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US 12,514,407 B1Granted
Portable foot washer
OwnerJohn Bilderbackinventor
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Abstract
A portable foot washer is configured to wash a user's foot via a mechanically created rinse spray, and may comprise a reservoir and a spring supported footbed housed within the reservoir.
Claims7
A portable foot washer, comprising:
- a reservoir including a reservoir floor and a surrounding side wall extending upwards from the reservoir floor and forming an enclosure configured to hold a liquid;
- a top wall extending into the reservoir enclosure past an inner top edge of the surrounding side wall of the reservoir, the top wall including an opening through which a user's foot can be inserted into the reservoir;
- a spring supported footbed housed within the enclosure of the reservoir and configured to receive said user's foot;
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- a drain floor including a drain floor opening, the drain floor being supported atop the reservoir floor and configured to trap particles contained in liquid within the reservoir,
- wherein a narrow gap is provided between a surrounding side wall of the footbed and the surrounding side wall of the reservoir,
- wherein, when pressed down by the user's foot, the footbed is configured to impose pressure on liquid contained within said reservoir, forcing said liquid through the narrow gap, such that said liquid hits an underside of the top wall extending into the reservoir enclosure and is directed back down on the user's foot, said user's foot being positioned atop the footbed,
- wherein a plurality of springs are captured between an underside of the footbed and a top surface of the drain floor via spring retaining members, and
- wherein the surrounding side wall of the footbed includes vertical ridges configured to engage within guide channels provided on an inner surface of the surrounding side wall of the reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.