Boot Cleaners Patents (Class 15/237)
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Patent number: 10272577Abstract: A hat with multifunctional bill portion has a sheath portion and a top sheath attachment portion is fitted over bill of a hat that has been trimmed to fit. A plurality of screws attach the multifunctional bill portion to the bill. The sheath has two magnets and an alignment portion to removably hold a bill tool such as a knife in place. The alignment portion fits within a matching finger portion of the bill tool and helps stabilize the tool within the multifunctional bill portion during use. A variety of bill tool portions may be selected to match a specific use such as knife, bottle cap opener, divot tool, wrench, screwdriver, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Inventors: William Corner, Glen Odor
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Patent number: 10123658Abstract: A walk-in bathing environment is used by people who may have trouble getting in and out of standard bathtubs or showers. Grab bars are positioned in and around the bathing environments to aid in entering the environments, exiting the environments, sitting, standing, and otherwise moving relative to the bathing environment. The grab bars may be placed on the walls, top, external, or generally on and around the bathing environment such that a user can grab the one or more grab bars in order to provide support for moving relative to the bathing environment. The grab bars are connected to the environment such that they can be moved between a use and a non-use configuration, such that the bars are extending from a portion of the housing only when desired by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventor: Chet Millerd
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Patent number: 9925924Abstract: A step includes an integrated mud scraper and storage. The step may be part of a vehicle and, therefore, may be coupled to a vehicle body of the vehicle. The step includes a step body. The step body defines a stepping surface. The step body defines an opening extending through the stepping surface. The step includes at least one scraper extending from the stepping surface, wherein the scraper is obliquely angled relative to the stepping surface. The scraper is configured to scrape mud on a shoe, and the opening is configured to receive the mud scraped by the scraper. The scraper has a first scraper end and a second scraper end opposite the first scraper end. The first scraper end may be directly coupled to the stepping surface. The second scraper edge defines a scraping edge, and the scraping edge is aligned with the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Thomas P. Grabowski, Daniel C. Gifford, Brian M. Izard
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Publication number: 20120324670Abstract: A golf tool for cleaning a cleat or spike may include a top surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to the top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and a back surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces. The bottom surface may be connected to at least three cleaning fingers to simultaneously clean three cleats of a golf shoe. The front surface may be connected to a finger projection having a flexible cleaning cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventor: Clarence K. Cohens
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Publication number: 20120227204Abstract: An ice skate blade maintenance device is provided for removing built-up ice from the surfaces of a skate blade without requiring a skater's hands. The device comprises a backing member, a blade-receiving block having one or a plurality of blade grooves, and a plurality of mounting holes. The backing member may be a surface, block or wedge shape that may be removably secured to a backing structure via fasteners inserted through member mounting holes. The blade-receiving block is secured to the upper surface of the backing member. The blade grooves comprise “Y” shaped channels disposed in parallel alignment along the block for a user to remove ice from a skate blade by sliding the blade therethrough, whereby the walls of the groove contact the blade and remove ice therefrom. The device is preferably comprised of a soft, durable material to prevent damage or dulling of a blade during its use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventor: Darrell Maye
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Patent number: 8191684Abstract: The ladder mounted brush apparatus provides for ladder safety with a removably mounted device that affixes to the lower rung of a ladder, adjacent to the ladder rail. Upon beginning to climb the ladder, a user steps downwardly on the brush bristles and base to position the base and bristles atop the rung, moving the base and bristles and attachment plate from parallel to the ladder rail to a position atop the rung, perpendicular to the rail. The user then weights alternates feet to scrub footwear soles, thereby cleaning the footwear to ensure against slipping on the ladder rungs. Upon cessation of use, the attachment plate with attached brush base with bristles automatically returns to a position immediately adjacent to the ladder rail, thereby out of the way of ladder ascension and dissention.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Inventor: David R. Dammann
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Patent number: 8096012Abstract: An outsole grid cleaner for removing dirt and debris from the sole of shoes includes a base and a plurality of scraper prongs which remove dirt and debris from the shoe's sole. The outsole grid cleaner has one continuous sidewall extending peripherally around the device. A plurality of scraper prongs extend outwardly from the sidewall. The plurality of scraper prongs have a free end. The plurality of scraper prongs are manipulated through a shoe's outsole pattern of projections to forcibly remove debris and dirt from the lowermost surface of the shoe's outsole pattern. The scraper prongs also remove dirt and debris when in contact with the channel on the top surface of the shoe sole's projections. The scraper prongs further remove the dirt and debris when in contact with the top surface of the shoe sole's projections.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Shoes For Crews, LLCInventor: Randy N. Lubart
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Publication number: 20110252592Abstract: A golf tool for cleaning a cleat or spike may include a top surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to the top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and a back surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces. The bottom surface may be connected to at least three cleaning fingers to simultaneously clean three cleats of a golf shoe. The top surface may include a first concave surface, and the top surface may include a second concave surface. The top surface may include a traverse upward extending projection, and the top surface may include an inclined portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Clarence K. Cohens
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Publication number: 20100180394Abstract: An outsole grid cleaner for removing dirt and debris from the sole of shoes includes a base and a plurality of scraper prongs which remove dirt and debris from the shoe's sole. The outsole grid cleaner has one continuous sidewall extending peripherally around the device. A plurality of scraper prongs extend outwardly from the sidewall. The plurality of scraper prongs have a free end. The plurality of scraper prongs are manipulated through a shoe's outsole pattern of projections to forcibly remove debris and dirt from the lowermost surface of the shoe's outsole pattern. The scraper prongs also remove dirt and debris when in contact with the channel on the top surface of the shoe sole's projections. The scraper prongs further remove the dirt and debris when in contact with the top surface of the shoe sole's projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventor: Randy N. Lubart
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Patent number: 7752701Abstract: A device for cleaning golf equipment such as golf clubs and golf shoe includes a handle, a brush head surface formed in an underside of the handle at a proximal end thereof, and a plurality of metal and plastic bristles extending downward from the brush head surface. The bristles are configured so that the plastic bristles are arranged around an outer circumference of the brush head surface to encircle the metal bristles extending from a central portion of the brush head surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Frogger, LLCInventors: Jeremiah Bohannon, Darrell S. Staley
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Patent number: 7555802Abstract: A device for cleaning golf equipment includes a handle, a removable brush assembly attached to an end of the handle, and a removable groove cleaner assembly attached to the handle directly above the brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a plurality of metal bristles arranged around a periphery of the handle. The metal bristles surround a plurality of plastic bristles.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: FroggerInventors: Jeremiah Bohannon, Darrell S. Staley
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Patent number: 7462385Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved disposable cleaning sheet for removing debris, especially hair from a non-smooth or rough surface, especially fibrous type surfaces such as carpeting or upholstery. The cleaning sheets comprise a fibrous substrate and a plurality of protrusions extending from strand elements embedded within fibrous substrate. The cleaning sheets use the protrusions to dislodge the debris from the surface being cleaned, and the fibrous substrate captures the dislodged debris without a backing for the protrusions interfering with the particle capture of the fibrous substrate. Further, the protrusions are firmly embedded within the fibrous substrate such that they cannot be dislodged from the substrate in use.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jayshree Seth, Ronald W. Ausen, Kim C. Sachs
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Patent number: 7437793Abstract: An athletic shoe cleaning device includes cleaning teeth affixed to a handle. Pairs or opposed cleaning teeth are provided which have a first section and a second section joined by an angle suitable for cleaning golf shoe spikes having multiple nubs or flanges. The cleaning teeth are especially suited for removing debris from circular or softer type golf spikes.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Inventor: Joseph Lane
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Patent number: 7234191Abstract: A shoe cleaning apparatus for use with a vehicle includes a brush assembly having at least one brush unit thereon. A mounting arm includes a first end extending from the brush assembly and a second end selectively coupled to a hitch receiver of the vehicle in an installed position. The mounting arm further includes a hinge for moving the brush assembly between an operating position and a storage position. The mounting arm includes an upper portion coupled to the hitch receiver and a lower portion laterally offset from the upper portion toward a ground surface. The lower portion is coupled to the brush assembly. The hinge is disposed on the lower portion of the mounting arm. A stepped portion extends perpendicularly between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brush assembly rotates from a substantially parallel relationship with the ground surface in the operating position to an upright position substantially perpendicular to the ground surface in the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Inventor: John P Finley
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Patent number: 7107645Abstract: A brush for suede shoes, or any other object made of napped material, hasving a one-piece molded plastic handle having a hollow interior with a planar outwardly-facing bristle-mounting surface, a collar extending annularly about the bristle-mounting surface and a gripping portion extending centrally from the collar transversely oppositely of the bristle-mounting surface. Bristles are embedded in and extend outwardly from the bristle-mounting surface. A hollow removable erasing rubber sleeve is configured for essentially complemental fitting over the gripping portion. Paired apertures and protrusions fit together to retain the hollow removable erasing rubber sleeve in complemental contact overlying the gripping portion of the handle of the brush.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Inventors: Peter Bressler, John Coleman, Mathieu Turpault, Zoey Juhng, Xavier Vinas
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Patent number: 6993806Abstract: A shoe cleaning apparatus and method of attaching the same to a vehicle includes a brush assembly having at least one brush unit. A linkage includes a first end selectively coupled to the brush assembly and a second end selectively coupled to a hitch receiver of the vehicle. A hitch sleeve is inserted into the hitch receiver and is secured in an installed position. In an alternate embodiment, a shoe cleaning apparatus and method of attaching the same to a hitch receiver of a vehicle includes a frame having a forward end including a mounting arm and at least one brush unit coupled to the frame. A coupling element couples the mounting arm of the frame to the hitch receiver of the vehicle. A mounting aperture of the frame is aligned with an aperture formed on the hitch receiving portion of the vehicle defining a mounting axis. The mounting arm is secured to the hitch receiving portion at the mounting axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Inventor: John P. Finley
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Patent number: 6898817Abstract: A brush/scrapper device cleans dirt and debris from the soles of outdoor sports shoes, such as the cleats of golf or other such shoes. The device is a single piece frame having a body portion to which a brush is mountable and an appendage portion for engaging a bumper. The frame being a single piece bent to form the body and appendage portions and is removably mountable on the bumper of a vehicle like a golf cart without modification of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Inventor: Thomas D. Jackson
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Patent number: 6813795Abstract: A shoe and boot cleaning device is disclosed, comprised of a main housing of a generally rectangular, hollow box configuration. A scraping blade is used to scrape mud off of shoes and boots. At least one rotating brush is used to clean off debris from the bottom of the shoes and boots. A drawer is located on the bottom of the main housing and collects the mud and dirt from the shoes and boots. The drawer can be removed for easy cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Inventor: Judy Graves
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Patent number: 6534146Abstract: A dual purpose floor mat for providing a better floor mat for vehicles that will better protect the floor of the vehicle. The dual purpose floor mat includes a mat member having a bottom wall and also having side and end walls securely attached to and extending along a perimeter of the bottom wall with the bottom wall having a first and second portion; and also includes a floor member being attached to the mat member and having a wall and a first and second side; and further includes a plurality of scraping members being spaced apart and being securely attached to the first end portion of the bottom wall and to the first side of the floor member; and also includes fabric covering securely disposed upon the second portion of the bottom wall and upon the second side of the floor member.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Inventor: James W. Mentz, Jr.
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Patent number: 6530105Abstract: A golf shoe spike cleaner particularly adapted for use in association with a golf cart comprises a frame for mounting at least one spike cleaner thereto, at least one spike cleaner mounted to the frame, and mounting member for mounting the spike cleaner to the golf cart. The present device may further include a plurality of spike cleaners, angularly disposed with respect to the horizontal or ground at a convenient angle for dragging a golf shoe thereacross. To prevent debris from flying into the golf cart a shield is used to deflect the debris away from the cart.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2000Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Inventor: Guy J. MacDonald
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Publication number: 20020174499Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing footwear includes a container for disinfectant liquids which container has an upwardly open U-shaped channel tack-welded to the bottom panel of the container in which channel at least one brush is removably attached. The brush is adapted to remove debris from the bottom of footwear while a pair of inwardly facing brushes are provided for cleaning the sides of the footwear. Preferably, a scraper blade is attached to one end panel of the container. Outwardly extending flanges are provided on opposed surfaces of the container for manual grasping and lifting of the device. Optionally, a pair of laterally extending L-shaped brackets is attached opposite sides of the container are provided for to stabilizing the device during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventor: Irwin B. Meshbesher
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Patent number: 6363567Abstract: A shoe brush is mounted for slidable motion between a retracted position and an extended position. The brush is fixedly attached to longitudinally extending support members which are mounted for slidable motion on a support which is fixedly connected to the underside of a vehicle. A spring assembly is connected to the brush support urging the brush to the retracted position. The brush is drawn outwardly against the tension of the spring assembly to an extended position for utilization in brushing shoes. A latch member retains the brush in this extended position unless and until it is released to permit the spring to draw the brush to the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Inventor: Jay J. Woodward
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Publication number: 20020029432Abstract: A shoe and boot cleaning device is disclosed, comprised of a main housing of a generally rectangular, hollow box configuration. A scraping blade is used to scrape mud off of shoes and boots. At least one rotating brush is used to clean off debris from the bottom of the shoes and boots. A drawer is located on the bottom of the main housing and collects the mud and dirt from the shoes and boots. The drawer can be removed for easy cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Gary Graves, Judy Graves
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Patent number: 6301739Abstract: A shoe cleaning device for a vehicle includes a tray mounted beneath a vehicle immediately adjacent one of the door openings. Slidably received within the tray is a drawer like cleaning device including a lower wall with a pair of side panels upwardly extending therefrom. A layer of abrasive material is disposed on the lower wall. A plurality of bristle pads may be removably attached to the mat as well as the inwardly facing sides of the side panels for removing heavier debris. A motor and gear assembly automatically extends and retracts the cleaning member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Inventor: Fernando A. Cazaux
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Patent number: 6243907Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a plurality of bristles extending from an upper surface thereof for cleaning a golf shoe. The cleaning device further includes a plate coupled to an end of the cleaning member and pivotal between a first open position laterally adjacent to the cleaning member and a second closed position covering the bristles. The bristles extend both upwardly and inwardly for simultaneously cleaning the sides, sole, and cleats of a golf shoe as the shoe is scraped across the cleaning member.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Inventor: James F. Wagner
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Patent number: 6032316Abstract: A stowable brush assembly includes a support body having a brush retainer pivotably affixed to it so that the brush retainer can be moved from a storage position in which it overlies, and is generally parallel to the support body to a use position in which it is disposed at an angle relative to the support body. An operating lever engages the brush retainer and pivots it from the storage position to the use position.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: PVM Enterprises, L.L.C.Inventors: Charles D. Peake, Kenneth Hyotlaine
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Patent number: 5713097Abstract: A boot scraper of novel design and shape and incorporating a novel boot scraping surface that can be mounted to, or incorporated in, skiing implements such as skis and snowboards, as well as ski boot bindings, snowboard boot bindings, and ski boots and snowboard boots. In one embodiment, the boot scraper comprises an elongated polygonal molded rigid ABS plastic block that is mounted to the top surface of a ski. The block is mounted to the ski by an adhesive or by mechanical fasteners such as screws. The top surface of the boot scraper incorporates a two-dimensional grid of adjacent polyhedrons extending in an upward direction. The tips of the polyhedrons form a scraping surface consisting of a multi-dimensional array of spaced, generally rigid pointed surfaces. The underside of the block contains hollowed out cavities that reduce weight but maintain strength and rigidity of the block. The scraper is used by drawing the sole of the ski boot to be cleaned over the scraper.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Inventor: Jaime Brown
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Patent number: 5694660Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a tool for cleaning shoe soles having cleats comprises a thin, elongated bar of material wherein at least one end comprises a generally V-shaped notch portion and, on at least one side of the notch portion, a scraping portion to facilitate the removal of mud. The notch portion is formed by converging surfaces having a relatively wide open end tapering to a relatively narrow closed end. In use, the notched portion is pushed into a cleat, which it contacts at two points, and rotated around the cleat, causing a scraping portion to clean around the cleat periphery. Advantageously the notch portion has a width greater than its depth to permit cleaning of a wide range of cleat diameters, and the notch walls are straight (rather than beveled) to provide solid pivot contacts. The scraping portion is advantageously beveled.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Inventor: Joseph E. Rachwalski
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Patent number: 5636404Abstract: A portable shoe and boot tie and cleaner apparatus for securing to automobiles, trucks and the like. This apparatus includes a web belt which is secured by the closed hood of a vehicle, an independent collapsible foot support pivotally attaches at the top to a base which hooks securely to the belt, a foot support pivotally attached to the top of the base and a brace that is pivotally attached to the bottom of the foot support. There is also two separate cleaning and scraping attachments which slide into position over the top of the foot support.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Inventor: Gilbert J. Ribera
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Patent number: 5575337Abstract: A horse pick for cleaning foreign matter from the hoof of a horse, the pick having an elongated shank with a wedge-shaped tip, typically forming an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the shank. On the end of the shank opposite the tip is fastened a handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Inventor: Rachel T. Sapyta
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Patent number: 5509167Abstract: A cleat cleaning tool that is comprised of a handle and a first prong and a second prong, the first and second prongs connected to the handle and extending therefrom. The first and second prongs are positioned next to one another to form a groove, which has a groove length and groove width. The groove length is approximately equal to a cleat length and the groove width is approximately equal to a cleat width, so that the groove fits around a cleat, so that the cleat cleaning tool can be moved back and forth around the cleat in order to clean and remove debris (e.g., mud, dirt, and grass) from the cleat. The groove is formed by a first interior surface of the first prong and a second interior surface of the second prong. The first prong has a first end and the second prong has a second end, neither of which is connected to the handle. The first and second prong may be beveled in ordered to provide a fairly sharp edge. Similarly, the first and second ends may be hooked.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Inventor: Dylan Wilson
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Patent number: 5147098Abstract: A scraping device adhesively mounted on the top surface of a ski for removing ice and snow from the bottom surfaces of a ski boot. The scraping device, with a rectangular base supporting a plurality of vertical segments, symmetrically spaced, is molded from an elastomeric material having sufficient stiffness and elasticity to rotate horizontally under the compressive force of a ski boot. The top surface of each segment having a saw tooth or abrasive surface. The skier scraping the boot while asserting pressure on the scraper is able to remove ice and snow from the bottom surface of the boot.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1991Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Inventor: David J. McCrink
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Patent number: 5042839Abstract: A selectively positionable scraping apparatus is disclosed for scraping matter from the sole of articles of footwear, for example ski boots or shoes. The apparatus is mountable, for example, on the upper surfaces of a ski adjacent to the ski boot binding toe piece and includes a mounting portion and a scraper connected with the mounting portion and movable with respect thereto between stored and operative positions. A spring biases the scraper toward the operative position abutting the binding toe piece and a retainer connected with the mounting portion is provided for releasably securing the scraper in the stored position.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Inventor: James R. Ciari
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Patent number: 4819984Abstract: An automobile doormat is provided for protecting and preserving the floormat and carpet provided with the car. The doormat includes a stationary bracket extending vertically along the front portion of the interior of a door and a cleaning element removably supported on the bracket. The cleaning element may be installed and removed without tools and may be cleaned and replaced when desired. The cleaning element may be made from carpet which complements the appearance of the carpet in the automobile.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1987Date of Patent: April 11, 1989Inventor: Bruce B. Wylie
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Patent number: 4790122Abstract: A rectangular shaped pad is mounted on a building in an area adjacent the doorframe to protect the building from damage due to kicking by persons trying to remove devris from their footwear upon entering the building. The pad can be mounted below the doorframe where the doorframe is raised above the entrance to the building or the pad can be mounted on either side of the doorframe where the doorframe is level with the entrance to the building.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1987Date of Patent: December 13, 1988Inventor: Joseph W. Marriott
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Patent number: 4785490Abstract: This invention comprises a plurality of side by side chains mounted on a base, so that golf shoe spikes may be combed therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1987Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Inventor: Everett H. Thomas
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Patent number: 4718138Abstract: A device for removal of matter from shoes and boots is disclosed. The device includes a scraping portion, a mounting portion, and a rotatable member for mounting the scraping portion on the mounting portion so that the scraping portion can be rotated, relative to the mounting portion, between stored and operative positions, with the rotatable member being biased to urge the scraping portion toward the operative position upon actuation of a release mechanism connected with the rotatable member. The device is mounted upon, or integrated with, a handle structure, such as, for example, a ski pole, so that, when so mounted or integrated, the scraping portion is substantially aligned with the handle structure in the stored position and is rotated to a position extending in a direction away from the handle structure in the operative position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1986Date of Patent: January 12, 1988Assignee: Steven R. BrownInventors: Steven R. Brown, Gene A. Fisher
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Patent number: 4670932Abstract: A portable tool of durable thermoplastic composition for cleaning or removing mud or other debris from the heels and soles of a cleated shoe. A swordlike handle is secured to an elongated blade which extends to a beveled scraping edge at its distal end. The blade end is of a width dimension adapted to pass between adjacent cleats and is centrally grooved or slotted for intervening receipt of a cleat during cleaning. A transverse guard plate extending about the blade at the inboard end of the handle protects a user's hand on the handle against dirt and/or cleat contact during the course of debris removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1986Date of Patent: June 9, 1987Inventor: Jeffrey S. Williams
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Patent number: 4571767Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for cleaning grass and dirt from golf shoes. The invented apparatus may be carried in a golf bag and can be easily used while the golfer is positioned in an upright standing position. The invented apparatus generally includes: a rigid block or base which has a brush means mounted on the upper surface of the block; a tubular shaft, similar to a conventional golf club shaft is fixedly attached to the block or base; and, at least one cleat, mounted on the bottom surface of the block or base and adapted to be inserted into the ground.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1984Date of Patent: February 25, 1986Inventor: Charles C. Dangler
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Patent number: 4549327Abstract: A cleaner and chalk dust receptacle for chalk board erasers comprises a box shaped container which is received and supported within a wall mounted cover member. The container has an open top, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, and a pair opposed side walls which are provided with opposed outwardly arcuate convex beads extending longitudinally therealong, and the cover member has an open front, a top wall provided with an opening therethrough, a back wall, and a pair of side walls extending from the open front to the back wall. The interior surface of the side walls are provided with opposed arcuate concave grooves extending longitudinally therealong for slidably receiving the beads of the container. A scraper blade disposed on the top surface of the top wall extends transversely across the opening in the top wall for scraping chalk dust from the bottom surface of chalkboard erasers when they are drawn thereacross.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1984Date of Patent: October 29, 1985Inventor: Robert M. Johnson
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Patent number: 4490878Abstract: A versatile flat mount shoe scraper comprising a framed grate, an arch standard extending downwardly with a scraper bar secured to the terminated ends of the standard, which is then secured to the framed grate, thereby providing a base one would stand upright on and a grab bar one would grip for balance while removing debris from ones shoes on the grate and scraper bar by placing ones shoes on same, applying light pressure and pulling backwards to ones self. Decorative swirls on the framed grate are for stability and decor. An upper brace bar on the arch standard accommodates the following attachments: address plate and flower pot holders.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1983Date of Patent: January 1, 1985Inventor: Eulema G. Boggs
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Patent number: 4425677Abstract: A shoe cleaner for removing debris from the sole of a shoe is comprised of a foraminous scraper for contacting the sole of a shoe and, upon relative motion therebetween, removing debris therefrom and a wick member for applying a liquid deodorant and/or solvent for the debris to the shoe from a reservoir proximate the foraminous scraper. The shoe cleaner disclosed herein also preferably includes a mat for removal of any excess deodorant and/or solvent and for secondary removal of debris from the sole of the shoe.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1981Date of Patent: January 17, 1984Inventor: James P. Cox
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Patent number: 4276728Abstract: A floor grid is provided for a trafficway for removing debris from traffic passing thereover. The grid comprises a support structure below the surface of the trafficway, a plurality of spaced tread rails defining an upper surface which is generally flush with the surface of the trafficway and being supported by the support structure, and a plurality of traverse spacer bars or channels positioned immediately beneath the tread rails. Each tread rail is secured to each spacer channel by a bolt where both cross. Each bolt has a head which is received in and is slidable, when the bolt is not tightened, along a pair of confronting slots in an associated tread rail. Each of the slots has a flat vertical surface which respectively butt against a pair of flat vertical surfaces of the bolt head preventing rotation of the bolt relative to the tread rail. Preferably the slots are just high enough to snugly receive the bolt heads. Feet extend outwardly from the lower end of each tread rail and engage the spacer channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1979Date of Patent: July 7, 1981Assignee: Balco, Inc.Inventors: Claude P. Balzer, Edward M. Corman
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Patent number: 4221393Abstract: This invention relates to ski poles in general and more specifically to a ski pole shaft manufactured from plastic and having an integral recessed portion which functions as a snow and ice scraper to clean the bottom of a ski boot so that the boot will fit securely in the binding of the ski.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1979Date of Patent: September 9, 1980Inventor: Arnold Donahue
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Patent number: 4145063Abstract: A ski boot scraper which is light in weight and is removably attachable to a ski pole and will not interfere with the normal use of the ski pole. The boot scraper is a little more semi-cylindrical shaped in cross section and will yieldingly contact with the ski pole to hold it in place. An anchor block is permanently secured to the ski pole adjacent to the handle and it has an annular groove for removably receiving the lip of the boot scraper for holding the scraper against any longitudinal movement along the ski pole. The lip on the scraper is positioned at one end thereof while the other end of the scraper is tapered to form an integral handle by means of which the scraper can be removed from or applied to the ski pole. One longitudinal edge of the scraper is notched to aid in removing snow from a boot.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1977Date of Patent: March 20, 1979Inventors: Gregory T. Knapp, Gordon Haney
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Patent number: 4145062Abstract: A snow scraper attached to a ski pole shaft includes an elongated member having an exterior surface and a wall. The ski pole shaft extends through a longitudinally oriented, cylindrical channel in the member. The member has a substantially planar exterior surface portion oriented tangentially to the channel and spaced outwardly from the channel. A radial slot extends from the channel perpendicularly toward and intersects the substantially planar exterior surface portion. Two longitudinally extending edges are defined by second and third exterior surface portions that intersect with the substantially planar exterior surface portion. Inwardly concave, exterior surface portions are located between the edge and the channel in the sidewall of the member. A means for clamping the member to a ski pole shaft is also included.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1976Date of Patent: March 20, 1979Inventor: Cyrus R. Stiemert
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Patent number: 4023291Abstract: An advertising device carrying a name on the scraper plate and having an attachment bracket which can be used as a stake to fix the bootscraper to the earth. The same attachment bracket can also fasten the name-bearing plate to the license plate support of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1976Date of Patent: May 17, 1977Inventor: William L. McMillan
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Patent number: 4000909Abstract: A ski boot snow scraper is attached to one of a skier's ski poles and is readily available to remove the caked snow from the bottom of a ski boot so that the ski boot can be properly and safely placed and clamped within the bindings of the ski.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1975Date of Patent: January 4, 1977Inventor: Sidney C. Coale
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Patent number: 3999773Abstract: A combination boot scraper adapted to scrape the snow off the sole of a ski boot and an anti-theft device is disclosed. The combination boot scraper and anti-theft device comprises a flat substantially rectangular base having an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface of the base is adapted to contact and be affixed to an upper surface of a ski. The upper surface of the base has a rigid upstanding flange integrally formed therewith. The flange is generally coextensive with two opposing points along the periphery of the upper surface of the base. The flange has an arch defined therein which is adapted to receive a cable or other similar securing means for securing the ski to a fixed object.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1975Date of Patent: December 28, 1976Inventor: James H. Shuttleworth
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Patent number: 3976304Abstract: A device adapted to be mounted on, or integral with, the upper surface of a snow ski for the purpose of removing ice, snow, mud, and the like from the bottom of a skier's boot prior to insertion of the boot into the binding. The device is generally in the shape of a disk, a ring, a polygon, or variations of those shapes so as to present a maximum scraping surface to the boot regardless of the direction of approach of the boot relative to the ski. At the same time, a smaller lower surface is provided for mounting on the ski with a minimal effect on the flex of the ski, and the device has preferably a low profile and a beveled edge or ramp so as to prevent crossed skis from becoming interlocked either between the scraper and the ski or between the scraper and the boot binding.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1975Date of Patent: August 24, 1976Inventors: Christopher B. Lillibridge, Alfred H. Lotring