Patent ID: 8585966

Claim:
A method of antifungal and antibacterial drying of an inner surface of footwear, the footwear having is bottom inner surface and an enclosed toe portion, the method comprising: placing a housing body forming an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, an ellipse back wall, and a front wall, the housing body incorporating at least one heating element and at least one ultraviolet lamp into the footwear, the housing body being shaped to generally conform to the footwear enclosed toe portion, the housing body being shaped and configured to reside on the bottom inner surface and within the enclosed toe portion of the inner footwear surface, the top wall of the housing body being comprised of material which is transparent to heat emission from the heating element; simultaneously activating the at least one heating element and the at least one ultraviolet lamp for a set period of time, wherein: the at least one ultraviolet lamp produces ultraviolet light with luminous ultraviolet intensity between 100 mCd-280 mCd at a wavelength of ultraviolet light between 305-415 nm; and at least one heating element is a resistance heating element which heats the inner footwear surface at a temperature between 60 degrees and 80 degrees C. for the set period of time.