Patent ID: 7884336

Claim:
A sponge sanitizing enclosure comprising: a front cover; a rear cover; an inner back plate; a base housing; a push plate; a push button; a reflector plate; a UV lamp; electronics to support said UV lamp; a battery power supply; a translucent sponge; a hinge member; and a lamp cable; said front cover being dish shaped and said rear cover being dish shaped; said front cover and said rear cover facing each other forming a hollow housing and being joined at their base by said hinge member; said inner back plate forming a bi-section of said front cover and said rear cover; said UV light centrally located between said rear cover and said inner back plate; said inner back plate having a centrally located aperture allowing said UV light to enter the space created by said inner back plate and said front cover; said front cover including a centrally located aperture; said push button fixedly attached to said push plate; said push button slidably engaged with said front cover aperture; the space between said push plate and said inner back plate sized to accommodate said translucent sponge; said hinge member terminating at its lower portion in said base housing; said electronics to support said UV lamp and said battery power supply contained within said base housing; said electronics and said UV lamp electronically joined by said lamp cable.