An apparatus for cleaning, sanitizing and/or disinfecting footwear. The apparatus comprises a set of brushes defining a footwear receiving space. A plurality of water carrying channels are provided for directing water into the footwear receiving space through said set of brushes. A soiled water receiving tank is provided for collecting soiled water from the footwear receiving space. The apparatus is arranged such that relative movement of a piece of footwear received in the footwear receiving space with respect to the set of brushes in the presence of water being directed into the footwear receiving space via the plurality of water carrying channels cleans at least one surface of the received piece of footwear.

This invention relates to installation methods for a multi-component floor mat. The floor mat typically contains a textile component and a base component. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is described herein.

A permeable mat provides a two-state mat; one in which the mat has an impervious layer when laid flat during use, so water gets captured by an upper fabric layer. And a second state in which the mat becomes permeable when it is rolled and tumbled in the washer and drier, to allow the through-flow of air and water to effectively clean and dry the mat. A pattern of permeable elements may be included as part of the rubber backing to improve washing and drying by allowing easier passage through the mat by water and washing chemicals, allowing water drainage through the rubber layer during spinning cycle, reducing the need for very high spinning forces and speeds, allowing for air flow through the mat layers, improving drying time and efficiencies and lowering the structure of the mat unit, thereby allowing for better unrolling and tumbling during washing cycles.

A shoe sanitizing method includes the pouring of a sanitizing agent on an absorbent pad positioned in a housing to saturate the absorbent pad with the sanitizing agent. A person steps on the absorbent pad with a shoe such that a bottom of the shoe is cleaned with the sanitizing agent. The shoe is removed from the absorbent pad and the absorbent pad is removed from the housing for cleaning or replacement when the absorbent pad is soiled.

A shoe disinfecting device is disclosed having a base and a lid defining an interior compartment to hold a liquid disinfecting solution. The lid is upwardly biased (e.g., spring loaded) from a compressed position to an extended position and includes openings there through to allow passage of solution between the interior compartment and an upper surface of the lid. Pressurization of the solution within the interior compartment, responsive to a force depressing the lid from the extended position to the compressed position, causes expelling of the solution through the openings and onto the upper surface. Upon release of the force depressing the lid, biasing of the lid from the depressed position to the extended position creates a vacuum within the interior compartment and pulls at least some of any remaining liquid disinfecting solution from the upper surface back through the openings and into the interior compartment.

This invention relates to installation methods for a multi-component floor mat. The floor mat typically contains a textile component and a base component. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is described herein.

The present invention relates to a doormat device that alerts a user when an individual is at their door and/or approaching their door. In one embodiment, the device is comprised of a pressure sensor that is activated when an individual steps on the device. In this embodiment, when the pressure sensor is activated, the transmitter of the device may communicate with a smart doorbell or other smart device to alert the user of the presence of an individual at their door. A second embodiment of the device is comprised of a proximity sensor that detects an individual approaching a door. Once the proximity sensor is activated, the transmitter of the device may communicate with a smart doorbell or other smart device to alert the user of the presence of an individual at their door.

The present invention relates to a doormat device that alerts a user when an individual is at their door and/or approaching their door. In one embodiment, the device is comprised of a pressure sensor that is activated when an individual steps on the device. In this embodiment, when the pressure sensor is activated, the transmitter of the device may communicate with a smart doorbell or other smart device to alert the user of the presence of an individual at their door. A second embodiment of the device is comprised of a proximity sensor that detects an individual approaching a door. Once the proximity sensor is activated, the transmitter of the device may communicate with a smart doorbell or other smart device to alert the user of the presence of an individual at their door.

A dust suction device includes: a main body composed of a bottom plate and a footboard, wherein a dust suction part is formed in the bottom plate, and the footboard seals the dust suction part and has suction holes formed on the upper part thereof to allow the dust to be sucked to the dust suction part; a number of springs provided on the bottom inside the bottom plate matching the number of suction holes; balls which are provided on the upper part of the springs and which are in close contact with the suction holes of the footboard and open and close the suction holes; and a suction part which is connected to a side portion of the main body through a hose and sucks the dust through the suction holes toward the dust suction part when the suction holes are open.

An improved apparatus for reversibly securing a floor mat, and related methods. The apparatus of the present invention utilizes embedded or attached magnetic materials in the floor mat and the floor to provide an improved method of securing a floor mat to the ground. The system operates under magnetic coupling alone, preventing twisting, rotating or lifting of a floor mat, while allowing easy removal of the mat with no needed clean up or degraded attachment function.