System and apparatus for sanitizing a point of contact
OwnerDean Schumacherinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
Claims20
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising one or more sidewalls, the housing defining an interior configured to receive the object;
- a posterior wall disposed at a posterior end of the housing, the posterior wall extending inwardly from the one or more sidewalls;
- a dome disposed at an anterior end of the housing, the dome at least partially defining an anterior opening for access to the interior;
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- one or more sources of germicidal light disposed under the dome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.