Shoe cleaning mat
AssigneeAlveru S. A.
InventorAchim D. Schmidt
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Abstract
Brush bodies are held in recesses between webs for cleaning of a shoe by way of a foot mat of rubber, synthetic material or metal and the brushes project over the webs of the grate-formed mat. The brush bodies are insertable in the mat to be easily replaced when the brushes are worn whereby the wear on the basic body of the mat becomes reduced since the webs are used only for support and no longer for the cleaning function.
Claims14
A device for cleaning of shoe gear in the form of a traversible mat having a basic body with an upper surface of suitable solid material providing recesses between webs arranged in a grate form, comprising:
- annular, removable brush bodies held in the recesses, and stiff, resilient bristles fixed in and projecting from the bodies over the webs, said bristles being arranged as rings around the peripheries of said brush bodies to project outwardly at an incline to the vertical from the upper surface of said brush body and over the webs of said basic body of the mat.
A cleaning device in the form of a traversible mat for cleaning footwear comprising a base body molded of resilient material having a plurality of rows of similar recesses opening on one surface with webs spacing and surrounding said recesses to form a grate structure, removable brush bodies of molded resilient material fitting into said recesses of less depth than said recesses, each of said brush bodies having a peripheral wall surrounding a central aperture with a row of stiff, elastic bristles around the outer periphery extending outwardly at an angle to the central axis of said body beyond the outer edge of said body and over the edges of the webs bordering the recess, each brush body resiliently engaging in its recess to retain said brush body in said recess.
A cleaning device in the form of a traversible mat for cleaning footwear comprising a base body molded of resilient material formed with a plurality of intersecting webs to provide rows of similar recesses bordered by said webs to form a grate structure, removable brush bodies fitting into said recesses, said base body and brush bodies interengaging to retain said brush bodies in said recesses, each of said brush bodies having a peripheral wall surrounding a central aperture with a row of stiff, elastic bristles fixed in said brush body around the periphery and inclined outwardly at an angle to the central axis of said brush body and extending beyond the periphery of said brush body and over the edges of the adjacent webs of said base body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.