Patent ID: 7622074

Claim:
A method of decontaminating a vehicle comprising the steps of: providing an interior portion of said vehicle with an integrated antimicrobial generator and an integrated duct system, for admitting and diffusing an antimicrobial vapor; providing said vehicle with a decontamination duct and admitting an antimicrobial vapor through said duct into said vehicle; providing said vehicle with an auxiliary circulation duct and admitting a gas through said circulation duct into said vehicle that contains said antimicrobial vapor; providing said vehicle with an aeration duct and exhausting said antimicrobial vapor and said gas to an egress duct provided within the interior of said vehicle; said decontamination duct, said auxiliary circulation duct, and said aeration duct each being located within the interior of said vehicle and each being separated from any remaining ducts; and said egress duct separately connected to a recirculation line and separately connected to a catalytic converter, and recirculating at least a portion of said gas and said antimicrobial vapor to said decontamination duct or exhausting at least a portion of said gas and said antimicrobial vapor to said catalytic converter for detoxifying said antimicrobial vapor or both.