US 12,246,106 B2
Portable sanitizing systems and methods
Arthur Edward Brockschmidt, Jr., Renton, WA (US); Kevin S. Callahan, Everett, WA (US); Jamie J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US); Michael Kipling Klein, Bothell, WA (US); Douglas Alan Brown, Edmonds, WA (US); Christopher Edward Plass, Snohomish, WA (US); and Teresa A. King, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/465,284.
Application 18/465,284 is a division of application No. 17/026,417, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,793,896.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,985, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0414810 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable sanitizing method, comprising:
moving a cover of a case assembly between an open position that exposes a storage chamber and a closed position;
storing a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp in the storage chamber when not in use;
securing a hose on the cover with a hose retainer when the wand assembly is within the storage chamber and the cover is the closed position; and
removing the wand assembly from the storage chamber to disinfect one or more components with UV light emitted by the UV lamp.