1. A protective sleeve for disposition over the handset of a telephone to isolate a user of the handset from microbial contamination on the telephone handset without interference with voice communication with the protective sleeve thereon, said protective sleeve comprising:
a) an elongate handgrip receiving section for receiving the elongate handgrip of a telephone handset and having a shape generally conforming to that of the handgrip of the handset;
b) said sleeve also being sized and shaped to generally receive a mouthpiece of the handset and also an earpiece of the handset without any stretching or adjustability to conform to the size and shape of the handset;
c) said sleeve being formed of a relatively thin-walled material so that the material is capable of being folded or bent with respect to itself, and still being of sufficiently thin-walled construction to allow voice transmission to the mouthpiece of the telephone.
2. The protective sleeve of claim 1 further characterized in that one transverse end of the sleeve is sealed and the opposite transverse end of the elongate sleeve is opened to thereby receive a handset of a telephone.
3. The protective sleeve of claim 1 further characterized in that the material forming said sleeve is impregnated with a microbicide to aid in the actual destruction of any microbial agent on the telephone handset.
4. The protective sleeve of claim 1 in which said sleeve has a generally similar shape throughout its overall length and does not have any enlarged cup-like protrusions thereon.
5. The protective sleeve of claim 1 further characterized in that said sleeve is formed of a thin walled plastic having a thickness within the range of 0.7 mils. to about 0.005 mils.
6. The protective sleeve of claim 1 further characterized in that the area of the sleeve surrounding the mouthpiece is solid but does not prevent any voice communication.
7. The protective sleeve of claim 1 further characterized in that the sleeve has a grid with open spaces facing the mouthpiece of the telephone handset.
8. The protective sleeve of claim 7 further characterized in that the sleeve has a grid of open spaces facing the earpiece of the telephone handset.
9. The telephone handset of claim 1 further characterized in that said handset is capable of being folded with two panels and which have a relatively straight edge on one side and an oppositely disposed arcuately shaped edge on the other.
10. A method of protecting a user of a telephone handset from microbial contamination which may exist on said handset, said method comprising:
a) inserting a plastic sleeve over a handset of a telephone and sliding the sleeve along the handset until it completely covers the earpiece and the mouthpiece of that handset;
b) using said handset by locating the earpiece of the telephone with a protective sleeve thereover at the ear of the user; and
c) locating a mouthpiece of the handset with the protective sleeve disposed there over so that a user may speak directly into that mouthpiece with the protective sleeve thereon.
11. The method of claim 10 further characterized in that said method comprises impregnating the material used in the formation of said protective sleeve with a microbicide to aid in reduction of any microbial contamination along the telephone handset.
12. The method of claim 10 further characterized in that said method comprises disposing of said protective sleeve after use thereof.
13. The method of claim 10 further characterized in that said method comprises providing a plurality of the telephone handset protective sleeves so that a user can purchase same and have them available for use in a small compact package at any desired location.
14. The method of claim 10 further characterized in that said method comprises forming said protective sleeve from a polyethylene material in a molding operation.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A windshield device comprising:
a windshield device body mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body and including a screen;
an air introducing opening formed in a front portion of the windshield device body and opening forwardly;
an air blow-off opening which is formed in an upper portion of the windshield device body and opens upwardly; and
an air duct for allowing the air introducing opening and the air blow-off opening to communicate with each other;
wherein an air discharge port opening outwardly and to the sides from the vehicle is formed in a side of the air duct.
2. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein a duct which includes the air discharge port is mounted on the side of the air duct.
3. The windshield device according to claim 2, wherein the air discharge port opens upwardly and obliquely.
4. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein the air duct has a size thereof narrowed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a size thereof widened in a lateral direction of the vehicle body from the air introducing opening toward the air blow-off opening.
5. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the air discharge ports are arranged along the vertical direction of the air duct.
6. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein the duct is formed in an elliptical shape.
7. The windshield device according to claim 1, and further including a screen extension portion extending continuously and frontwardly from a lower end portion of the screen, said screen extension being a curved shape with side wall extension portions extending from respective side wall portions and a rear wall extension portion extending therefrom for forming an inlet for said air introducing opening.
8. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein the air flow within said air introducing opening is blown off obliquely in a rearward and upward direction through the air blow-off opening.
9. The windshield device according to claim 1, wherein the air introducing opening is in the form of a trapezoidal shape wherein a width of a lower side is set larger than a width of an upper side as viewed in a front view.
10. The windshield device according to claim 9, wherein the air blow-off opening is formed in a rectangular shape wherein the air blow-off opening is larger than the air introducing opening in the width direction of the windshield device and is smaller than the air introducing opening in a thickness direction of the windshield device.
11. A windshield device comprising:
a screen unit adapted to be mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body;
an air introducing opening formed in a front portion of the screen unit and opening forwardly;
an air blow-off opening which is formed in an upper portion of the screen unit and opens upwardly; and
an air duct for allowing the air introducing opening and the air blow-off opening to communicate with each other;
wherein an air discharge port opening outwardly and to the sides from the screen unit is formed in a side of the air duct.
12. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein a duct which includes the air discharge port is mounted on the side of the air duct.
13. The windshield device according to claim 12, wherein the air discharge port opens upwardly and obliquely.
14. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein the air duct has a size thereof narrowed in a longitudinal direction and a size thereof widened in a lateral direction from the air introducing opening toward the air blow-off opening.
15. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of the air discharge ports are arranged along the vertical direction of the air duct.
16. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein the duct is formed in an elliptical shape.
17. The windshield device according to claim 11, and further including a screen extension portion extending continuously and frontwardly from a lower end portion of the screen unit, said screen extension being a curved shape with side wall extension portions extending from respective side wall portions and a rear wall extension portion extending therefrom for forming an inlet for said air introducing opening.
18. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein the air flow within said air introducing opening is blown off obliquely in a rearward and upward direction through the air blow-off opening.
19. The windshield device according to claim 11, wherein the air introducing opening is in the form of a trapezoidal shape wherein a width of a lower side is set larger than a width of an upper side as viewed in a front view.
20. The windshield device according to claim 19, wherein the air blow-off opening is formed in a rectangular shape wherein the air blow-off opening is larger than the air introducing opening in the width direction of the screen unit and is smaller than the air introducing opening in a thickness direction of the screen unit.