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Patent US10934067
Issued 2021-03-02
Sanitary Covers For Drink Containers And Method
A sanitary cover provides an improved way to prevent or lessen the spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, the flu, and/or the common cold, through indirect contact with beverage containers. The sanitary cover includes a sleeve of flexible absorptive fabric that is impregnated with a liquid germicidal disinfectant. The sleeve is sized and shaped to fit onto and over the pour-through opening of a beverage container. A set of connected sanitary covers is formed by an elongate tubular sleeve of the flexible absorptive fabric impregnated with a liquid germicidal disinfectant and divided into individual ones of the sanitary covers by frangible line and a seam formed in the elongate tubular sleeve between each adjacent pair of the sanitary covers.
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- 1. A sanitary cover for a beverage container, comprising:
a sleeve of flexible absorptive fabric having an elongate tubular shape extending along a central axis, the sleeve surrounding an interior space and extending between opposite first and second ends; the sleeve having an opening into the interior space disposed at the first end and being closed at the second end; wherein the sleeve is impregnated with a liquid germicidal disinfectant; wherein the opening and interior space are sized to receive a pour-through mouth of a beverage container therein; and wherein the liquid germicidal disinfectant comprises an aqueous mixture composed substantially of isopropanol, ethanol alcohol, dodecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride in effective amounts to kill viral and/or bacterial pathogens on contact.
