Victoria Lynn Hawkins

US Patent:

20130198990, Aug 8, 2013

Filed:

Feb 3, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/366045

Inventors:

Victoria Lynn Hawkins - Warner Robins GA, US

International Classification:

A47L 23/22

US Classification:

15215

Abstract:

A floor mat system comprising a base mat having at least one recess for accommodating at least one machine washable shoe cleaning pad. The base mat can be made out of any suitable material such as a polymer. In one embodiment the base mat is made of rubber. In one embodiment the base mat is made up of four edges which slope inwards at an acute angle. In one embodiment the mat of the invention includes a shoe cleaning pad fastening system made up of a plurality of studs which are integral with and extend from corners of the recesses to secure shoe cleaning pads. In one embodiment a shoe scuff member is located in the center of a shoe cleaning pad. The shoe scuff member can have a curved shape such as a spherical or spheroid shape to manually clean the medial side of a shoe.

US Patent:

20140223684, Aug 14, 2014

Filed:

Feb 9, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/763648

Inventors:

Victoria Lynn Hawkins - Warner Robins GA, US

International Classification:

A47L 23/26

US Classification:

15216, 15215

Abstract:

A floor mat system comprising a base mat having at least one recess for accommodating at least one machine washable or disposable shoe cleaning pad. A shoe scuff member may be located in the center of at least one recess within the base mat or may be located on at least one of the shoe cleaning pads. The shoe scuff member may have a shape suitable to allow a user to manually clean pair of shoes. Dirt containment flaps may be located on the perimeter edges of at least one of the shoe cleaning pads. The dirt containment flaps encourage containment of the dirt within at least one shoe cleaning pad simplifying routine cleaning of at least one recess of the base mat. The base mat may also contain channels and/or liquid solution reservoirs.