US1920171A

US1920171A - Shoe shine box

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Publication number: US1920171A
Application number: US603721A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry H Gerstner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-04-07
Filing date: 1932-04-07
Publication date: 1933-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1950-08-01

Description

A g. 1, 933- H. H. GERSTNER SHOE SHINE BOX Filed April '7, 1932 INVENTOR/ #41521 2: r

.4 TTORNEY Patented 1', 1933 I sno'n SHINEBOX "Harry H. Gerstner, Dayton, Ohio "A i licafioszipril7,1932. Serial No. 603,721 I 3 Claims. (o1. 2s5.),

I This invention relates to new and useful im-v provements in shoe-shine'boxes 7 It is one-of-the principal objects of my holder that is raised, out of, and above,the box to a firm shoe-supporting position bythe hinged cover or top1when the latter isbrought to its,

fully open position. -'\Vhen this occursthe holder will solidly support alshoe in L a convenient posi-.

o tion for'shiningr It is another object of myinvention to-secure to the interiorportion of the :box cover, a pivoted shelf to support cansiof' shoepolish-ina raised,

position immediately. in front, of the shoe to be 15" shined.

A further object of my invention isj the provision ofa shoe box in :which articles may be stored beneath the shoe holder, i'whichtrests just below .the box .cover when closing position.. Another object of my invention is theprovision of a shoe-shine box that maybe used as a stool in its closed position, being attractively constructed with a seat top. Other important and incidental, objects will be brought out in the following specification and particularly set forth in the subjoined claims.

the latter is, in its In the accompanying drawing. illustrating my invention, Figure, 1 is a perspective view of my shoe-shine box open, with the shoe holder and the shoe polish support in their raised positions.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken through the same, disclosing the link connection between the cover and the shoe holder. And Figure 3 is a side view of the box in its closed position for use as a stool, the retracted foot holder, shoe polish support and connecting link age being shown in dotted lines.

U Inthe accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, the numeral 1 designates a rectangular shoe-box having a bottom 2 and four legs 3. Se-

cured by means of hinges 4 to the rear side 5 of the box is a four-sided cover 6. Pivotally secured, near its rear corners, between the sides 7, '7 of i this cover, is a shoe polish supporting shelf 8.

The numeral 9 designates a shoe holder, being constructed of metal to conform to the bottom of the shoe to be polished. Formed on the undersurface of this holder 9 atthe juncture of its heel and instep supporting portions, are two parallel ears or lugs 10 between which one end of an arm 11 is pivotally secured. The other endof this arm is pivotally connected to a bracket 12 at- *tached to the upper inner portion of the front inven-,-. tion to provide a shoeshine,,box having a shoe holder 9 are two ears or lugs 14 between which the contiguous

parallel ends

15, 15 of two intiOii 17.

' supporting position.

side 13 of the box. In its vertical position this Formed on the front inner portion of the shoe I clinedlever

arms

16, 16,, respectively, are piv- 'oted. Each one of these inclined lever arms 16 terminates at its inner end in a'vertical por- .65 Set

inhorizontal grooves

18, 18 in the sides 1919, respectively, of the boxfl, near the top edges. thereof, are two oppositely disposed metal pieces or

strips

20, 20, each strip being secured within its respective groove by screws 21. To the front portions of the

metal strips

20, 20, the

vertical portions 17 of the inclined lever arms16,

, 16 are pivotally secured by fulcrum screws 22, the

endsiof said arms below the screws being pivotally connectedto the curved outerends of links 23. At their rear ends, these

links

23, 23 incline up wardly for pivotal connection to shelf-supporting arms24, 24 respectively, which are secured at their extreme lower ends, by pivot pins 25,

to the rear portions of the metal strips 20. so

At their upperends-the

arms

24, 24 are secured'by pivot pins 25 to the ends of the shelf 8 near the front sides thereof, this shelf being formed with round recesses 26 to receive cans or containers holding polish for use in shining the w shoe in place upon the holder 9. I I

Stop pieces 2'7, 27, with inclined front edges, are secured to the. upper inner corner portions of the

sides

19, 19, respectively, of the box, to

limit the rearward movement of the shelf supporting arms 24.

When the box is not in use for the purpose of shining ones shoes, it is 'in the closed condition illustrated in Figure 3. So that it may be used as a stool while in this condition, a leather cush- 5-,;

ion 28 is fittedto the top portion of the cover 6. Whenthe cover 6 is raised to the position shown in'Figure 1, the shoe holder 9 will be elevated to the position illustrated in that figure by the mechanism just described. This mechanism, 100.

which is retracted within the box while the latter is closed, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, will be actuated as follows by the rearwardly moving cover to bring the holder 9 to its shoe- When the outer ends of the shelf-supporting arms 24 are drawn upwardly and rearwardly by the shelf 8 pivotally secured to the cover 6, they'will pull rearwardly the links 23 which are connected to them. The front ends of these links, being secured to the extreme lower ends of the lever arms 16, will exert a rearward pull upon these ends to cause the inclined ends of these arms to move the shoe holder 9 upwardly and forwardly, until the arm 11, which follows the movement of the inclined portions of the lever arms 16, to abut the top edge of the front side 13 of the box.

At this point the

shelf supporting arms

24, 24 engage the

stop pieces

27, 27 respectively, which assist the front side 13 of the box in affording a solid support for the shoe holder in its raised position.

When the shoe holder is in its top position, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is high enough and solid enough to permit one to conveniently and efliciently shine his or her shoes when separately placed upon it. At the same time the shelf 8 will be firmly held by the arms 24 in a sufficiently raised horizontal position to afford to the user convenient access to the polish supported upon it. I

When the cover 6 is moved downwardly to close the box, the shelf 8 carrying the polish will be maintained in a horizontal position, coming to a stop in that position over the shoe holder 9, which will be drawn downwardly and rearwardly below it by the links 23. (See Figure 3.)

It will be seen that after the shoe holder and the polish holding shelf have been retracted within the box, ample room is available below them and their elevating mechanism to receive various household articles for storage.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, a foot rest within the box, a shelf pivotally secured to the inner portion of the cover, and linkage connected between said shelf and ,foot rest, whereby, when the free end of the cover is drawn upwardly and rearwardly, the foot rest will be elevated out of the box to a foot-supporting position above the latter, opposite the shelf, and the shelf will remain approximately horizontal.

, 2. The combination with a shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, a foot rest movably supported within the box, a polish-supporting shelf pivotally secured, near its rear edge, to the inner portion of the cover, a lever arm pivotally secured at its lower end within the box near the hinge and to the outer portion of said shelf, the distance between the hinge and the lower lever pivot being approximately equal to the distance between the pivot of the shelf to the cover and the pivot of the lever to the shelf, and linkage between the foot rest and the lever arm, whereby, when the free end of the cover is drawn upwardly and rearwardly, the foot rest will be elevated out of the box to a foot-supporting position above the latter, opposite the shelf, and the shelf will remain approximately horizontal.

3. The combination witha shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, an arm pivotally secured at its lower end to the inner portion of the front side of the box and projecting above the latter when in its raised position, a foot rest pivotally secured to the upper portion of said arm, a lever alsopivotally secured at its upper end to said foot rest, a fulcrum pin pivotally securing said lever nearthe front of the box, the lower end of said lever being free, and link connected between the cover and'the free lower end of said lever,