Foot anti-contamination barrier membrane structure

Abstract

Disposable, anti-pathogen, anti-contamination barrier membrane structure characterized with drape, and adapted to be interposed the sole of the foot and a walking surface including (a) gossamer-thin, flexible, pathogen-blocking, sheet-like barrier material having an adhesion face, placeable, adhesively and removably, with light pressure, onto, and fully covering, from a perimetral point of view, the sole of a person's foot, and (b) low-tack, re-positionable adhesive structure resident on the adhesion face.

Description

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0001]At commercial airports distributed around the United States and elsewhere in the world, ticketed passengers are now routinely subjected to a regular security screening process before they are permitted to enter the relevant boarding-gate concourses. This screening process now almost routinely either requires, or strongly encourages, that, before a person passes through a personnel security-screening gate, that person's shoes be removed, with such shoes, and other passenger-carried items, being directed independently through a weapons and contraband scanning tunnel on a conveyor belt which collects these items typically at a point which is some distance, perhaps several yards, away from where they are ultimately returned to their owning passengers. With regard to many people who are airline passengers, objections and concerns have arisen, and have been voiced, regarding the fact that, when shoes are removed in safety-screening areas, with ...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a simple and effective solution to the potential health risk of airline passengers who must remove their shoes during security screening. The invention provides thin, temporary barriers that can be applied to the feet to prevent contact with potentially pathogen-contaminated floor surfaces. The barriers are easy to apply, use, and remove, and are designed to prevent contamination while still allowing passengers to comfortably walk through security screening areas."

Problems solved by technology

With regard to many people who are airline passengers, objections and concerns have arisen, and have been voiced, regarding the fact that, when shoes are removed in safety-screening areas, with the result that people must then committedly walk substantially or actually barefooted on the safety-screening area floor (carpeted or not), there is a potential for floor contact foot exposure to pathogenic contaminants which could cause illness.

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