Toes and callus cleaner

#The present invention relates to an improved foot spraying and scrubbing device that is designed to conveniently and safely clean difficult areas of the foot such as between the toes. This invention has been designed in order provide a simple and fast means of cleaning feet in order to reduce the prevalence of commonly transmitted diseases such as fungal and bacterial infections that often occur in private bathrooms between family members and also in public places like gym lockers, showers and swimming pools. The present invention is a simple device for the general purpose of scrubbing feet, especially in regions between the toes. Due to its simplicity it is very amendable as a cost effective apparatus that can be purchased by any household or public facility.

#In the prior art, foot cleaning devices have been disclosed. U.S. Pat. No. 4,918,779 claims a device that consists of a foot-controlled spray with brushes. In this device, the spray and brush comes from a horizontal position where the spray flows through the brush. U.S. Pat. No. 6,584,636 discloses a device that contains both vertical and horizontal brushes and wash feet using a stream of water coming from a source beneath the foot, which like the U.S. Pat. No. 4,918,779 patent, uses a steam of fluid that flows through the brush. Further the U.S. Pat. No. 6,584,636 patent is designed to wash shoes outdoors.

#As opposed to the '636 patent, the present claimed invention is designed to wash feet in private or public bathrooms, gymnasiums or swimming pools. Further as opposed to the U.S. Pat. No. 6,584,636 patent, the stream of fluid can be a detergent that flows from a source that is from above the foot. The present invention also has attached removable scrubbing cords and callous sheets that are used to scrub the feet and are separated from the fluid source.

#FIG. 1 shows the frontal view of the front of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 shows the frontal view of the rear of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 shows the side view of the present invention.

#FIGS. 1–3 by reference describe a first embodiment of the present invention. The invention consists of a container tube 1 positioned above a top horizontal support linkage 2, a front support linkage 3 and a back support linkage 4. The linkages 2, 3, 4 can be one continuous tube or a plurality of connecting tubes. Illustrated in FIG. 3, the structure is stabilized using a bar 27 that connects the front support linkage 3 to the back support linkage 4. A preferred embodiment is to have the bar 27 be connected to the middle of the front and back support linkages 3, 4.

#The container tube 1 is connected to the horizontal support linkage 2 by means of pivot connectors 5. The pivot connectors 5 have an attached circular top end 21 and an attached circular bottom end 22. The attached circular bottom end 22 is housed into bottom grooves 24 that enables the container tube 1 to pivot. The attached circular bottom end 22 has attached pins 25 to enable the container tube to move to fixed positions in the bottom grooves 24 that either enables fluid to pour over scrubbing cords 13 (illustrated in FIG. 1) or rough surface sheets 19 (illustrated in FIG. 2). The attached circular top ends 21 are housed in top grooves 28 in order to allow rotational movement of the container tube 1. The attached circular top end 21 and the groove 28 are connected to the container tube 1 at a position of approximately ½ radius distance above the center of the container tube 1 in order to cause the container tube to rotate to a position where fluid is not poured onto either the scrubbing cords 13 or rough surface sheets 19 when force is released.

#A preferred embodiment is that the top groove 28 is in an open position enabling the container tube 1 to be easily removed so that the user can refill the tube with detergent. This embodiment would be used for a private location. Another preferred embodiment is that the top groove 28 is in a closed position that locks the container tube 1 so that the container tube 1 cannot be removed. Situations like this would require the lock to be opened by an operator who has a key that causes the top groove 28 to be put into an opened position. This embodiment would be especially useful in public locations.