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 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 inward from at least one of 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 within the interior.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object disposed on a surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a posterior wall configured to be disposed parallel to the surface;
- a sidewall coupled with the posterior wall and projecting in an anterior direction relative to the posterior wall;
- an anterior structure disposed on an anterior end of the sidewall that, together with the posterior wall and the sidewall, defines an interior;
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- a germicidal light source disposed on the sidewall and configured to provide germicidal light into the interior.
An apparatus for sanitizing an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing having one or more sidewalls;
- a screen positioned within the housing and defining an interior configured to receive the object;
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- a germicidal light source disposed on each of the one or more sidewalls and on an opposite side of the screen from the defined interior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.