US1752288A - Shoe rack - Google Patents

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J. H. B'OYE April 1, 1930.

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April 1930. J.-H. BiOYE I SHOE 'RJACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 6-, 1929 I James .H Bqyeg Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED-STAT S PAT Jmns :n. j'noYEr-or cnrcAeo, ILLINOIS, Assreivon T0 JAMES H..IBOYE'MA1\TUFAC- munme oortrnnv, or cn rcneo', ILLINOIS. A conronn'rron or ILLINOIS "SH E Applicationfiled Ju ne 6, This invention relates to shoe racks, having reference more particularly; to racks for domesticuse adapted to-conveniently support shoes whennot in use. My improved shoe rack has been designed more especially for closet use,.being well adapted to be mounted on theinner side of a closet door, whereby,

when the latter is closed, the rack and its contents are out of sight. It will be manifest,

however, that, so far asthe structural features of the rack itselfare concerned, it may be mounted on any suitable, or convenient pp i L The principalobject of the invention has been to provide a very. simple, eflicient, and inexpensive'shoe rack for domestic use capable, as above stated, of being mountedon the inner side of acloset door. Another. object hasbeento provide a rackwhich will support the shoes in a manner permitting free circulation ofair around all parts of the shoe and free drainage of any moisture that may drip from a wet shoe when mounted on the rack. Still another object has been to provide a shoe holder readily adjustable to accommodate varying sizes of shoes; and a still further object has been to provide a shoe holder that will. securely hold the shoe by the instep portion of the upper without any danger of cutting, scratching or otherwise marring the. leather.

Still other objects and inherent advantages of the 'inventionwill be apparent to persons skilled in the art as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in connection'with the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated a simple and practical mechanical embodiment of the invention and the preferred mounting and location thereof, and wherein- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device,

\ shoe holders.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, viewed from the right of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the right hand arm of one of the shoe 1929; Serial 'No. 368,904.

O C f t holders, as seen in pivot and clamp of one of the 5,

tervals on the bar 10 are mounted. a plurality of shoe holders, and since these holders are all alike, a descriptionof one will suffice for all. In the form. illustrated, the holdercomprises a pair of upwardly divergent arms111 and'12, I

preferably composed of flat metal strips." The lower portions of] these arms are overlapped, as shown, and 'pivotally attached tov the bar 10 by a single pivot stud 13, whereby the arms canfbe adjusted angularly relative to each other to vary'the-width ofthe space between their upper ends. At their upper ends the arms 11 and 12 are formed with blunt tip portions which are designed to engage with the instep portion of the upper just above the sole of the shoe, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. These blunt shoe engaging tip portions may be variously formed, but in the structure illustrated I have shown the upper portions of the arms 11 and 12 formed of reduced width and bent laterally asat 14 and thence upwardly as shown at 15,- the upwardly bent portion 15;being extended beyond the portion 14in the direction of the inner edge of the arm, and said eXtensionbeing then bent backwardly by a suitable swag-J ing tool to produce a shoe engaging tip 16 the outer surface 'of which is'rounded both lengthwise and crosswise so as 'to obviate any danger of cutting, scratching, or otherwise marringthe surfacefinish of the shoe upper. As will be readily seen from Fig. 2,. the ing wardly offset tip extensions last described are the same on the two arms 11 and'12, but inversely arranged.

. The two arms of the holder, being mount ed in scissors fashion ona common pivot'stud,

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