CN203302815U

CN203302815U - Device for protecting foot of user

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Publication number: CN203302815U
Application number: CN2013201390674U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马丁·伊恩·希比
Original assignee: KNIGHTMATT Ltd
Current assignee: KNIGHTMATT Ltd
Priority date: 2012-03-27
Filing date: 2013-03-25
Publication date: 2013-11-27
Anticipated expiration: 2023-03-25
Also published as: GB201305444D0; US20130254979A1; GB2502673A; GB201205406D0; GB2502673B

Abstract

A device (101) for protecting the foot (601) of a user (301) comprises a basic waterproof material layer (103) provided with an edge (105) and used for making contact with a floor, and a lamination sheet (102) of a water absorption material layer (104) used for making contact with the foot. The lamination sheet can be folded in a half-to-half mode to be of a folded structure, the edge of the lamination sheet is provided with a fixing mechanism (106) used for enabling different parts (107 and 109) of the edge to be connected together to form a sealing cover and provided with a waterproof surface located on the innermost portion when the lamination sheet is of the folded structure. When the fixing mechanism is tightly bundled, the fixing mechanism is arranged to prevent liquid from leaking out from the sealing cover.

Description

Device for the protection of user's pin

The cross reference of related application

The application requires the priority of the GB Patent Application No. 1205406.0 of submitting on March 27th, 2012, and they are all is disclosed in this and is comprised fully by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the device for the protection of user's pin, the method and being configured to of protection user's pin is protected the method for device of user's pin.

Background technology

In apodyterium, those that for example build in swimming pool and sports center, therefore the footwear of outdoor use step down on floor, and the dressing cubicle floor generally can be subject to the pollution of the material of bringing into from the external world.In addition, the dressing cubicle floor generally can be trampled by a lot of barefoot people, and wherein some may suffer from the contagious disease relevant with their pin.As a result, owing to stepping down in barefoot on these floors, people's pin has been occurred by the problem of disease and/or dirt infection.

Portable cushions for dressing cubicle is known, and it can be placed on the dressing cubicle floor to allow the user to stand in barefoot on mat rather than to stand on floor.An example of this type of mat is proposed by GB2395659A.Yet the first problem of known mattresses is after using, when mat is folded, much come from floor, remain in the lip-deep liquid of mat, or solid may spills from mat.In addition, when using this type of apodyterium, people generally can use the turnover footwear, and for example, for from swimming pool or shower room, walking to their position of changing one's clothes of dressing cubicle, and these turnover footwear itself often are subject to the pollution on dressing cubicle floor.Therefore, the turnover footwear that polluted, if put in user's bag, can pollute bag.

Summary of the invention

According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of device of the pin for the protection of the user is provided, comprise and have edge, for contacting the basic waterproof layer on floor, laminate with basic absorbent material layer for contact feet, wherein: described laminate can folded in half become foldable structure, and described edge has to be arranged for and when laminated material is in described foldable structure, the different piece at described edge is connected together to form sealing cover and described water-proof surface is in inner most fixed mechanism, described fixed mechanism is arranged for and when described fixed mechanism is tightened, prevents that liquid is from spilling sealing cover.

Preferably, described fixed mechanism comprises from the mechanism of selecting group: slide fastener; Hook and ring fastener; Ridge and groove are arranged; Self-styled securing member with sliding part; The self-styled securing member of fricton-tight.

Described device preferably, further comprises handle, so that can be supported by described handle when described fixed mechanism is tightened.

Preferably, described fixed mechanism is the button loop that draws that slide fastener and described handle comprise the end that is positioned at described slide fastener.

Preferably, described fixed mechanism is arranged for when described fixed mechanism is tightened the described different piece at described edge is put together.

Preferably, described sealing cover has enough sizes to hold footwear.

Preferably, described sealing cover holds footwear and described footwear are waterproof footwear.

Preferably, described waterproof footwear is that herringbone drags or bath shoes.

Preferably, the material of described basic absorbent material layer is superfine fibre cloth.

Preferably, the material of described basic waterproof layer is latex rubber or butadiene-styrene rubber.

Preferably, wherein said laminate comprises the 3rd layer between described basic waterproof layer and described basic absorbent material layer.

The beneficial effect of the device of the pin for the protection of the user of the present invention is:

The device of the pin for the protection of the user of the present invention; by waterproof layer and absorbent material layer, form laminate; waterproof layer be enough to waterproof with prevent when the people stand on device and device while being placed on the wetland plate penetration by water it; and form sealing cover by fixed mechanism; watertight composition provides barrier to stop any dirt on floor to contact with user's pin, and by fixed mechanism by edge seal.

The accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 shows the device 101 for the protection of user's pin;

Fig. 2 shows the cross section of the device 101 of Fig. 1; And

Fig. 3 shows user 301 from wrapping withdrawing device 101 302;

Fig. 4 shows the slide fastener 106 of user's 301 device for opening 101;

Fig. 5 shows and is in deployed condition and is placed on the device 101 on floor 304;

Fig. 6 shows the user 301 who stands on device 101;

Fig. 7 shows the user and gets dressed simultaneously by operative installations 101 his pin of maintenance and floor 304 isolation;

Fig. 8 shows user 301 and after use, will install 101 and 304 pick up from floor;

Fig. 9 shows the slide fastener 106 of user's 301 drawing devices 101;

Figure 10 shows the only device 101 of half drawing of slide fastener; And

Figure 11 shows the device 101. of 302 li of bags that are put into user 301

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2

Device 101 for the protection of user's pin illustrates with viewgraph of cross-section with front view and in Fig. 2 in Fig. 1.Device 101 form is the mat that comprises the laminate 102 formed by the basic waterproof layer 103 be used to contacting floor with for a basic absorbent material layer 104 of contact feet.Laminate has edge 105, and edge has to be arranged for and when laminate, the different piece at edge connected together to form sealing cover during by folded in half and waterproof material is in inner most fixed mechanism 106.

In the present embodiment, fixed mechanism 106 is slide fasteners, and the edge of two half surrounding layer compressing tablet 102 extends in the opposite direction.Therefore, the first half ones 107 of slide fastener extend around edge 105De first 108, simultaneously the second half ones 109 of slide fastener 106 105 different second portion 110 extends around edge.

It should be noted that described device without any the rigid structure element and therefore can fold along different arbitrarily lines.Yet, according to the present invention, it can along the line 111 two

different pieces

107 and 109 at folding so that edge 105 be placed to together to allow slide fastener 106 to be tightened.

In the present embodiment, when fixed mechanism was slide fastener, the action that the sliding part of slide fastener 106 112 is slid into to its detent position from the open position shown in Fig. 1 was played two different pieces 107 at

edge

105 and 109 effects that put together.

In the present embodiment, device 101 has the handle 113 that draws button loop to form by the lower only place of slide fastener 106.Therefore, when tightening slide fastener timer 101, can support and make whereby the two halves of laminate 102 be folded together by handle 113.

Waterproof layer 103 be enough to waterproof with prevent when the people stand on device and device while being placed on the wetland plate penetration by water it.In the present embodiment, waterproof layer 103 is formed by the latex rubber material, and therefore it provides the surface of quite high friction to prevent that ought be placed on timer 101 on floor skids.Yet, other material, for example other elastomeric material can be expected be used to replacing latex rubber, particularly those provide at least the material of the coefficient of friction same high with the latex rubber material, for example butadiene-styrene rubber (styrene-butadiene rubber).

In the present embodiment, water suction 104 is formed still and by other absorbent material, is formed in other embodiments by the absorbability microfibre layer by layer, for example traditional towel material, superfine fibre cloth (microfiberfabric).In one embodiment, absorbent material is formed by the fiber that comes from bamboo.

In certain embodiments, laminate is only formed by waterproof layer 103 and absorbent material layer 104.Yet in the present embodiment, laminate also comprises in waterproof layer by layer 103 and the water suction trilaminate material 114 between 104 layer by layer.The 3rd layer 114 preferably by elastomeric material, forming the pin of thinking the user provides extra buffering.

In a kind of method of constructing apparatus 101, basic waterproof layer has obtained the surface that is suitable for contacting floor, and for the basic absorbent material layer of contact feet.Waterproof is placed to together to form laminate layer by layer with water suction layer by layer.In the simplest embodiment, waterproof layer by layer, is generally formed by latex, is incorporated into water suction layer by layer.Yet water suction is incorporated into the apparent surface of intermediate buffering layer layer by layer layer by layer with waterproof in an optional embodiment.

The slice, thin piece that forms laminate is cut into enough sizes to allow the people to monopolize and without standing on device with helping, and makes described shape have edge and reflective symmetry line.In the present embodiment, laminate is circular substantially but such as square, rectangle, hexagon etc. of other shape also can be used, and it has the reflective symmetry shape so that the different piece at edge can be placed to together and sealing.Fixture is connected to the edge of laminate, so that complete device can fold and water-proof surface is in penetralia and by the fixing holding position of fixture.

In a specific process of manufacturing installation 101, the process that waterproof layer is bonded to absorbent material layer is to be pressed onto on absorbent material and then to solidify the waterproof material realization by the waterproof material that will be in liquid state or semi liquid state.

As what next will further describe, in the present embodiment, laminate 102 forms enough large size so that it produces enough large sealing cover to hold when device along the line 111 is folding, for example can be used in swimming pool, in public shower chamber etc., footwear.

Fixed mechanism is slide fastener (being also referred to as zipper fastener or slide fastener) in the present embodiment.Yet other fixed mechanism is used in optional embodiment.Fixed mechanism comprises be used to ridge (or tongue) that sealing the is provided layout with groove in some optional embodiment.In an optional embodiment, ridge arranges it is the type that is called as " valve bag (zip lock) " had be used to the sliding part that is connected and separates male and female half one with groove.(these valve bag mechanisms are known at the sack for food, writing case, file etc.) in further optional embodiment, optional fixed and arranged is used, the self-styled securing member of fricton-tight for example, loop fasteners etc.Yet in each embodiment, retention mechanism is arranged for the sealing between the

different piece

107 and 109 at laminate 102 is provided when fixed mechanism is in its closed state edge.

Fig. 3

The user 301 of device 101 is illustrated in Fig. 3, from wrapping withdrawing device 101 302.In device 101 general use, user 301 has been in the dressing cubicle of swimming pool after sports and/or shower room.Therefore, the user does not wear the clothes but wears footwear 303, and with the form of slippers or sandals, so his pin does not contact with floor 304.Floor 304 is generally moist and because the public generally can trample and be polluted on it after the pavement, path, road, street and the park walking that usually expose pollutant that dog, cat and bird are arranged and other potential unknown noxious material.In addition, floor 304 may be subject to suffering from other people pollution of pin of diseases such as sweaty feet, onychomycosis and condyloma.

Fig. 4

User 301 is illustrated again in Fig. 4 now holds device 101 with first hand 401 and with second hand, 402 slide fasteners 106, opens simultaneously.When slide fastener 106 was fully opened, device 101 can be launched by its folded state from shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 5

Device 101 in Fig. 5, be illustrated and be placed on floor 304 with its deployed condition and its basic water-proof surface towards floor 304 and its basic water sucting surface 104 faces up.

Fig. 6

Device 101 is illustrated in Fig. 6 and its water sucting surface 104 faces up and its water-proof surface towards floor 304.The user has taken off shown in his footwear 303(Fig. 3), and its barefoot 601 is not placed on floor surface 304, and his footwear 303 are not placed on water accepting layer 104, he has set foot on water accepting layer 104.Watertight composition 103 provides barrier to stop any dirt on floor 304 to contact with user 301 pin 601.

Fig. 7

User after getting dressed is illustrated again in Fig. 7 and his pin of while keeps leaving floor 304 by employing device 101.Therefore, user 301 can be by footwear 701 through on his pin and can not make his pin contact and pollute them with floor 304.

Fig. 8

Shown user 301 will install 101 and from floor, 304 pick up after being finished.In order to pick up device 101 users, arrest device 101 by the button loop 113 that draws of its slide fastener 106 ends.This action itself has started the process of folded in half laminate 102.

Fig. 9

First hand 401 of user's 301 use shown in Fig. 9 arrested device 101 by its handle 113, simultaneously by second hand, 402 sealing slide fasteners 106.In this operating period, the sliding part 112 of slide fastener tends to two different pieces at the edge of laminate 102 105 are moved to together and watertight composition is in penetralia and absorbent material 104 is in most external.By folded in half device 101 in this way, be suitable for holding user 301 previous use for his the own sealing cover of transferring to the footwear 303 of dressing cubicle from swimming pool or shower room has been formed.

Figure 10

The device 101 in Figure 10, be illustrated and its slide fastener only semiclosed.Therefore, when slide fastener 106 is not tightened the part at the edge 105 of laminate 102 provide opening its provided enter by the passage of the sealing cover that forms of device and so sealing cover can hold footwear 303.After in footwear 303 being placed on by device 101 sealing covers that form, slide fastener 106 is tightened fully to guarantee that footwear are in sealing cover and is prevented from being present in that any contaminated liquid on footwear spills or watertight composition spills from sealing cover.

Figure 11

Held in footwear 303(Figure 11 invisible) device 101 in Figure 11, be illustrated in the bag 302 that is placed into user 301.Any contaminated liquid kept in touch with watertight composition 104 or footwear 303 is limited in device 101 by watertight composition itself with the fixed mechanism that the form of slide fastener 106 exists, and prevented that therefore contaminated liquid is from installing 101 bags 302 that bleed the user.It should be noted that fixed mechanism (form with slide fastener 106 exists) and nonessentially provide the under stress water-stop of receiving fluids, but requirement can prevent from being present in overflowing of a small amount of liquid on watertight composition 104 or footwear 303.

Claims

1. for the protection of the device of user's pin, it is characterized in that, comprise have edge, be used to the basic waterproof layer that contacts floor with for the laminate of the basic absorbent material layer of contact feet, wherein:

Described laminate by folded in half to form foldable structure, and

Described edge has to be arranged for and when laminated material is in described foldable structure, the different piece at described edge is connected together to form sealing cover and described water-proof surface is in inner most fixed mechanism, and described fixed mechanism is arranged for and when described fixed mechanism is tightened, prevents that liquid is from spilling sealing cover.

2. device according to claim 1, wherein said fixed mechanism comprises from the mechanism of selecting group: slide fastener; Hook and ring fastener; Ridge and groove are arranged; Self-styled securing member with sliding part; The self-styled securing member of fricton-tight.

3. device according to claim 1, further comprise handle, so that described device can be supported by described handle when described fixed mechanism is tightened.

4. device according to claim 3, wherein said fixed mechanism are the buttons loop that draws that slide fastener and described handle comprise the end that is positioned at described slide fastener.

5. according to the described device of any one in claim 1 to 4, wherein said fixed mechanism is arranged for when described fixed mechanism is tightened the described different piece at described edge is put together.

6. device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing cover has enough sizes to hold footwear.

7. device according to claim 6, wherein said sealing cover holds footwear and described footwear are waterproof footwear.

8. device according to claim 7, wherein said waterproof footwear is that herringbone drags or bath shoes.

9. according to the described device of any one in claim 6 to 8, the material of wherein said basic absorbent material layer is superfine fibre cloth.

10. according to the described device of any one in claim 6 to 8, the material of wherein said basic waterproof layer is latex rubber or butadiene-styrene rubber.

11. according to the described device of any one in claim 6 to 8, wherein said laminate comprises the 3rd layer between described basic waterproof layer and described basic absorbent material layer.