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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Dawn Brady, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Michael M. Anthony, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Dawn Brady, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Michael M. Anthony, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sanitary cover dispensing apparatus for use with a shopping cart that is adapted to provide a fresh disposable portion of sanitary sheet material over the shopping cart handle using an electronic advance system actuated by a touch-free sensor. The sanitary handle cover dispenser comprises a housing containing a roll of sanitized paper of plastic sheet material wound about a rotatable reel mechanism and adapted to deploy a fresh portion of sanitized sheet material in covering relation with the shopping cart handle between uses. A reel mechanism is electrically driven and actuated by a touch-free sensor upon sensing the presence of a user's hand in proximity to the sensor. The sanitary sheet material is preferably adapted with advertising content. The dispenser is further adapted with an electronic display and wireless communication functions that enable the device to receive and display information directly to the user. Such features allow the user to send an e-mail message, such as shopping list, to the store such that the message may be relayed to the device upon the user's arrival and log in.