Antiseptic bracelet
View Patent ↗A wearable bracelet containing an antiseptic solution that can be selectively dispensed by a user as desired to assist in disinfecting the user's hands or other surface. The antiseptic bracelet is to be worn on and around user's wrist near the base of the user's palm and comprises a bracelet band that is connected to opposing sides of a dispensing pod, forming a loop which can be placed around a user's wrist. The dispensing pod includes a hollow interior forming an internal reservoir and a dispensing tip positioned in an outlet channel. The internal reservoir enables the dispensing pod to hold an antiseptic solution and dispensing tip enables a user to selectively dispense a portion of the solution in the dispensing pod.
1. An antiseptic bracelet apparatus for storing and selectively dispensing fluid, comprising:
an elongated wristwear structure configured to be selectively fastened to one arm of a wearer in a location that is adjacent to the base of a palm of the hand on the arm to which the wristwear structure is fastened;
wherein said wristwear structure includes a receiving slot disposed thereon;
a dispensing pod defining a discrete receptacle having at least one outlet channel, wherein said dispensing pod is removably attached to said wristwear structure through the receiving slot and configured to hold fluid therein as well as selectively direct fluid held therein through said at least one outlet channel;
a dispensing tip integral with said dispensing pod such that any fluid which is held in said dispensing pod and directed through said at least one outlet channel exits the dispensing pod through the dispensing tip, wherein said dispensing tip is oriented orthogonally relative to the length of said wristwear structure such that fluid exiting the dispensing pod therefrom is directed beyond the edge of the wristwear structure; and
wherein the receiving slot includes a tip slit adapted to receive the dispensing tip when the dispensing pod is attached to the receiving slot in the orthogonal orientation relative to the length of said wristwear.
2. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
said wristwear structure defines a bracelet band having a flexible, elongated band body with a first end and an opposing second end; and
said receiving slot is centrally disposed on said bracelet band.
3. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said band body includes a plurality of fastening apertures sequentially aligned from the first end and dual fastening nubs disposed at the second end, thereby enabling the bracelet band to be releasably fastened to one arm of a wearer.
4. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said receptacle defining the dispensing pod includes a deformable exterior and a hollow interior, thereby enabling the dispensing pod to hold a fluid material therein and allow fluid material held therein to be directed through the outlet channel when mechanical pressure is placed on the exterior of the receptacle that causes the exterior to deform a first amount and the volume of the interior to decrease to a first quantity that corresponds to the first amount of deformation.
5. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said dispensing tip defines a discrete one way valve positioned in the at least one outlet channel.
6. An antiseptic bracelet apparatus for storing and selectively dispensing fluid, comprising:
a bracelet band having a flexible, elongated band body with first end and an opposing second end as well as a receiving slot centrally disposed thereon, wherein said bracelet band is configured to be selectively fastened to one arm of a wearer in a location that is adjacent to the base of a palm of the hand on which the bracelet band is fastened;
a dispensing pod defining a discrete receptacle having at least one outlet channel, wherein said dispensing pod is removably integrated with said bracelet band through the receiving slot and configured to hold fluid therein as well as selectively direct fluid held therein through said at least one outlet channel; and
a dispensing tip integral with said dispensing pod such that any fluid which is held in said dispensing pod and directed through said at least one outlet channel exits the dispensing pod through the dispensing tip, wherein said dispensing tip is oriented orthogonally relative to the length of said bracelet band such that fluid exiting the dispensing pod therefrom is directed beyond the edge of the bracelet band; and
wherein the receiving slot includes a tip slit adapted to receive the dispensing tip when the dispensing pod is attached to the receiving slot in the orthogonal orientation relative to the length of said wristwear.
7. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said band body includes a plurality of fastening apertures sequentially aligned from the first end and dual fastening nubs disposed at the second end, thereby enabling the bracelet band to be releasably secured to one arm of a wearer.
8. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said receptacle defining the dispensing pod includes a deformable exterior and a hollow interior, thereby enabling the dispensing pod to hold a fluid material therein and allow fluid material held therein to be directed through the outlet channel when mechanical pressure is placed on the exterior of the receptacle that causes the exterior to deform a first amount and the volume of the interior to decrease to a first quantity that corresponds to the first amount of deformation.
9. The antiseptic bracelet apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said dispensing tip defines a discrete one way valve positioned in the at least one outlet channel.