GB2477050A - Washing bag for hand wraps - Google Patents

Abstract

The bag is a cylindrical mesh bag which can be opened to form a half cylindrical cavity and a half-cylindrical cover. The cavity contains three discs which define two chambers. The front of the cavity includes two identical oval domes which engage with the cover when the bag is closed. Hook and loop fastening straps such as Velcro (RTM) may be used to secure the mesh cover in place. An axle is inserted into the bag and through the three discs. A further disc and handle is attached to the axle to allow rotation. The axle includes an opening for the two hand wraps to be fed in prior to rotation. The bag may be used to decrease, roll, and wash hand wraps that boxers and martial artist's etc use.

Description

WRAP WIZZ

HAND WRAPS DECREASER, ROLLER, AND WASHING BAG.

Description:

It is a cylinder shaped bag made of an outer shell of polyester mesh which opens onto a body of plastic, this body is consisted of three disks attached to haifa cylinder body, this forms two chambers equal in size, and each one of the discs has a hole in the center.

There are two oval shaped domes attached to the plastic body which appear when the mesh bag is open, and on the cover of the mesh bag there is a plastic object attached to it from the inside, this object is shaped to make a perfect cover for the two domes, so that when the mesh bag cover is closed the domes and their cover are placed on top of each other.

When the mesh bag is closed, a Velcro strap in the middle of it holds the cove to the body, and two smaller Velcro straps hold the cover edges to the outer mesh disk on each side.

A plastic axe! witch has an opening length wise is attached to a disk is inserted through the holes of the bag and goes from one end to the other; the disk has a handle that allows turning the disk in order to spin the axe! once inserted.

Function: This device is designed to work on hand wraps used by boxers and martial arts practitioners, these wraps are made usually from cotton and polyester, can be elastic, semi-elastic, or non-elastic. 4 to 5 cm wide, and I to 5 meters long each, and normally end up with Velcro hook and loop to secure it on the hand once it is wrapped.

The invention has different functions: Folding both wraps at the same tine: The axel is inserted through the holes of the disc and the hand wraps are attached to it by inserting its end in the opening of the axel, so that each wrap goes inside one of the chambers. Then the mesh cover is closed trapping the wraps between the domes and their cover, and when the handle of the outer plastic disc is rotated anti-clock wise, the axel pulls the wraps inside the bag and they get folded around it.

Decreasing: When the wraps go through the domes and the covers, any creases and wrinkles are smoothed and they get folded neatly inside the bag without the need of manual flattening or smoothing.

Washing: After the wraps are completely folded inside the bag, the axel is pulled out and the bag can be washed and dried with the wraps inside it to prevent them from being mingled if washed loosely.

How is this device different than others? First of all, after 25 year experience in martial arts I can safely say there are no other devices or kits that do what this one does, and even if there any found, none can do the following: Rolling and decreasing: The main function of this device other than rolling the wraps is to decrease them; it is easy to make a pulley-like kit to ROLL the wraps, but the user still faces the problem of creased and mingled wraps, especially after washing, and will have to manually flatten them inch by inch as he/she rolls them.

This device however, solves this problem using the dome and cover to completely decrease and flatten the wraps as they are being rolled without using hands to do so.

Rolling BOTH wraps at the same time: This is the only device that does that.

Washing and drying: This fantastic function solves one of the biggest problems athletes face when using hand wraps, even if the user gets really good at MANUALLY rolling them, they still need to be washed, and when they are takes out of the washing machine they look like something out of a horror movie, extremely mingled and creased and take ages to undo, let alone roll.

This device allow the user to wash and dry the warps inside the bag to keep them nicely rolled and smooth, and when the thick axel is pulled out of the bag, a small gap is left in the center of the rolled wraps, this will allow a better wash throughout the entire length of the fabric.