Patent attributes
A handheld sanitization device includes ultraviolet emitter(s) housed within an enclosure. The enclosure has a window for passing the ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet emitter(s). A mechanism selectively blocks the window that has an open position in which the ultraviolet light passes through the window and out of the enclosure and has a closed position in which the window is occluded, thereby blocking the passage of the ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet emitter(s), through the window. The mechanism is biased into the closed position. There is an electromechanical device physically interfaced between the enclosure and the mechanism and there is a trigger switch electrically coupled to the electromechanical device. Responsive to operation of the trigger switch, the mechanism is moved from the closed position into the open position by movement of the electromechanical device, thereby, releasing the ultraviolet light through the window.
