The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.

The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.

A scouring article including a monolithic nonwoven pad with a semi-densified fibrous layer that is integral to the monolithic nonwoven pad and that provides a major surface of the monolithic nonwoven pad, and methods of making and using.

A scouring article including a monolithic nonwoven pad with a semi-densified fibrous layer that is integral to the monolithic nonwoven pad and that provides a major surface of the monolithic nonwoven pad, and methods of making and using.

One embodiment of a palm-held device for cleaning field debris off the underside of athletic shoes which have cleats or spikes, comprises a handle (10) connected via a neck (12) to a cleaning platform (14) below. There is a plurality of cleaning pegs (18) protruding orthogonally from the base (16) of the cleaning platform (14). Additional cleaning elements that may extend outward from the cleaning platform (14) include a straight scraper (20) and a serrated scraper (22). The device may be fabricated from a variety of materials, with the preferred materials being fairly-high strength engineering polymeric materials, with or without fiber reinforced composites. The device may be made fabricated by injection molding and could be done as one piece or multiple pieces that were then fused together. It may also be fabricated using additive manufacturing. Other embodiments are described.

One embodiment of a palm-held device for cleaning field debris off the underside of athletic shoes which have cleats or spikes, comprises a handle (10) connected via a neck (12) to a cleaning platform (14) below. There is a plurality of cleaning pegs (18) protruding orthogonally from the base (16) of the cleaning platform (14). Additional cleaning elements that may extend outward from the cleaning platform (14) include a straight scraper (20) and a serrated scraper (22). The device may be fabricated from a variety of materials, with the preferred materials being fairly-high strength engineering polymeric materials, with or without fiber reinforced composites. The device may be made fabricated by injection molding and could be done as one piece or multiple pieces that were then fused together. It may also be fabricated using additive manufacturing. Other embodiments are described.

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.

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.

The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.

The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.