FLOOR CLEANING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR SECUREMENT TO A SHOE

• US 3,699,672 A
• Filed: 09/04/1970
• Issued: 10/24/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clarence R. Sims
• Original Assignee: Clarence R. Sims
• Inventors: Sims, Clarence R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Patrick D.
• Application Number:
  US05/069,740
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 36/7.6,7.7,59R 15/227
• US Class Current: 36/7.7
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/00 Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/163 specially adapted for health or hygienic purposes, e.g. comprising electrically conductive material allowing the discharge of electrostatic charges
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/16 Cloths; Pads; Sponges metal scraping sponges A47L13/07
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/282 mounted under footwear

Abstract

A device which may be used for cleaning floors, household appliances, and similar items and which includes an elongated flexible pad of abrasive material adapted to be positioned across the sole of a shoe or the inside surface of the fingers of the hand with the end portions of the pad lapping the opposite side edges of the shoe sole or fingers. A strap having the ends thereof secured to the end portions of the pad is included and is adapted to extend across the upper part of the shoe or the back surface of the fingers so as to hold the pad against the shoe sole or inside surface of the fingers. A pad gripping part is carried at one end of the strap and is releasably interlocked with its engaged pad end portion at a selected location thereon.

Claims

1. A cleaning device comprising a flexible pad of abrasive material having opposite end portions adapted for positioning across the sole of a shoe or the inside surface of the fingers of a hand with said end portions lapping opposite side edges of said shoe sole or fingers, a strap having the ends thereof secured to the end portions of said pad and including a part intermediate the strap ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe or back surface of said fingers to hold said pad against the shoe sole or inner surface of the fingers, and pad gripping parts carried at the ends of said strap and releasably interlocked with said pad end portions at selected locations thereon to position said strap ends out of alignment with said pad end portions and cause said pad end portions to conform to the curvature of the side edges of said shoe sole or fingers and thereby improve the fit of said pad against said sole or fingers.

2. A device for securement to the shoe comprising a flexible pad having generally opposite end portions, said pad adapted for positioning across the sole of said shoe with said end portions lapping opposite edges of the sole and extending upwardly along the sides of the shoe, a strap having the ends thereof secured to said pad end portions and including a part intermediate said ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe to hold said pad against said shoe sole, means associated with said strap for causing said pad end portions to be drawn upwardly and rearwardly relative to said shoe so as to cause the end portions to conform to the curvature of the over lapped edges of the shoe sole, thereby improving the fit of the pad against the sole of the shoe, and including means carried by one of said strap ends for releasably securing said one strap end to a pad end portion.

3. A device for securement to the shoe comprising a flexible pad having generally opposite end portions, said pad adapted for positioning across the sole of said shoe with said end portions lapping opposite edges of the shoe and extending upwardly along the sides of the shoe, a strap having the ends thereof secured to said pad end portions and including a part intermediate said ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe to hold said pad against said shoe sole, and means associated with said strap for causing said pad end portions to be drawn upwardly and rearwardly relative to said shoe so as to cause the end portions to conform to the curvature of the overlapped edges of the shoe sole, thereby improving the fit of the pad against the sole of the shoe, said means associated with said strap for causing the conformation of said pad end portions including a material gripping part carried by one of said strap ends and adapted to releasably interlock with a pad end portion at a selected location thereon.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said last mentioned pad end portion is of an interwoven texture with which said material gripping part releasably interlocks.

5. A device for securement to the shoe comprising a flexible pad having generally opposite end portions, said pad adapted for positioning across the sole of said shoe with said end portions lapping opposite edges of the sole and extending upwardly along the sides of the shoe, a strap having the ends thereof secured to said pad end portions and including a part intermediate said ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe to hold said pad against said shoe sole, and means associated with said strap for causing said pad end portions to be drawn upwardly and rearwardly relative to said shoe so as to cause the end portions to conform to the curvature of the overlapped edges of the shoe sole, thereby improving the fit of the pad against the sole of the shoe, said strap being elastic and fixedly secured at its ends to said pad end portions, said strap being separated into two parts intermediate its ends, each strap part carrying a releasable pivotal lock member which constitutes said means associated with said strap for conformation of the pad end portions, said lock members cooperating to permit said strap parts to be stretched across the upper portion of said shoe and joined.

6. A device for securement to the shoe comprising a flexible pad having generally opposite end portions, said pad adapted for positioning across the sole of said shoe with said end portions lapping opposite edges of the sole and extending upwardly along the sides of the shoe, a strap having the ends thereof secured to said pad end portions and including a part intermediate said ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe to hold said pad against said shoe sole, and means associated with said strap for causing said pad end portions to be drawn upwardly and rearwardly relative to said shoe so as to cause the end portions to conform to the curvature of the overlapped edges of the shoe sole, thereby improving the fit of the pad against the sole of the shoe, said means associated with said strap for causing conformation of said pad end portions constituting material gripping parts carried by the ends of said strap and reLeasably interlocked with said pad end portions at selected locations thereon.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said strap is elastic.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein said pad end portions each have an outer surface with which said material gripping parts releasably interlock, said strap ends being positionable out of alignment with said pad end portions when said gripping parts interlock within said end portions to cause said end portions to conform to the curvature of the edges of said shoe sole.

9. The device of claim 6 wherein said pad is of an interwoven texture, said material gripping parts being releasably interlocked with said pad end portions at the outer surfaces of the end portions.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein said pad includes a generally circular central portion with said end portions thereof constituting tabs extending outwardly from opposite edges of said central portion.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein said tabs include tapered side edges integrally joined to said central portion.

12. A floor cleaning device for securement to the shoe comprising a flexible abrasive cleaning pad having generally opposite end portions, said pad adapted for positioning across the sole of said shoe with said end portions lapping opposite edges of the sole and extending upwardly along the sides of the shoe to define cleaning pad surfaces for wall contact adjacent the floor, a strap having the ends thereof secured to said pad end portions and including a part intermediate said ends adapted to extend across the upper portion of said shoe to hold said pad against said shoe sole, and means associated with said strap for causing said pad end portions to be drawn upwardly and rearwardly relative to said shoe so as to cause the end portions to conform to the curvature of the overlapped edges of the shoe sole, thereby improving the fit of the pad against the sole of the shoe.