# US 10,765,271 B2 · Sanitizing device with a removably attached brush component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,271 B2 - Document ID: US10765271B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/911,472 - Filed: 2018-03-05 - Published: 2019-09-05 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-05 - Applicants: Sandy Everett Rushing - Inventors: Sandy Everett Rushing - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765271B2 ## CPC - A47K 7/026: {for cleaning the feet or toes} - A46B 5/0008: {Brushes with two or more heads on the same end of a handle not intended for simultaneous use} - A46B 5/0095: {Removable or interchangeable brush heads} - A47K 7/028: {having a rigid handle (A47K7/026 takes precedence)} - A46B 2200/1006: Brushes for cleaning the hand or the human body - A46B 2200/306: Shoe cleaning or polishing brush - A47L 23/22: Devices or implements resting on the floor for removing mud, dirt, or dust from footwear (built-in gratings, e.g. foot-scrapers, E04F19/10) - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES - A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G) - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) ## Abstract A device may include a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of the user wherein the user sanitizes a distal appendage using the device. The device may include a shaft component that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component. The device may include the connection component that is configured to removably adhere to a surface to permit the device to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the user. The device may include a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the connection component. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of the user wherein the user sanitizes a distal appendage using the device; a shaft component that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component; the connection component that comprises a first portion and a second portion that extend in the vertical direction to form a space that is capable of accommodating the distal appendage of the user, and that is configured to removably adhere to a surface to permit the device to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the user; and a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the first portion and the second portion of the connection component via friction fit, wherein the brush component extends laterally in a horizontal direction beyond the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the brush component is offset from the space in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: another brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the connection component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: a set of adherence components configured to removably adhere to the surface to permit the device to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the connection component comprises an extension section that extends in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction and that is configured to permit the brush component to connect to the connection component in a position that is laterally offset from the shaft component. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: another brush component that is configured to connect to the connection component and that is disposed in the vertical direction, and wherein the brush component is disposed in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the brush component includes a set of indents that permits the brush component to be removably connected to the connection component. ### Claim 7 A system, comprising: a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of a distal appendage of the user; a shaft that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component; the connection component that comprises a first portion and a second portion that extend in the vertical direction to form a space that is capable of accommodating the distal appendage of the user, and that is configured to adhere to a surface to permit the system to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process; and a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is connected to the first portion and the second portion of the connection component via friction fit, wherein the brush component extends laterally in a horizontal direction beyond the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the brush component is offset from the space in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the brush component is removably connected to the connection component. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising: another brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process and that is removably connected to the connection component. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising: a set of adherence components configured to removably adhere to the surface to permit the system to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the connection component comprises an extension section that extends in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction and that is configured to permit the brush component to connect to the connection component in a position that is laterally offset from the shaft. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the connection component is removably connected to the shaft. ### Claim 13 A sanitizing apparatus, comprising: a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of a foot of the user; a shaft component that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component; the connection component that comprises a first portion and a second portion that extend in the vertical direction to form a space that is capable of accommodating the distal appendage of the user, and that is configured to removably adhere to a surface to permit the sanitizing apparatus to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the foot of the user; and a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the foot of the user and that is removably connected to the first portion and the second portion of the connection component via friction fit, wherein the brush component extends laterally in a horizontal direction beyond the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the brush component is offset from the space in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sanitizing apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: another brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the connection component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The sanitizing apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a set of adherence components configured to removably adhere to the surface to permit the sanitizing apparatus to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The sanitizing apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: another brush component that is configured to connect to the connection component and that is disposed in the vertical direction, and wherein the brush component is disposed in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The sanitizing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the connection component is configured to permit the user to place the foot of the user through the connection component.