US 11,833,263 B2
Mobile device for object disinfection and/or sanitization
Jason Gardiner, Missoula, MT (US)
Assigned to Kart Kleen, LLC, Missoula, MT (US)
Filed by Kart Kleen LLC, Missoula, MT (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,591.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,282, filed on Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256124 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to sanitize one or more seats of a vehicle, comprising:
a first arm;
a second arm physically connected to the first arm via one or more pivot points;
one or more first lamps that are disposed on the first arm and that emit first light directed towards the one or more seats;
one or more second lamps that are disposed on the second arm and that emit second light towards the one or more seats, wherein the first light and the second light are ultraviolet (UV) light or ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light;
a first support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm and that is in contact with the one or more seats while the first light and the second light are being emitted; and
a second support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm, the second arm, or a component connecting the first arm and the second arm, and that is in contact with the one or more seats while the first light and the second light are being emitted.
 
9. A device comprising:
a first arm;
a second arm that is associated with the first arm via one or more pivot points;
one or more first lamps that are disposed on the first arm and that emit first light directed towards an object;
one or more second lamps that are disposed on the second arm and that emit second light towards the object;
a first support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm and that is in contact with the object to maintain a distance between the device and the object; and
a second support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm, the second arm, or a component connecting the first arm and the second arm, and that in contact with the object to maintain the distance between the device and the object.
 
16. A method comprising:
causing a device to be disposed over an object, the device including:
a first arm;
a second arm that is associated with the first arm via one or more pivot points;
a first support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm and that is in contact with the object to maintain a distance between the device and the object; and
a second support arm that is directly coupled to the first arm, the second arm, or a component connecting the first arm and the second arm, and that is in contact with the object to maintain the distance between the device and the object; and
causing activation of the device such that one or more first lamps that are disposed on the first arm emit first light directed towards an object and one or more second lamps that are disposed on the second arm emit second light towards the object, the first light and the second light being emitted for a duration of time.