Patent ID: 7863589

Claim:
A shoe sanitizing apparatus comprising: a housing having a bottom wall, a top wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a front wall and a rear wall, said top, bottom, first lateral, second lateral and front walls comprising a transparent material; a light emitter being positioned within said housing, said light emitter emitting light having a frequency to kill bacteria; an actuator being operationally coupled to said light emitter, said light emitter being turned on or off when said actuator is actuated; a brace being attached to said rear wall, said brace releasably bracing said housing within a front portion of a shoe, said brace including; a rod being attached to and extending rearward of said rear wall; a block having a forward side, a rearward side, an upper side and a lower side, said rod having a pair of lateral sides, each of said upper, lower, forward and rearward sides extending between said lateral sides, said block extending into said forward side and being extendable into and outwardly of said forward side, said block having an aperture extending therethrough defining a grip, said aperture extending through said lateral sides and being spaced between and spaced from said upper and lower sides; and wherein said housing is positioned within a shoe and said light emitter turned on to kill bacteria in the shoe.