Disposable Protective Footwear Cover

Abstract

The present invention provides a disposable footwear cover suitable for used in critical manufacturing environments, sterile environments, and industrial clean rooms. The disposable footwear cover will protect both the environment in which it is used while providing durable protection to the user.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to a disposable protective footwear cover suitable for use in critical manufacturing environments, sterile environments, medical facilities and industrial clean rooms.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In critical manufacturing environments, such as pharmaceutical manufacturing environments; sterile environments, such as labs or operating rooms; and industrial clean rooms, there is a need for workers, visitors and other people to enter these areas without contaminating the environments. As a result, workers, visitors and other people entering these environments or rooms are required to wear protective apparel that will not shed particles or fibers from the apparel and that will keep dust, fibers, dead skin and other particulates that may be present on the wearer's clothing or body from entering these environments and areas. The apparel should also protect the wearer from liquids. Generally, the apparel is disposable s...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The invention provides a disposable footwear cover with a sole, first and second upper portions, and an opening. The sole and upper portions are joined together to form an interior volume. The cover has an out-of-plane design for the first upper portion and a generally plane surface for the second upper portion. The cover allows for easy access to the user's foot and footwear. The invention aims to improve upon the conventional disposable footwear covers.

Problems solved by technology

Current footwear covers introduce hazards to the wearer such as slipping and tripping when too much of the material used to make the footwear contacts the floor.

Typical non-slip durable materials are not breathable.

Typically breathable materials, like the ones used for the upper portion of a protective footwear cover, have some abrasion resistance: but these materials are not as abrasion resistant as the materials used for the sole portion.

When this happens, the wearer can wear a hole in the protective footwear cover, near where the upper portion joins the sole portion, not to mention the potential for tripping or slipping hazards for the user.

This problem can be exacerbated by wearers that tend to walk on the outer surfaces of their shoes, or who tend to roll their ankles when standing.

Once a hole is present in the protective footwear cover, the protective footwear cover offers no protection to the environment or the wearer of the protective footwear cover.

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