woven fabric for wet and greasy environments.

Description:

The invention apply area:

The invention concerns a disposable shoe-/bootcover with an anti-skid sole attached for use over ordinary footwear in wet and greasy environments, preferably in relation to working task as care taking, cooking and cleaning. The working tasks may consist of assistance by showering the patient/client, by cleaning with soap and water on the floor, in environments where the use of floating grease is happening frequently or in industries using a lot of oil.

The anti-skid sole of the disposable shoe-/bootcover gives the user a secured standing and protect the lower leg from being hit from stain of the fluids.

Known products:

Disposable shoecover has long been known and used in various environments. The disposable bootcover is used to put over ordinary footwear to protect the clean environment for dirt on the footwear.

Disposable bootcover has long been known and used in clinic and research environments. The bootcover is used, as above, to put over ordinary footwear to protect the clean and sterile environment for dirt and various sorts of bacteria, etc.

Skid resistant footwear ("ordinary" footwear with various sorts of rubber soles) has also long been known and used in the above-mentioned environments but these types of footwear is for use instead of the users own footwear and not a cover product.

The technical problem to solve:

The disposable shoe-/bootcover known has not been made with a skid-resistant sole for wet and greasy environments and can therefore not provide the user with a secured standing in wet and greasy environments. Actually, using the known products in wet and greasy environments is more hazardous than using none. Also the ordinary footwear products with skid resistant sole do not provide the user with a secured standing when there is used soap or oil in the environment.

This invention is seeking to provide an improved type of shoe-/bootcover respectfully to the known types. The new type of shoe-/bootcover shall with its anti-skid sole of woven fabric solve the limitation of the known types.

The new product:

The new of this invention is an anti-skid sole of woven fabric in one piece for providing the user with a secured standing in wet and greasy environments. The anti-skid sole is made of one piece of woven fabric without sewing and provided with an adhesive made for using in surroundings with water, soap, oil, grease, etc. The adhesive can be of the type double-sided tape, hot or colt melts. The anti-skid sole can also be attached to the shoe-/bootcover with the technique of vulcanizing or melting the anti-skid sole into the shoeVbootcover. The attachment of the anti-skid sole has to be strong enough to provide the user with a secured standing.

The anti-skid sole is attached to the shoe-/bootcover under the bottom, in such a way that the user will stand on it when using the shoe-/bootcover. The shoe-/bootcover is made from a material that prevent the fluids from the environment to come in contact with the ordinary footwear and the shoe-/bootcover is provided with a ribbon around the ankle to tighten the shoe-/bootcover to the foot.

The anti-skid sole can be provided with integration of small pieces of perforated plastic or metal plates, this for gaining a more secured standing on ice.

The technical function:

By using the above-mentioned new product, users will gain a secured standing in wet and greasy environments when using cover footwear.

The anti-skid effect is obtained through the sole of woven fabric, which sucks in the fluid from the foundation (floor, ground, etc.) and then press the fluid out through the side, thereby the sole gets a much higher friction against the foundation (floor, ground, etc.). In optimal conditions this effect generate a vacuum between the shoe-/bootcover and the foundation. The anti-skid sole of woven fabric must not come over the sides of the shoe-/bootcover, then it will be to heavy filled with water, oil, grease, etc. and the technical function will be reduced. It is important that the anti-skid sole have the right size to give a secured standing but not larger.

The ribbon round the ankle have the effect that the anti-skid sole is closed up to the bottom of the foot and thereby gives the user the feeling of the shoe-/bootcover to be united with the ordinary footwear. The ribbon also makes it easier for the user to put on the shoe-/bootcover.

Figurlist:

FIG. 1 A prototype of the new product FIG. 2 Anti-skid sole FIG. 3 A prototype of the new product in use

Numbering

1. Welded rubberband 2. Fixationribbon 3. Anti-skid sole

Brief description of the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the shoe-/bootcover in all, the fixationribbon (2) to close up the cover on the users foot and to make it easy to put on, the rubberband (1) welded in the upper opening and the anti-skid sole (3) mounted on the bottom of the shoe-/bootcover.

Fig. 2 shows the anti-skid sole of woven fabric. The design secures a god friction against the foundation (floor, ground, etc.) in wet and greasy environments and is not to heavy when filled with the fluids present in the environments. The good friction, in optimal conditions almost a vacuum, gives the user a secure standing on a level not much higher than in ordinary footwear - but much safer, and the anti-skid sole covers all the area from the ordinary footwear, so the user do not have to balance on a strip or similar.

Fig. 3 shows the shoe-/bootcover in use on a foot/leg with the fixationribbon tied round the ankle ofthe user.