Patent ID: 8375501

Claim:
A brush system 100 for attaching to a shoe 101 , said brush system 100 comprising: (a) a base 110 having a top surface 115 , a bottom surface 116 , and a side edge 111 ; (b) a plurality of bristles extending upwardly from the top surface 115 of the base 110 ; (c) a clip 130 divided into an arced portion 130 a and a flat portion 130 b , the arced portion 130 a extends outwardly from the side edge 111 of the base and curves around underneath the bottom surface 116 of the base 110 and the flat portion 130 is positioned below and parallel to the bottom surface 116 of the base 110 , a gap exists between the clip 130 and the bottom surface 116 of the base 110 , the arced portion 130 a of the clip 130 comprises a middle bar 133 and a first side bar 131 positioned on a first side of the middle bar 133 and a second side bar 132 positioned on a second side of the middle bar 133 , a gap exists both between the first side bar 131 and the middle bar 133 and between the second side bar 132 and the middle bar 133 ; and (d) a first slit 141 disposed in the first side bar 131 of the arced portion 130 a and a second slit 142 disposed in the second side bar 132 of the arced portion 130 a , the first slit 141 and the second slit 142 are both oriented perpendicularly to a height of the base 110 , the height being measured from the bottom surface 116 to the top surface 115 of the base 110 ; wherein the slits 141 and 142 allow the user's shoelaces to pass through and further in between either the first side bar 131 and the middle bar 133 or the second side bar 132 and the middle bar 133 .