US 12,259,159 B2
Hygiene management device for entrance hall
Taihong Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyunbyung Cha, Seoul (KR); Hyunsun Yoo, Seoul (KR); Joohyeon Oh, Seoul (KR); Byoungjoonphilip Han, Seoul (KR); Sang Yoon Lee, Seoul (KR); HyunJu Kim, Seoul (KR); and Chul Bae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,675.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0174512 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0015907 (KR), filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0186953 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 9/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 13/072 (2006.01); F24F 120/12 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 8/22 (2021.01) [F24F 9/00 (2013.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 13/072 (2013.01); F24F 2009/007 (2013.01); F24F 2120/12 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hygiene management device, comprising:
a top plate defining an upper side of the hygiene management device, the top plate including a first Ultra-Violet (UV) emission part configured to emit far-UV light downward toward an upper body of a person; and
a footrest defining a bottom of the hygiene management device, facing the top plate, the footrest including a second UV emission part configured to emit far-UV light upward toward a lower body of the person,
wherein the top plate includes a first concave part, the first concave part having a circumferential surface that is enlarged downward in a center portion of a lower surface of the top plate,
wherein the first UV emission part is located in a first emission area of the first concave part,
wherein the footrest includes a second concave part, the second concave part having a circumferential surface that is enlarged upward in a center portion of an upper surface of the footrest,
wherein the second UV emission part is located in a second emission area of the second concave part,
wherein a first reflector configured to reflect the far-UV light emitted from the second UV emission part toward the upper body of the person is provided along a circumference of the first concave part, and
wherein a second reflector configured to reflect the far-UV light emitted from the first UV emission part toward the lower body of the person is provided along a circumference of the second concave part.