Abstract: A shoe cleaning device primarily intended for domestic use includes an elongated casing with an open top end; a pair of parallel rollers rotatably mounted in the casing; pads carried by the rollers, the pad on one roller having a deep pile for picking up cleaning water and for removing dirt from the bottom of a shoe sole when the sole is rubbed against the roller, the second roller constantly engaging the first roller and having a shorter, brush-like pile for removing dirt from the first roller. The first roller is slidably mounted in the casing for movement between a rest position and an operating position, in which the roller moves downwardly against the bias of springs into contact with the cleaning water. The springs return the first roller to the rest position at the end of a cleaning operation.

Abstract: A roller skate intended for jumping includes a two-piece plate of adjustable length for supporting the foot of a skater, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the bottom of the plate, including front arms inclined slightly forwardly and rear arms inclined slightly rearwardly, with rollers on the bottom ends of the arms, and helical springs connecting the back edges of the front arms and the front edges of the rear arms to the bottom center of the plate, so that downward pressure on the skate causes the arms to become more inclined and, when the springs pull the arms together to the less inclined positions, an upward impetus is given to the skater.