Patent ID: 8143596

Claim:
A sanitizer for a bag having at least one handle, comprising: a rigid opaque enclosure open at a door side and including at least one fluorescent bulb socket fixed internally thereto at one end thereof, the enclosure including an open internal space therein; an enclosure door adapted to selectively close the door side of the enclosure, substantially sealing the open space therein; at least one fluorescent UV sanitizer bulb fixed to the fluorescent bulb socket and extending at least partially into the open internal space of the enclosure; a rigid, at least partially non-opaque metallic mesh cage fixed around each sanitizer bulb; a pair of handle hooks fixed to the cage and each adapted to be selectively fastened to one handle of the bag for securing the bag around the cage; an electronic circuit electrically connected to each sanitizer bulb and adapted to power each bulb for a preset period of time, the electronic circuit including a switch proximate the door and adapted to close when the door is closed, such that each sanitizer bulb cannot be illuminated unless the door is closed; a support stand fixed to a bottom end of the enclosure, the support stand adapted for holding the enclosure above a ground surface for loading and unloading of the bag, the support stand including a pair of wheels at a lower end thereof, such that the enclosure and support stand may be tilted backward until each wheel engages the ground surface for rolling the sanitizer therealong; a non-UV light bulb for illuminating the internal space of the enclosure when the switch detects that the door is not closed, the non-UV light bulb electrically connected to the electronic circuit; whereby with the bag fixed around the cage and to the handle hooks, and with the door closed and the electronic circuit activated, each sanitizer bulb is illuminated for the present preset period of time to sanitize the inside of the bag.