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US 2016/0354502 A1Published application
Self-powered footwear, sanitizing system
OwnerCorinne K. Simmons, James A. Brunnerinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a self-powered, footwear sanitizing system configured to substantially neutralize biological contaminants on the soles of shoes when a wearer of the shoes steps onto the system, the system has a method to generate sanitizing radiation of 254 nm (UVC), a means for delivering sanitizing radiation from the mat to the underside of a wearer's shoes and a piezo-electric or mechano-luminescence generator to power the system.
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What is claimed:
- A self-powered footwear sanitizing system configured to substantially neutralize biological contaminants on the soles of shoes when a wearer of shoes steps onto the system, the system comprising;
- a mat configured to support a wearer of shoes that steps onto the mat that shines UVC light therein;
- a means for delivering the sanitizing UVC light from the mat to the underside of the wearer's shoes, and a piezo-electric powered LED's and mechano-luminescence UVC generator configured to power the delivering means when the wearer steps onto the mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.