# US 2014/0196235 A1 · Mountable footwear cleaner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196235 A1 - Document ID: US20140196235A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/739,713 - Filed: 2013-01-11 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-11 - Assignees: Liberty Products II LLC - Applicants: Liberty Products II LLC - Inventors: John J. Nappi, SR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196235A1 ## CPC - 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) - A47L 23/02: Shoe-cleaning machines, with or without applicators for shoe polish - A47L 23/26: Mats or gratings combined with brushes {; Mats} - A47L 23/263: {with moving or driven parts, also combined with suction cleaning} - B60R 3/04: with provisions for shoe scraping - 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) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A footwear cleaning apparatus including a housing having an opening, an internal cavity and a discharge aperture, the internal cavity being shaped to move debris through the discharge aperture, a cover for at least partly covering the opening, and a brush assembly connected to the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A footwear cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening, an internal cavity and a discharge aperture, the internal cavity being shaped to move debris through the discharge aperture; a cover for at least partly covering the opening; and a brush assembly connected to the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the brush assembly includes bristles having a free end extending away from the cover and a fixed end fixed to the cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cover includes one or more apertures interspersed between the bristles and configured to allow debris to pass through the apertures into the housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the brush assembly includes a ratcheting mechanism configured to allow rotation of the brush assembly relative to the housing in substantially a single direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a mounting flange configured so that the footwear cleaning apparatus is surface mountable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a mounting flange configured so that the footwear cleaning apparatus is mountable substantially below a surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a debris collector removably coupled to the discharge aperture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 7, wherein the debris collector includes a bag, box, tray. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cover is removably attached to the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the brush assembly includes a vibratory mechanism configured to drive the brush assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the brush assembly includes a motor configured to drive the brush assembly. ### Claim 12 A footwear cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening, an internal cavity and a discharge aperture, the internal cavity being shaped to move debris through the discharge aperture; a cover for at least partly covering the opening; and an interchangeable brush assembly connected to the housing, the brush assembly being selectable from a number of interchangeable brush assemblies each having a different predetermined cleaning characteristic. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interchangeable brush assembly includes bristles having a free end extending away from the cover and a fixed end fixed to the cover. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 13, wherein the cover includes one or more apertures interspersed between the bristles and configured to allow debris to pass through the apertures into the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interchangeable brush assembly includes a ratcheting mechanism configured to allow rotation of the interchangeable brush assembly relative to the housing in substantially a single direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the housing includes a mounting flange configured so that the footwear cleaning apparatus is surface mountable or mountable substantially below a surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a debris collector removably coupled to the discharge aperture. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 17 wherein the debris collector includes a bag, box, tray. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the cover is removably attached to the housing. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interchangeable brush assembly includes a vibratory mechanism configured to drive the interchangeable brush assembly. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The footwear cleaning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interchangeable brush assembly includes a motor configured to drive the interchangeable brush assembly. ### Claim 22 A footwear cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening, an internal cavity and a discharge aperture, the internal cavity being shaped to move debris through the discharge aperture; a cover for at least partly covering the opening; and a brush assembly, wherein the brush assembly is disposed at least partly within the internal cavity and having bristles that are accessible through an opening of the cover, or disposed on the cover and having bristles that extend away from the internal cavity.