Patent ID: 8597588

Claim:
Apparatus for sanitizing headsets during a period of non-use, each headset including at least one headphone and a headband, the apparatus comprising: a support construct extending in a longitudinal direction, along a prescribed length and having a lateral width and an altitudinal height providing an exterior contour configuration, an interior, and a lateral cross-sectional configuration for the reception of a plurality of headsets mounted in a row extending longitudinally along the exterior of the support construct, with each headset straddling the support construct laterally to place the support construct beneath each headset and each headphone and headband in juxtaposition with the interior of the support construct; a source of ultraviolet radiation within the interior of the support construct; the support construct being structured for passing ultraviolet radiation from the interior through the support construct to headsets mounted upon the support construct; an enclosure for selectively enclosing the support construct and the headsets subsequent to mounting the headsets along the support construct, such that upon enclosing the headsets mounted upon the support construct within the enclosure and activation of the source of ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet radiation will be directed to the headsets for sanitizing the headsets within the enclosure; and wherein: the support construct includes opposite side members; the source of ultraviolet radiation includes two parallel radiation devices extending longitudinally along the interior of the support construct, each radiation device being placed beneath a corresponding side member; and a reflector extending longitudinally along the interior and placed between the radiation devices to direct ultraviolet radiation through each side member to the headsets mounted upon the support construct.