Disposable layered cleaning device

Abstract

A cleaning device featuring a layered construction providing a wiping surface, hand-protective engagement means and inversion means to isolate the wiping surface and soiled articles after use, particularly a disposable multilayered cleaning device with at least one cleaning, treatment or wiping surface, at least one hand-protective engagement means configured to receive at least one of a digit, finger, thumb, palm or hand of a user, the cleaning device being invertible after use to contain soiled articles used to clean a human during a diaper changing operation, enabling easy and sanitary disposal of a soiled diaper and articles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A layered cleaning device comprising:
 (a) one or a plurality of non-porous layer(s) with an attached cavity; and   (b) an opening to the cavity disposed on the exterior surface of the cleaning device to receive a hand; wherein at least one of said layers bears a cleaning layer on said exterior surface; wherein said cleaning layer is suitable for contact with human skin; and wherein the device can be folded or inverted and thereby secured into a collapsible disposable form.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device is shaped in a rectangle. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the access and applied surfaces are horizontal in nature. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device has between two and ten of said non-porous layers. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device can be secured by a string. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device can be secured by an adhesive. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device can be treated with anti-bacterial compounds. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said at least of said attached layers forming said attached cavity is bound along at least one edge to at least one of a second of said attached layers. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said first and said second attached layers are bound within a bias region, wherein said bias region is located adjacent to said edge. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein said layers are bound together within said bias region to form an attachment located adjacent to said edge. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein said attachment is in the form of a seal that is water tight and liquid tight. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein said seal is further vapor and odor tight. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said seal extends along the edges of at least three of said plurality of non-porous layers to form said attached cavity. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said seal cavity has a seal that extends along at least two of said layers to form a pocket. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said attached wherein said attached cavity has a seal that extends along at least three of said layers to form a cavity. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein said seal is formed between at least two of said attached layers; wherein said seal is located within a bias region, wherein said bias region is located adjacent to at least of one said edges. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 16 , wherein said seal is formed between at least three of said attached layers; wherein a first seal is located within a first bias region to form a first edge of said cavity; wherein a second and third seal are located within a second and third bias region, respectively, to form two additional edges, a second edge and a third edge, respectively, of said cavity; wherein said first, second and third seal form a cavity that has a continuous seal formed between said first, second and third seal; wherein said continuous seal is located adjacent to said first, second and third edges and extends across said first, second and third bias regions. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein said continuous seal extends along at least three edges of said cavity; wherein said seal is located within a bias region of each of said layers; and wherein said seals have the property of being one of water tight, liquid tight, vapor tight and odor tight, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein a fourth edge of said cavity is not sealed and provides an opening to said cavity to receive at least one appendage selected from a digit, finger, thumb, palm, hand, or combination thereof, of a user; and wherein said cavity is invertible. 
     
     
         20 . A method for cleaning a skin surface in a diaper changing process, comprising using the device of  claim 1  in a series of steps to: (a) first clean said skin surface using said cleaning layer, then; to (b) fold or invert said cleaning layer into an interior cavity formed from at least one of said non-porous layers, and then; to (c) close said interior cavity by securing with a closure means selected from a string, strap, adhesive or combination thereof, and then: (d) disposing of the cleaning device, optionally with a soiled diaper or other soiled articles contained within the cavity; wherein said interior cavity is in the form of a pocket formed from at least two of said non-porous layers bound together to form a seam located within a bias region; wherein said bias region is located adjacent to at least of edge of at least on of said layers; and wherein said seam is selected from seam that is water tight, liquid tight, odor tight, and vapor tight, and combinations thereof.