IP Library Granted Patent US 11,359,755
Granted Patent B2
US 11,359,755 · App. 17/079,333 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Sanitizing pouch for electronics

Inventor: Donn Molineux (Newtown, PA)
F16L55/105E04C3/02F16B2/065F16B45/00F16K3/0236F16K3/0281F16K3/30F16L57/06F16M13/022
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Patent No.
US 11,359,755
App. No.
17/079,333
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is an elastic (mechanically stretchable), sanitizing pouch configured to receive and hold an Electronic Device of a predetermined configuration. The elasticity of the fabric used maximizes surface contact with the Electronic Device and the closeness of the fabric of the invention with the outside surfaces of the Electronic Device. A liftable and removable cover flap on the front of the invention is used to hold and access the inside of the invention. The back of the invention includes at least one pocket. The invention further includes a pull tab to help lift an Electronic Device out of the invention. While inside the invention, the silver ions are released in the fabric and inhibit the colonization of bacteria, viruses and fungus on the Electronic Device.

Claims (21)

1. A sanitizing pouch for a handheld electronic device, having a three-dimensional form, comprising a silver impregnated elastic conducive yarn manufactured into a fabric configured in substantially the form of the electronic device, said pouch comprising a front, a back, a top, a bottom, an interior and an exterior,

Wherein, the silver fiber impregnated yarn is configured to permit reception of an electromagnetic signal within the interior of the pouch.

2. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein all sides of said electronic device are surrounded and in direct contact with said interior of said pouch when said electronic device is placed within said pouch.

3. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein colonization of bacteria, viruses and fungus on said electronic device are inhibited while said electronic device is in said pouch.

4. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said back of said pouch includes at least one pocket configured to receive at least one finger of a user's hand.

5. The pouch according to claim 4 , wherein said back of said pouch includes two pockets each configured to receive a finger of a user's hand.

6. The pouch according to claim 1 , further comprising a cleaning pad, comprised of a fabric impregnated with silver particles, removably attached to said interior back of said pouch.

7. The pouch according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one aperture on said bottom of said pouch configured to mechanically stretch around connectors and wires placed through said pouch.

8. The pouch according to claim 1 , said pouch further comprising a pull tab made of a fabric impregnated with silver particles having a first end fixedly attached to said interior of said back of said pouch and extending through an aperture below said cover flap in said front of said pouch with a second end exposed exterior of said pouch.

9. The pouch according to claim 8 , wherein said first side of said pull tab includes a cleaning pad comprised of a fabric impregnated with silver particles.

10. The pouch according to claim 1 , further comprising hook and loop strips attached to said cover flap and attached to said exterior of said pouch under said cover flap to attach said cover flap down on said exterior of said pouch.

11. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said fabric is a knit fabric.

12. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said fabric is a woven fabric.

13. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said fabric is a non-woven fabric.

14. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein electronic signals passing through at least one layer of silver impregnated fabric and entering into the interior of the pouch are boosted in strength compared to electronic signals from the same source which have not passed the fabric of the pouch.

15. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device is a cell phone.

16. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device is a PDA.

17. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device is a tablet.

18. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device is a media player.

19. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device is a walkie-talkie.

20. The pouch according to claim 1 , wherein said the electronic device capable of sending a signal by WIFI.

Continuity (3)
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