US 11,779,671 B2
UV sanitizing apparatus
David Yang, Coquitlam (CA); Deepa Mani, South Lyon, MI (US); and Thomas Galloway, Commerce Township, MI (US)
Assigned to FKA Distributing Co., LLC, Commerce Township, MI (US)
Filed by FKA Distributing Co., LLC, Commerce Township, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/912,701.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,226, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0405899 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/26 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable sanitizing case, comprising:
a first case portion arranged to receive an object to be sanitized, the first case portion including a base and a sidewall structure extending upwardly from the base and defining a cavity; and
a second case portion connected to the first case portion via a hinge connected to the sidewall structure, the second case portion movable via the hinge to a closed position overlying the cavity, the second case portion including at least one UV light source configured to emit UV electromagnetic radiation, the second case portion including an expansion member having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the expansion member extending around an entire perimeter of the second case portion;
wherein when the second case portion is in the closed position and the expansion member is in the expanded configuration, a distance between the second case portion and the first case portion is increased compared to when the expansion member is in the collapsed configuration, thereby increasing a distance from the at least one UV light source to the object to be sanitized, the expansion member configured to position the at least one UV light source at a controlled distance from the object to be sanitized in the expanded configuration.