EP2091368A1 - A device for putting on a shoe cover - Google Patents
A device for putting on a shoe coverInfo
- Publication number
- EP2091368A1 EP2091368A1 EP07852065A EP07852065A EP2091368A1 EP 2091368 A1 EP2091368 A1 EP 2091368A1 EP 07852065 A EP07852065 A EP 07852065A EP 07852065 A EP07852065 A EP 07852065A EP 2091368 A1 EP2091368 A1 EP 2091368A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- bar
- bag
- holder
- shoe
- shoe cover
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
- A43B3/16—Overshoes
- A43B3/163—Overshoes specially adapted for health or hygienic purposes, e.g. comprising electrically conductive material allowing the discharge of electrostatic charges
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
- A43B3/10—Low shoes, e.g. comprising only a front strap; Slippers
- A43B3/101—Slippers, e.g. flip-flops or thong sandals
- A43B3/106—Disposable slippers; One-piece slippers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
- A43D11/00—Machines for preliminary treatment or assembling of upper-parts, counters, or insoles on their lasts preparatory to the pulling-over or lasting operations; Applying or removing protective coverings
- A43D11/003—Applying or removing protective coverings
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for putting on a shoe cover, of the kind that is defined in the preamble of claim 1.
- a device of this kind comprises a bar, which at one end thereof has an expanding holder for a shoe cover, the shoe cover comprising a bag having an elastically tightened bag neck, which may be widened by application on the expanding holder to enable a shoe to be introduced into the bag mounted on the holder.
- a user is intended to hold on to the bar, and manipulate the same so that the holder comes in a comfortable location in relation to the hands of the user, so that the user simply can mount the shoe cover on the holder. Then the user manipulates the bar so that the holder having the shoe cover is placed at the floor, so that the foot and shoe of the user may be inserted into the bag, and pull off the bag put over the shoe from the holder.
- one object of the invention is to provide a device for putting on a shoe cover, which entirely or partly obviates the above mentioned drawbacks.
- the object is attained by the invention.
- Figure 1 shows a view of a device according to the invention.
- Figure 2 shows a section taken along line II— II in figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows a section taken along III — III in figure 1.
- Figure 4 shows a schematic view taken along line IV-IV in figure 2.
- Figure 5 shows a schematic section taken along line V-V in figure 2.
- Figure 6 shows a grip clamp that is mounted on the shoe bag holder of the device.
- a stand 10 standing on a floor 1 is shown.
- the stand 10 comprises a bottom plate 11, an upright 12 and an arm 13 drawing from the upright 12 which in the free end thereof has a vertical guide 14 for a bar 20 which is shown to have a handle 21 at the upper end thereof.
- the bar 20 carries at the lower end thereof a base plate 22 which carries two holders 24 for a shoe cover.
- the bar 20 is shown driven down to a lower end position in which the plate 22 rests on the stand plate 11.
- Biasing members are provided for lifting the bar 20 to an upper end position in which the holders 24 are on a comfortable level for the hands of a user of normal size who stands upright close by the stand 10.
- the biasing member comprises a cord 30, which is connected with a radial arm 25 at the lower end of the bar 20, and extends through a guide groove in the guide 14, out through an opening of the wall of the guide 14 and extends around a pulley 32, which is rotatable around a horizontal shaft 16, which is carried by an arm 15 from the guide sleeve 14.
- the counterweight mass 35 weighs more than the bar 20 including the plate 22 and the holders 24.
- the plate 22 is shown to carry two holders 24 arranged beside each other, which hold- ers are shown to have a general U-shape as viewed in horizontal view, each holder being in the form of a vertical rim comprising two parallel branches 124 and a web 125 uniting the branches 124.
- the two holders 24 are shown placed at small mutual distance and orientated in parallel so that the open sides of the holders are facing the toes of a user who is standing in front of the device to drive down the bar 20 and/or to mount a foot cover on the respective holder 24.
- the biasing member may comprise a spring, which acts between the stand (preferably the guide 14 thereof) and the bar 20, the spring (not shown) being arranged to bias the bar 12 against the upper end position thereof so that the spring affords the same function as the counterweight and the coupling thereof to the bar.
- the biasing member may be entirely omitted.
- friction members 142 could possibly be provided, which enable a displacement of the bar 20 by the guide 14, as well as, in the unloaded state of the bar 20, retain the bar and thereby the holders 24 in the set displacement position, against the action of gravity.
- the friction members 142 may, as is shown in figure 3, be established with a corresponding fit and roughness on the surface of the guide 14 facing the bar 20.
- a shoe cover bag 50 is illustrated, which usually is in the form of a bag of plastic which around the greater part of the neck thereof in the vicinity of the bag mouth has an elastic string 51, which in unloaded state ties up the bag neck.
- the user can put down the bottom part of the bag in the holder 24, and fold the bag neck over the upper border part of the rim so that the string 51 clamps the bag neck on the upper part of the holder.
- the bag 50 being mounted on the holder, has a maximum height between the bottom and the upper stripe (the string 51), which is smaller than the total vertical extension of the holder, irrespective of whether the holder down- wardly is delimited by the plate 22, or not.
- the bag is drawn off from the holder 24 when the foot of the user is put down into the bag and is treaded down to the lower end plane for the holder. If, for instance, the bag neck is folded a distance s over the outside of the holder 24, the distance t between the bottom of the bag and the underside of the holder should be greater than s.
- the device may be further developed from the illustrated example, for instance in such a way that the holders 24 are widened during the displacement from the upper state to the lower state, and conversely, in order to facilitate the mounting of the shoe cover on the respective holder in the upper end position of the holder, and to facilitate the insertion of the shoe into the bag in the lower end position of the holder 24.
- Such expansion and contraction members may for instance comprise converging/diverging rails, which engage with an associated follower on the branches 124 in a holder 24.
- the base plate 22 is omitted and the bar 20 and the holders 24 have a lower end position in which the substratum (i.e., the stand plate 11 or the floor 1 of the room) has the distance t to the bottom of the bag 50 so that the same bag drawing-off effect from the holders 24 is attained as in the device according to figures 4, 5.
- the holder/holders 24 may carry a downwardly open clamp 70, which accordingly can be displaced vertically by means of the bar 20 in order to seize over the upper bor- der of a bag 50 mounted on the foot and/or shoe of the user.
- the clamp 70 can be carried by the bar 20 and/or the holders 24 and the clamp 70 is advantageously placed between the two holders 24 in the embodiment according to figures 1, 2 in the area of the open ends of the holders.
- the clamp 70 may consist of two downwardly directed resilient clamping fingers which from below form an upwardly converging insertion slot into which the border of the bag 50 can be introduced.
- the slot transforms in that connection to a squeezing spot with which the border of the bag is engaged, and then the slot preferably is widened in the upward direc- tion to facilitate receipt of a possibly rubber elastic in the opening edge of the bag.
- At least one of the clamping fingers may be elastically deflectable and biased against the other clamping finger.
- at least one of the clamping fingers may be arranged pivotably and biased against the other clamping finger.
- the guide 14 for the bar 20 is carried by a stand 10, which stands on a substratum 1 such as a floor, but evidently the guide 14 may, as an alternative, be mounted on a wall of a room by means of a suitable attachment, which places the guide 14 at a convenient distance from the wall.
- the holders 24 do not need to have any bottom plate 22, and neither need to reach down to the substratum 1, but may, in a lower end position, be situated at a distance above a substratum 1, the holder rim having such a height and such a distance above the substratum 1 that the drawing-off effect accounted for in connection with figure 5 is attained when the shoe is put down into the bag mounted on the rim of the holder.
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- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Epidemiology (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Holders For Apparel And Elements Relating To Apparel (AREA)
- Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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SE0602567A SE530522C2 (en) | 2006-11-30 | 2006-11-30 | Device for attaching shoe covers |
PCT/SE2007/001054 WO2008066456A1 (en) | 2006-11-30 | 2007-11-28 | A device for putting on a shoe cover |
Publications (1)
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EP2091368A1 true EP2091368A1 (en) | 2009-08-26 |
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Family Applications (1)
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EP07852065A Withdrawn EP2091368A1 (en) | 2006-11-30 | 2007-11-28 | A device for putting on a shoe cover |
Country Status (7)
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US (1) | US20100065592A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP2091368A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2010511423A (en) |
CN (1) | CN101588735A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2671418A1 (en) |
SE (1) | SE530522C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2008066456A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (7)
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US8490842B2 (en) * | 2007-03-28 | 2013-07-23 | OTO Industry (Shanghai) Co., Lte. | Automatic shoe cover dispenser |
US9038200B2 (en) * | 2009-10-15 | 2015-05-26 | Eric Matthew McNair | Footwear remover and drying rack |
US10463112B2 (en) * | 2018-03-29 | 2019-11-05 | Dah Lih Puh Co., Ltd. | Method for manufacturing shoe body and apparatus for utilizing the method |
CN110393595B (en) * | 2019-08-26 | 2020-10-16 | 南京市第二医院 | Pedal anti-skid protective sleeve wrapping machine and wrapping method thereof |
RU2725049C1 (en) * | 2020-02-26 | 2020-06-29 | Николай Гавриилович Кузьмин | Device for putting on of protective shoe covers |
RU2730860C1 (en) * | 2020-03-23 | 2020-08-27 | Любава Александровна Горшкова | Self-service device for putting on of overshoes |
CN216493740U (en) * | 2021-01-04 | 2022-05-13 | 武汉益途实业有限公司 | Shoe cover machine |
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US2837257A (en) * | 1956-11-07 | 1958-06-03 | Oliver E Gibson | Method of and apparatus for forming pleats |
US3227335A (en) * | 1963-11-12 | 1966-01-04 | Minnema Diena | Devices for applying stockings or the like |
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2006
- 2006-11-30 SE SE0602567A patent/SE530522C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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2007
- 2007-11-28 CA CA002671418A patent/CA2671418A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2007-11-28 JP JP2009539208A patent/JP2010511423A/en active Pending
- 2007-11-28 WO PCT/SE2007/001054 patent/WO2008066456A1/en active Application Filing
- 2007-11-28 EP EP07852065A patent/EP2091368A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-11-28 CN CNA2007800502627A patent/CN101588735A/en active Pending
- 2007-11-28 US US12/516,653 patent/US20100065592A1/en not_active Abandoned
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WO2008066456A1 (en) | 2008-06-05 |
CA2671418A1 (en) | 2008-06-05 |
US20100065592A1 (en) | 2010-03-18 |
SE0602567L (en) | 2008-06-01 |
CN101588735A (en) | 2009-11-25 |
JP2010511423A (en) | 2010-04-15 |
SE530522C2 (en) | 2008-07-01 |
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