Wall shoe
OwnerMark E. Pederseninventor
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Abstract
A wall shoe includes a generally rectangular body that is placed beneath a wall covering to protect the wall covering from water damage; the wall shoe providing access to the interior of a wall. A method of extracting moisture from the interior components of a wall includes interposing a wall shoe between a lower edge of a wall covering and a floor, the wall shoe being a rectangular body with a number of channels passing through the thickness of the rectangular body; following exposure of the wall to water, utilizing the wall shoe to provide access to the interior components of the wall; and providing an air flow; the air flow drying the interior of the components of the wall through access provided by the wall shoe.
Claims20
A wall shoe comprising a generally rectangular body that is placed beneath a wall covering to protect the wall covering from water damage;
- wherein said generally rectangular body includes a plurality of channels extending transversely through the thickness of said rectangular body, said channels defined by a first opening on a front face of said rectangular body and a second opening on a rear face of said rectangular body with a passageway extending therebetween;
- said wall shoe providing access to the interior of a wall.
A method of extracting moisture from the interior components of a wall comprising:
- interposing a wall shoe between a lower edge of a wall covering and a floor,
- said wall covering being attached to a wall;
- said wall shoe comprising a generally rectangular body that includes a plurality of channels extending transversely through the thickness of said rectangular body, said channels defined by a first opening on a front face of said rectangular body and a second opening on a rear face of said rectangular body with a passageway extending therebetween;
- following exposure of said wall to water,
- utilizing said wall shoe to provide access to the interior components of said wall;
- providing an air flow;
- said air flow drying said interior of said components of said wall through access provided by said wall shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.