Mr. Younghein says Meridrew developed the cloth two years ago originally for the iPhone at the request of Apple, because the company was worried about people holding the phone close to their faces after touching cab doors, elevator buttons and other places where germs could be lurking.
Chakalis was riding in a hydraulic elevator in her West Hollywood apartment building at 2:30 a.m. in July 2005 when the cab began shaking and then dropped six floors to the ground.