Apparatus and method for assuring clean hands

• US 20070290865A1
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Squidsoap Limited
• Original Assignee: Squidsoap Limited
• Inventors: Lynn, John, Moore, Gregory Terry
• Application Number:
  US11/805,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20070290865A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/18 Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/28 Devices for testing the effectiveness or completeness of sterilisation, e.g. indicators which change colour apparatus involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M1/34; methods involving enzymes or microorganisms C12Q1/00

Abstract

A method and apparatus for assuring clean hands are disclosed. The method includes marking a hand of a user with a portable marking mechanism which contains an easily identifiable substance that can be washed off a person'"'"'s hands only with effective hand washing.

Claims

1. A method for helping to assure washing of a person'"'"'s hands, comprising marking a hand of the person with a portable marking mechanism which contains an easily identifiable substance, said easily identifiable substance requiring an effective washing of the hands to remove it from the person'"'"'s hand.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising marking the person'"'"'s hand in a pre-determined pattern designed to assure that all the various parts of the hand are washed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the marking of the person'"'"'s hand is selected from the group consisting of drawing, spraying, micro-dotting, gravity dropping, printing, misting and squirting.

4. An easily portable marking mechanism for marking a person'"'"'s hand which contains an easily identifiable substance, said easily identifiable substance designed to be removable from the person'"'"'s hand only if the hand is effectively washed.

5. The easily portable marking mechanism of claim 4 wherein the easily identifiable substance comprises glycerin and a vegetable dye.