Hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk with ad space

• US 20110218943A1
• Filed: 05/10/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Stob, Keith Haluska
• Original Assignee: David Stob, Keith Haluska
• Inventors: Stob, David, Haluska, Keith
• Application Number:
  US13/068,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218943A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A vertical elongated kiosk with a floor-engaging portion is equipped with a handle and optional wheels adjacent a rear surface to facilitate is mobility. A deck region has a dispenser which may include a spout from which hand/surface sanitizer is dispensed in response to a motion sensor. Electrical power is provided alternatively by a storage battery which may be recharged by a solar panel or an ac outlet plug. A wireless receiver/transmitter communicates with a remote base computer to control and monitor the operation of the kiosk. Informational displays, both video and placard, can be accommodated and a business card dispenser provided.

Claims

1. A hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk comprising

a) a vertical support structure including a floor-engaging portion and a station from which a hand/surface cleanser is dispensed;

b) a dispenser for delivering a quantity of hand/surface cleanser to said station;

c) external surface area adapted to receive advertising/promotional/informational messages.

2. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 1 wherein said station comprises an area positioned waist high, said area resembling a sink with a spout.

3. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 2 said dispenser including a container for said hand/surface cleanser, a pump for delivering said hand/surface cleanser from said container to said spout in said area, and an energy source for powering said pump.

4. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 3 wherein said energy source is selected from the group consisting of a storage battery and an electrical cord which is plugged into an ac outlet.

5. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 4 further comprising a solar collector for recharging said storage battery.

6. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 1 further comprising support means beneath said floor engaging portion for stabilizing said hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk.

7. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 6 wherein said support means, comprises a plurality of wheels.

8. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 1 further comprising substantially flat regions located on exterior surface portions of said rectangular body to mount graphic displays.

9. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 8 wherein said graphic displays are selected from a group consisting of a) regulatory-compliant tutorials on the use of said kiosk;

b) advertising placards;

c) informational blurbs;

d) business cards;

e) video broadcasts.

10. The hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 8 wherein said graphic displays are presented on a video display.

11. A hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk comprising

a) an elongated rectangular body, said body including a floor engaging portion and a waist-high station resembling a sink;

b) a dispenser for delivering a quantity of hand/surface cleanser, said dispenser including a container for said hand/surface cleanser, a pump for delivering said hand/surface cleanser from said container to said area, and a battery for powering said pump;

c) substantially flat regions located on exterior surface portions of said rectangular body to mount graphic displays.

12. The portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 11 wherein said graphic displays are selected from a group consisting of a) regulatory-compliant tutorials on the use of said kiosk;

b) advertising placards;

c) informational blurbs;

d) business cards;

e) video broadcasts.

13. The portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 11 wherein said graphic displays are presented on a video monitor.

14. The portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of wheels mounted adjacent a lower rear edge of said floor-engaging portion to facilitate transport of said portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk.

15. The portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 11 further comprising sensors for gathering data by monitoring a) levels of said waterless cleanser in said container;

b) power levels in said storage battery;

c) regulatory compliance information relating to time and number of activations of said motion sensor;

d) location of said portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk.

16. The portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk of claim 11 further comprising wireless transmission means to transmit said data to a computer server and wireless receiving means enabling the computer server to remotely adjust operation of said portable hand/surface-sanitizing kiosk.

17. A business method of generating a revenue stream comprising the steps of

a) positioning a portable hand-surface sanitizing kiosk in a retail establishment;

b) selling ad space for placards on a plurality of external surfaces of said kiosk;

c) selling electronic advertising messages to be shown on a video screen secured to a portion of said kiosk;

d) dividing said revenue stream between a manufacturer of said kiosk, an owner of said retail establishment and a broker responsible for selling said ad space.