Patent ID: 7430816
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A footwear dryer and sanitizer apparatus, comprising: a parallelepiped base; an air intake within the base; a pair of spaced apart bottom collars in a top of the base; an electrically powered fan disposed below each bottom collar; a female thread within each bottom collar; a pair of hollow lower tubes, each lower tube having a first end, a second end, and a length therebetween; a male thread on each of the lower tube ends, the male thread of each first end removably fitted within the female thread of one of the bottom collars, respectively; a pair of upper tubes, each upper tube having a first end, a second end, and a length therebetween; a female threaded upper collar on the first end of each upper tube, each upper collar thereby removably fitted to each lower tube second end male thread; an air outlet in the second end of each upper tube; a pair of heating elements within the base, each heating element within one of the bottom collars, each heating element between the fan and the tubes; a controller for controlling the heating elements and the fans; a power source for the controller; a switch for the power source; an air outlet in each tube; a footwear holder fitted within a portion of each upper tube air outlet, whereby outlet air travels past each footwear holder; at least one removable ultraviolet bulb on each footwear holder, each ultraviolet bulb controlled by the controller.