two ridges. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein each of the ridges has a non-skid top coat. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the sleeve is non-skid. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the sleeve comprises two or more strips. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the sleeve comprises two or more hook and loop fasteners, such the location of one or more strips can be adjusted. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more strips are ridges. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more strips are non-skid. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the patch is attached by heat transfer. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the sleeve is manufactured by stitching together two sides of a single pane of material. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the sleeve is manufactured in a seamless manner using a 3-D printing machine. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the sleeve and the patch are manufactured as a single until using a 3-D printing machine using two types of materials. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the patch is painted on. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the patch is sprayed on. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the patch is removably attached by hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the patch is removably attached by buttons.