US1568998A - Shoe hanger - Google Patents

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Jan. 12,1926. 1,568,998

s. w. BRUCE SHOE HANGER Filed April ,1924 v Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

GEORGE W. BRUCE, 0F CHILDRESS, TEXAS.

SHOE HANGER.

Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial No. 707,955.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonsn W. BRUCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Childrcss, in the county of Childress and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Hangers. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for hanging or supporting articles of foot wear such as shoes and slippers, and has as one of its objects to provide a device for this purpose which may be conveniently mounted upon a wall and will serve effectually as a means for supporting one or more pairs of slippers or shoes.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device for the purpose stated which may he formed from a single length of wire so that it may be manufactured at a low cost and will be light in weight and substantial and durable.

Another object of the invention is to so form the device as to conform more or less closely to the marginal contour of the toe of an ordinary shoe or slipper so that such articles of footwear, when supported by the device, will be held in an upright position and therefore present an orderly appearance.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the shoe supporting members of the device that there will be no likelihood of injury to the lining of the shoe or slipper applied thereto.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the device.

As previously stated, the device is formed from a single length of wire and comprises a substantially oblong rectangular frame, the side members of which are indicated by the numeral 1, the top member by the numeral 2, and the bottom member by the numeralB. Preferably the two ends of the strand of wire from which the frame of the device is formed, are twisted together, as indicated by the numeral 4, at the bottom 3 of the frame, although these two ends may be brought together and united by welding or solderin or in any other appropriate manner.

The shoe supporting members of the de-.

vice are indicated in general by the numeral Each of the supporting members 5 comprises a shank 6 and a head 7, and the members are formed by twisting the wire comprising the sides 1 of the frame, to provide the said shank 6 and forming, beyond the shank, a substantially elliptical loop which constitutes the head 7, the loop being relatively narrow at its lower end where it joins the shank 6 and being of gradually increasing width toward its upper end, its said upper end being transversely arcuate and relatively blunt as indicated by the numoral 8. The shanks 6 0f the supporting members 5 extend substantially at right angles from the plane of the frame of the device, whereas the heads 7 are disposed atan angle so that the heads are inclined upwardly and outwardly from the plane of the said frame. The members 5 are arranged in pairs, the members of each pair be ing located opposite each other at the opposite sides 1 of the frame, and any desired number of the pairs may be formed depending upon the number of pairs of shoes or slippers to be supported. At this point it will be evident that because of the contour given the heads 7, the upper portions of the heads are adapted to fit more or less snugly into the toe portions of the shoe or slippers disposed thereon, and as a consequence the shoes or slippers will be supported in an orderly manner. Likewise the angular disposition of the heads 7 assists in the attainment of this result.

As a means for attaching the frame of the structure to a wall surface, a pair of clips 9 is associated with the upper member 2 and lower member 3 of the frame, and each of said clips is preferably formed from a sheet metal blank bent at its intermediate portion to provide a sleeve portion 10 rotatably fitting the upper member 2 or lower member 3 as the case may be, and leaf portions 11 which are in mutual contact and are pro vided with registering openings 12 through which any suitable securing element such a nail or screw may be passed and driven into the wall surface.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a strand of wire bent to form a body including a vertically disposed portion which is crimp'ed intermediate its length and in spaced relation to the free end of the crimped portion twisted to provide a shoesupporting head and twisted shank connecting the head with the vertically disposed portion of said body, said head extending upwardly from said shank and being in the form of a loop rounded at its upper end and tapering downwardly t0 the shank.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame of Wire having spaced side members, and shoe supporting members forming an integral part with said side members and each comprising a twisted shank extending from the respective side 10 member, and a head comprising a loop in the Wire upstanding from the outer end of the shank, the loop comprising said head being of substantially elliptical form and broader at its upper portion than at its lower por- 15 tion which joins the shank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE W. BRUCE. [11. s]

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