System and apparatus for sanitizing a point of contact
AssigneeGerm Dome Industries LLC
InventorDean Schumacher
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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 defining an interior and having an anterior portion and a posterior portion, the housing comprising:
- one or more sidewalls;
- a posterior wall disposed at the posterior portion;
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- a dome, connected to one or more sidewalls, disposed at the anterior portion and configured to reflect a light source back into the interior;
- one or more sources of germicidal light disposed adjacent to the one or more sidewalls;
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- a protective screen fixedly disposed between the one or more sources of germicidal light and a portion of the interior, the screen defining a sub-interior configured to receive the object, the screen preventing user contact with the one or more sources of germicidal light, and wherein the protective screen is disposed between the dome and the posterior wall.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an interior, the housing comprising one or more sidewalls;
- one or more sources of germicidal light disposed adjacent to the sidewall;
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- a protective screen fixedly disposed between the one or more sources of germicidal light and a portion of the interior, the screen at least partially defining a sub-interior configured to receive the object.
A method comprising:
- providing a housing by:
- providing one or more sidewalls;
- providing a posterior wall at a posterior portion of the housing;
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- providing a dome at an anterior portion of the housing and configured to reflect a light source back into an interior defined by the housing;
- providing one or more sources of germicidal light adjacent to the one or more sidewalls;
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- affixing a protective screen between the one or more sources of germicidal light and a portion of the interior, the screen at least partially defining a sub-interior configured to receive the object, the screen preventing user contact with the one or more sources of germicidal light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.