Disposable film wrap system for use with handheld devices
View Patent ↗A disposable film wrap system for use with handheld devices is provided. The cover film provides a protective barrier against human contact with a device and is intended to prevent the spread of microbial or viral particulates from the device to a device user. The system includes a primary film layer, a secondary film layer and film support layers. The film wrap system is embodied in a barrier applicator assembly that envelopes the device in the primary film layer. The secondary film layer is removably adhered to the primary film layer and disposed of by the end-user to expose the non-contaminated primary film layer. This feature ensures that any transfer of microbes or viruses that may have occurred during the wrapping process, by a person other than the primary user, are no longer present.
1 . A barrier applicator assembly for a handheld object, the assembly comprising:
a primary film layer having opposing exterior and interior primary surfaces;
a primary adhesive along a substantial portion of the interior primary surface;
a secondary film layer adhered along the exterior primary surface; and
a plurality of support layers adhered to portions of the exterior primary surface, wherein the plurality of support layers defines an opening through which the primary adhesive is exposed, wherein a boundary of the opening is dimensioned and shaped so that a periphery of the handheld object is circumscribed by the boundary of the opening when the handheld object is placed within the opening, whereby the primary film conforms to a substantial portion of a surface of the handheld object placed within the opening by way of adhesion between the primary adhesive and the placed surface, wherein the secondary film layer is dimensioned to wrap an entirety of a girth of the handheld object so that opposing edges of the secondary film layer overlap.
2 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the primary film layer comprises longitudinally opposing first and second primary edges, and further comprising a first flap and a second flap extending from the first and second primary edges, respectively, away from the opening.
3 . The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the primary film layer comprises latitudinal opposing distal and proximal primary edges.
4 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein each support layer has a tab, wherein each tab protrudes beyond at least one of the first, second, distal, or proximal primary edges.
5 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the distal primary edge has cut corners.
6 . The assembly of claim 4 , wherein a proximal edge of the secondary film layer aligns with a substantial portion of the proximal primary edge, and wherein a plurality of remaining edges of the secondary film layer is offset inward from the first, second, and distal primary edges, respectively.
7 . The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the secondary film layer has no holes.
8 . The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the exterior primary surface has no adhesive for facilitating post-application use.
9 . The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the secondary film layer extends longitudinally along a substantial portion of an exterior surface of the placed handheld object.
10 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein an interior surface of the secondary film layer has a secondary adhesive that covers a substantial portion of the interior surface, wherein an exterior surface of the secondary film layer has no adhesive for facilitating post-application use, and wherein the barrier applicator assembly is frameless.
11 . The assembly of claim 10 , wherein an interior surface of each support layer has a support adhesive.
12 . The assembly of claim 11 , wherein an exterior surface of each support layer has no adhesive for facilitating post-application use.
13 . The assembly of claim 12 , wherein the primary and secondary film layers are transparent, and wherein the plurality of support layers is opaque.
14 . The assembly of claim 13 , further comprising a release layer coextensive with and engaged with the primary adhesive in such a way as to be aligned with the primary film layer.
15 . The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the opening is defined by a contiguous demarcation of the plurality of support layers.
16 . The assembly of claim 15 , wherein the handheld object is a remote control for an electronic device.
17 . A method of simultaneously wrapping primary and secondary film layers to a handheld device the method comprising:
providing the assembly of claim 6 so that the exterior surface of the plurality of support layers is supported on a horizontal supporting surface;
centering the handheld device within the opening, wherein a user interface of the handheld device is facing the opening; and
successively folding the first, second, distal, and proximal edges over respective sides of the handheld device.
18 . A frameless barrier applicator assembly for a handheld device having input elements, the assembly comprising:
a primary film layer having opposing exterior and interior primary surfaces;
a primary adhesive along a substantial portion of the interior primary surface so that when the primary film layer is wrapped around the handheld object the primary adhesive enables haptic operability of the input elements through the primary film; and
a secondary film layer adhered along the exterior primary surface, wherein a latitudinal secondary width of the secondary film layer is dimensioned to wrap an entirety of a girth of the handheld object, and wherein a latitudinal primary width of the primary film layer is greater than the latitudinal secondary width.
19 . The assembly of claim 18 , wherein the handheld object is a remote control, and the input elements are input buttons, and wherein the secondary layer has no holes.
20 . The assembly of claim 18 , further comprising:
wherein the primary film layer comprises a modified trapezoid shape;
a flap extending from each longitudinal edge of the modified trapezoid shape; and
wherein a footprint of the secondary film layer is mutually inclusive of a footprint of the primary film layer.