Abstract: A sanitizer dispensing glove and a method of sanitizing an object using the glove. The sanitizer dispensing glove has a spray mechanism which is located on the palmar surface of a glove or mitt which is able to be operated to spray a sanitizer solution onto an object by a flexing or closing of a hand, finger, or other appendage wearing the glove without making contact with the object.

Abstract: A bistable collapsible compliant mechanism including a first sub-mechanism comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, and a second sub-mechanism connected to the first sub-mechanism, the second sub-mechanism also comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, wherein the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism can be alternatively be placed in a stable extended orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a trapezoidal shape and in a stable contracted orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a polygonal spiral shape.