US1392393A - Shoe-holding stand - Google Patents

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J. J. BHENTANO.

SHOE HOLDING smw. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 28| I921.

1,392,393, Patented 0a. 4,- 1921.

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Be it known that I,.JOHN J. 'BRENTANO, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shoe-Holding Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be I a full, clear, and.eXact-descriptionqof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

o This invention relates to new and useful 1mprovements in stands and particularly to stands adapted to support shoes while being polished. V

One object of the invention is to provide a stand on which a shoe can be firmly and securely clamped and held against movement, while the same is being polished, the invention being particularly adapted for use in polishing shoes which are removed from the owners feet. 7

Another object is to provide a' device of this character which is readily adjustable to hold shoes of any size, and which "holds the shoes so that the operator can use both hands in the polishing operation.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. 1

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is. a side elevation of a shoe holding stand made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view, looking from the rear end of the Stand.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional ,view above the clamping levers, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 representsa base which is adapted to be secured to a floor or other suitable location, and carried by the, base, and rising centrally therefrom, is a standard 11. On the upper end of the standard is a transverse head 12 of greater width than the standard and constituting a foot rest. In the opposite side edges of one end of the foot rest 12 are formed the regularly spaced notches 13, the urpose of which will pres- Specificat ion of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 28, 1.921.

' Patented (at. 4.1921.

Serial no. 456,214.

' In the standard 11, is f'ormeda longitudinal series of: openings 16, and engaged around the standard is a collar through which, and through anyone of said openings 16 is arranged to be passed a pin '18 for holding said collar 17 at different heights. @The collar 17 is formed with oppositely extending pairs of ears 19, which are directed toward the before-mentioned loops 14. Pivotally mounted between each pair of ears 19 is the inner end of a lever 20, the outer end being legs of a loop 14, and arranged to be engaged in the notches 15 of saidloops. Each lever 20 is formed with a longitudinal series of openings in any one of which is arranged to be engaged a bolt 21, on which bolt is carried a vertically extending link 22. The upper in a plane at right angles to the lever, and pivotally connected to said upper portion of each link is a pair of upwardly diverging hook arms 23, said arms being arranged to engage their hook ends with the edges of the sole of a shoe laced on the foot rest, as clearly seen in li igs. 1 and 3, of the drawlngs.

The standard 11 is suitably'braced with respect to the base, by the inclined braces 24.

-The shoe is placed on the foot rest with the heel slightly in rear of the notches 13, so that the narrow portion of the sole of the shoe, in advance of rectly over the adjacent arms 23, and the forward or toe portion of the shoe over the forward arms 23. The rear arms 23 are then engaged with the opposite ed es of the sole, in'advance of the heel, an the lever 20 pressed down and engaged in one of the notches 15, to firmly clamp the heel portion 7 of the shoe to the rest. The front arms 23 are then engaged with the edges of the forward portion of the shoe sole and the lever 20, thereof, drawn down and engaged with the proper notch 15, of the front loop 14, whereby the shoe is firmly held on the stand, so that the operation of polishing can be performed on the shoe without danger of the shoe moving. The operator thus can use both hands in the polishing operation, and will not need to hold the shoe with one hand and perform the polishing operation with the other hand, as is the case with the ordinary shoe stand, or method employed.v

For shorter shoes the arms 23 are moved inwardly toward the standard, and folr disposed between the the heel thereof, is diuse;

larger shoes they are moved away .from the depending loops carried by ends of the standard. By adjusting the collar 17 verfoot rest,.one leg of each loop having an in- 20 a tically on the standard,' the grip ofthe arms ner vertical series of notches for engage- 23 can be regulated. I ment by the levers, and pivotally connected The Walls of the notches 13 receive the shoe sole gripping arms carried bythe levers arms 23,,atthe rear ofthe device,and serve and diverging upwardly at the sidesqof the to prevent the arms from movement forfoot rest, said foot rest having notches in the 2 5 Wardly or rearwardly, ,as will be readily edge portions'ofoneuend thereof to receive understood. 7 one set of gripping arms to maintain the .The device is especially usefulin hotels, gripping arms againstrmovement longitudirailway sleepers, and for-domesticsor home nally of the vfoot-rest. Y

l/VhatxI cl'aim is: V 7 inthepresence of two witnesses. 7 oA shoe blackingstand comprising astandard having a foot rest onits upper-end, a

vertically adjust-able collar on the standard, Witnesses: V levers pivotally carried by the collar and BERN RDBRENTANO,

5 extending toward the ends of the foot rest, ELIZABETH BRENTAKO.

In testimonywhereoffl aili'x my signature; 30

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