Pest/odor repellant device for a footwear

Abstract

A device for repelling pests from a footwear mitigates an infiltration of pests in a footwear, resists penetration of liquids/solids in the footwear and mitigates unpleasant odors emanating from the footwear. The pest repellant device includes a covering to cover a peripheral opening of the footwear and to repel the pests and/or repel against the weather related and/or man-made conditions. The covering includes a first portion defining an opening for engaging a portion of the footwear that defines the peripheral opening. The covering also includes a second portion attached to the first portion. The second portion is dimensioned and configured to cover the peripheral opening of the footwear.

1 . A device for repelling pests from a footwear, the device comprising:
 a covering to protect an aperture of the footwear from pests and/or to protect against weather related and/or man-made conditions, the covering configured to cover an peripheral opening of the footwear to repel the pests and/or the weather related and/or man-made conditions, the covering comprising:
 a first portion defining an opening for engaging at least a portion of the footwear that defines the peripheral opening; and 
 a second portion attached to the first portion, the second portion dimensioned and configured to cover the peripheral opening of the footwear. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the covering is positioned over the peripheral opening of the footwear to substantially seal the peripheral opening. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the peripheral opening in the footwear is configured to receive a foot of a wearer of the footwear. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the footwear comprises laced or unlaced footwear. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , in which the footwear comprises a shoe, a boot, an inline skate, a roller skate, a ski boot, a snowboard boot, a soccer cleat, a football cleat, a baseball cleat, a rugby cleat, a golf shoe, a running shoe, a walking shoe, a climbing shoe, a squash shoe, a basketball shoe, a combat boot, a construction boot, or a snow boot. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the first portion is configured to engage the portion of the footwear that defines the peripheral opening to substantially seal an interface between the first portion and the portion of the footwear that defines the peripheral opening. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the first portion includes an adjustable segment, an unadjustable segment or a combination of the adjustable segment and the unadjustable segment. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , in which the adjustable segment comprises a predefined diameter in a range of 3-4 inches. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 7 , in which the adjustable segment engages inner walls of a peripheral edge of the footwear or outer walls of the peripheral edge of the footwear. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 7 , in which the adjustable segment engages both inner walls of a peripheral edge of the footwear and outer walls of the peripheral edge of the footwear. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the first portion comprises elastic, rubber band, extendible insert ring and/or a draw string. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the covering is comprises an impermeable material. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the covering is integrated into the footwear or removably attached to the footwear. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , in which the covering is removably attached to the footwear with Velcro. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the pest repellant device is stored or retracted into a portion of the footwear when the pest repellant device is not in use. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the covering is integrated or removably attached to the portion of the footwear that defines the peripheral opening. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the second portion is removably attached to the first portion. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the covering further comprises an odor control material. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 1 , in which the odor control material comprises a carbon layer. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 19 , in which the carbon layer comprises treated carbon or activated charcoal.