Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Improvement In Shoe Covers Disposable Apparels

By Marsha Klein


Many people have viewed their footwear as something very essential for our daily lives. They are worn when people would like to go from one point to another location, sometimes even inside their house, in order to protect their feet. They have also been worn when people go to location with grave condition or sensitive. Due to this, Shoe Covers Disposable was made as an accessory for these instances.

This piece of apparel has undergone a bit of interesting changes over the years. They started out as what was known as spats. These spats kept mud and dust of boots. Amazingly, spats have found applications in military uniforms and in expressing ones wealth. Every now and then, spats become fashionable to magnify footwear aesthetics.

In the nineteenth century, rubber became the next choice as the best material for covering shoes as it was waterproof and weatherproof. This extended the life of shoes considerably, against the older versions of protection. But due to the crude techniques used in manufacturing rubber, and the use of natural rubber, it had the tendency to crack in very cold temperatures and melt when it was very hot. Today, synthetic rubber composed of artificial elastomer, a byproduct of petroleum, which tends to last longer.

Over-boots came in during the thirties as a pure fashion based garment that had no improvement in terms of practicality. They, however, had the first design of footwear covering that had high heels placed into the bottom of the structure.

Another fabulous, yet very practical, invention was the drizzle boot. Drizzle boots were made of clear plastic and were designed that way so that other people may still see the boots that the owner is wearing. Such footwear was intended to protect the shoes from rain, snow, mud or slush, while maintaining a quite impressive fashion effect.

These accessories are primarily used today for the protective properties it has and its benefits to its user and their surroundings. A good number of businesses require strict cleanliness and safety precautions that this apparel has become one of the common items in establishments and their employees. Examples of professions that use this are pest control personnel, window washers, electricians & plumbers, realtors, home inspectors, carpet cleaning personnel, delivery men, heating and air technicians, phone and cable installers and employees involved in highly sensitive electronics and semi conductor manufacturing.

Development did not only stop on the actual design of the base product, but continuous progressions in terms of the materials used. So far, they have used denim, thin plastic, polypropylene, pack cloth, chlorinated polyethylene and polyethylene. These had affected its other properties like lessening of weight, cost effectiveness, convenience, flexibility, strength, easy to dispose and gives better resistance to dust. Some newer versions also have self-tightening rubber band so their users would not have to touch it and decrease the chances of dust contaminants going to their hands.

The manufacturing and medical care industries have both experienced the necessity of shoe covers disposable apparels. Aside from its compact and recyclable design, they have been detrimental in helping these industries maintain a clean and dust free workplace.




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