US 12,121,200 B2
Vacuum-based method and apparatus for cleaning soiled articles
Amir Khazaieli, Long Beach, CA (US); and Aaron Rowe, Toluca Lake, CA (US)
Assigned to FATHHOME, INC., Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Filed by FATTHOME, INC., Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,786.
Application 18/161,786 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,758, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,564,540.
Application 17/020,758 is a continuation of application No. 16/095,307, granted, now 10,772,477, previously published as PCT/US2017/028422, filed on Apr. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/325,388, filed on Apr. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240489 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 5/38 (2006.01); A47L 5/22 (2006.01); D06F 19/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 43/00 (2006.01); D06F 43/08 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01)
CPC A47L 5/38 (2013.01) [A47L 5/22 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 19/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 43/00 (2013.01); D06F 43/08 (2013.01); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/00 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a vacuum chamber comprising:
a housing defining an internal space having an internal pressure; and
an opening;
a vacuum lid configured to engage with the opening of the vacuum chamber and form a seal with the opening;
a vacuum source connected to the vacuum chamber, wherein operation of the vacuum source reduces the internal pressure of the internal space of the vacuum chamber;
a subsystem configured to introduce a consumable into the vacuum chamber before, during, or after a vacuum cycle;
a pressing mechanism, wherein the pressing mechanism is configured to remove wrinkles by pressing an article disposed within the internal space of the vacuum chamber, and
a subsystem configured to introduce a gas into the vacuum chamber, wherein the gas is configured to neutralize odor, bind odor, dissolve odor, remove odor, or mask odor.