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US 5,644,813 AGranted
Disposable overshoe mop
OwnerPaula Puskasinventor
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Abstract
A disposable overshoe mop (10) comprising a structure (12), for covering a shoe (14) or foot worn by a person (16), so as to protect the shoe (14) or foot from water and dirt. A component (18) is affixed to the bottom of the covering structure (12), for cleaning a floor (20).
Claims1
A disposable overshoe mop comprising:
- a) means in combination with and for covering a shoe being worn by a person to protect said shoe from water and dirt comprising a stretchable sheath of thin flexible waterproof plastic material snugly fitting and completely covering said shoe to the ankle of said person, said sheath having an entrance aperture for said shoe to be inserted therethrough, an elastic band secured about said entrance aperture to seal off said aperture when said shoe is within said sheath, and a bottom wall continuous and integral With side walls covering the length and width of the bottom of said sheath;
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- b) means affixed to the bottom wall of said covering means for cleaning a floor comprising a soft sole extending along a complete length of said bottom wall, said soft sole being made out of a compressible water absorbent material covering the entire bottom of said overshoe mop for sucking up any water on said floor and permanently bonded by adhesive to said bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.