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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
David M. Goemer, Frisco, TX (US);
Evan Vijithakumara, Frisco, TX (US);
Imad Zahid, Carrollton, TX (US);
Lou Pope, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Yuho Kozu, Dallas, TX (US);
Lizbeth Jurado, El Paso, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A retractable sanitizing apparatus for a vehicle including a return station, a sanitizing mechanism positionable between a first sanitizing position, a second sanitizing position, and a stowed position, the sanitizing mechanism positioned at the return station when in the stowed position, and a linkage member connecting the sanitizing mechanism to the return station and positioning the sanitizing mechanism between the first sanitizing position and the second sanitizing position, wherein the sanitizing mechanism sanitizes a surface of the vehicle as the sanitizing mechanism moves from the first sanitizing position to the second sanitizing position and across the surface of the vehicle.