Patent ID: 8241565

Claim:
A shoe sole sanitizing device for disinfecting a bottom surface of an exterior sole of a shoe, said shoe sole sanitizing device comprising: a platform including a top plate provided with a pair of shoe sole-receiving sections including open bottom surfaces respectively, each of said shoe sole-receiving sections being adapted to receive the exterior sole of the shoe thereon, a plurality of disposable transparent stratums removably positioned on said open bottom surfaces respectively, a bottom plate connected to said top plate and remaining disposed subjacent to said shoe sole-receiving sections, and a cavity formed between said top and bottom plates; a plurality of ultraviolet light emitting sources; and means for independently toggling each of said ultraviolet light emitting sources between on and off modes upon detecting a corresponding triggering event respectively; wherein said ultraviolet light emitting sources upwardly emit an array of ultraviolet light towards said transparent stratums respectively such that said ultraviolet light arrays penetrate through said disposable transparent stratums and eradicate microorganisms deposited on the exterior surface of the shoe sole; wherein said triggering event is an initial level of microorganisms detected on the external surface of the shoe sole.