Disposable protective shield for handle of illumination device intended for medical and/or dental purposes

Claim 1

In combination with a light intended specifically for use in medical and/or dental offices, the light including a handle, a disposable protective shield for the handle, said shield comprising a substantially planar flexible sheet having a generally rectangular plan outline including top and bottom sides and further including a perimeter having forward and rear edges and substantially parallel side edges, the forward edge having a cut-out portion formed therein and extending towards the rear edge, and a band of adhesive carried on the bottom side of the sheet and extending around the perimeter thereof, whereby the rear edge of the sheet may be adhesively secured to the handle, temporarily becoming an integral part thereof, and whereby the sheet may then be manually rolled around the handle of the light in substantially close fitting relationship thereto and removably secured thereto, so that the sheet will not unravel from the handle of the light during repeated manipulation thereof during examination of a patient, thereby protecting each patient against inadvertent contamination from a previous patient, and whereby the sheet may be easily removed from the handle of the light and discarded following examination and treatment of a particular patient in the medical or dental office.