US 12,391,485 B2
Antimicrobial checkstand conveyor belt and method of making and maintaining same and engaging shoppers using the checkstand conveyor belt as an advertising platform
Edward Timothy Mol, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and David E. Hathaway, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to Mol Betting Systems, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Edward Timothy Mol, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and David E. Hathaway, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/070,445.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,418, filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166916 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 15/34 (2006.01); A01N 55/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 45/22 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 15/34 (2013.01) [A01N 55/00 (2013.01); B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); B65G 45/22 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0268 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-layered checkstand conveyor belt comprising:
a) a polymeric or fabric-reinforced conveyor belt carcass; and
b) a durable scratch-resistant coating applied to the top surface of the polymeric conveyor belt carcass which contains a surface hardener and a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound that is effective against microbes, including bacteria and viruses, as an antimicrobial agent.