Device for putting on a shoe cover

Abstract

A device for putting on a shoe cover on a shoe, comprising a bar and an expanding holder for a shoe cover at one end of the bar, the shoe cover comprising a bag having a neck that is tightened by an elastic string, which extends around at least a part of the circumference of the bag neck. A stand having a guide, which guides the bar to a generally vertical axial motion. Biasing members are provided to bias the bar against an upper end position in which the clamping holder, that is mounted at the lower end of the bar, is lifted up from a substratum for the stand to a level that enables a user to conveniently mount the shoe cover on the holder. The bar is displaceable against the action of the biasing device to a lower state at which the holer having mounted shoe cover is situated at the floor.

1 . A device for putting on a shoe cover on a shoe, comprising a bar and an expanding holder for a shoe cover at one end of the bar, the shoe protection comprising a bag having a neck that is tightened by an elastic string, which extends around at least a part of the circumference of the bag neck characterized by a stand having a guide for the bar, the guide affording the bar a generally vertical axial motion in the longitudinal direction thereof, the expanding holder being mounted at the lower end of the bar. 
   
   
       2 . Device according to  claim 1  characterized in that the holder comprises a rim in which the shoe cover is received, the bag neck part of the shoe cover being folded outward over the rim so that the elastic string is situated on the outside of the rim and retains the shoe cover on the holder. 
   
   
       3 . Device according to  claim 2  characterized in that the border is U-shaped as viewed in horizontal view and that the opening of the rim is facing a user who is standing facing the device. 
   
   
       4 . Device according to  claim 1  characterized in that the bar carries two holders arranged beside each other at the lower end thereof. 
   
   
       5 . Device according to  claim 2  characterized in that the bar has a lower end position in which the upper border of the rim is situated at a height over the substratum exceeding the depth of the bag so that the circumference portion of the bag neck that contains the elastic string is pulled off from the rim, when the shoe is put down into the bag carried by the holder before the shoe reaches the substratum. 
   
   
       6 . Device according to  claim 1  characterized in that the bar at the lower part thereof carries a clamp, which is open downward and serves to seize a border part of a bag in order to facilitate taking off the bag from a shoe.