Shoe sole cleaning system and method
OwnerPeter W. Leslieinventor
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Abstract
A shoe sole cleaning device includes a housing for storing a plurality of sanitation wipes therein. The cleaning apparatus includes a separation platform for supporting a scrubbing member thereon and a plurality of displacement pins coupled to the platform. The pins are positioned and configured to force a portion of a sanitation wipe into a corresponding retention member coupled with a scrubbing pad of a hand-held scrubbing member. There is also provided a lid that atmospherically seals the cleaning system to prevent evaporation and drying of the plurality of sanitation wipes.
Claims19
A shoe sole cleaning device, comprising:
- an enclosure having a housing and a lid pivotally coupled thereto, said housing having a bottom surface, an opposed upper surface, and at least one side wall extending between said bottom surface and said upper surface and configured such that said housing defines an open area therein;
- a separation platform adjacent said upper surface of said housing;
- at least one displacement pin extending away from said separation platform adjacent said upper surface of said housing;
- a scrubbing member that includes a base member having upper and lower surfaces, said scrubbing member having a handle coupled to said scrubbing member upper surface and a scrubbing pad coupled to said scrubbing member lower surface;
- wherein said scrubbing pad defines at least one scrubbing pad recess;
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- a retention member coupled to said scrubbing pad recess that is configured to retain a sanitary wipe therein.
A method for cleaning shoe soles, comprising the steps of:
- providing an enclosure having a housing and a lid pivotally coupled thereto, said housing having a bottom surface, an opposed upper surface, and at least one side wall extending between said bottom and upper surface and configured such that said housing defines an open area therein, wherein said enclosure includes a separation platform adjacent said upper surface of said housing and at least one displacement pin extending away from said separation platform;
- providing a scrubbing member that includes a base member having upper and lower surfaces, said scrubbing member having a handle coupled to said scrubbing member upper surface and a scrubbing pad coupled to said scrubbing member lower surface, wherein said base member lower surface defines a scrubbing member recess;
- providing a retention member coupled to said scrubbing pad recess that is configured to retain a sanitary wipe therein;
- removing a sanitary wipe from said housing open area and positioning said sanitary wipe atop said displacement pin;
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- pressing said scrubbing member base onto said displacement pin until said sanitary wipe is wedged into said scrubbing member recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.