US2110232A - Shoe rack - Google Patents

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H. c. MOORE ET AL 2,110,232

SHOE RACK Filed May 21, 1936 B INVENTORS VINCIL R. STAMM ARDLD MOORE Ara NEY Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATS 'l QFFI E SHOE RACK Application May 21,

3 Claims.

Our invention relates to shoe racks and more particularly to shoe racks adapted to be mounted on a door or wall in some convenient place and arranged to hold shoes that are not being worn.

Heretofore, several different forms of shoe racks of this general type have been used, but they have all had several major deficiencies of structure. First, they have been of complicated design with a resultant comparatively high cost of manufacture; secondly, with such racks as used in the past, when shoes were placed thereon the heels often would strike against the door, Wall or other surface upon which the rack was mounted and would mar and injure this surface; and, thirdly, no covering or shield was provided to protect the shoes and to keep clothes from coming into direct contact therewith.

With these and other deficiencies in mind the objects of our invention are to provide a shoe rack 2 of such simple construction and design that it may be manufactured at very low cost; to provide a shoe rack including means to prevent injury to the surface on which the rack is mounted; to provide a rack including a shield or covering for the shoes placed thereon; and to provide a rack adapted to be distributed by manufacturers and dealers as an advertisement of the products manufactured and sold by them.

With these and other objects in mind, in the accompanying drawing we have shown several, embodiments of our invention. In the drawing, wherein similar characters are used to designate similar parts, Fig. l is a view of the rack as applied to a closet door; Fig. 2 is a perspective of 35 the device; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of shoe rack.

Referring to the figures and particularly to Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the rack as shown therein comprises three parts, namely, the shoe supporting members A and B and the longitudinally extending plate C. Preferably, to lower manufacturing costs and to make for a unitary device, the parts A and B have their upper ends 45 flattened as shown in Fig. 3 and such flattened portions and the ends of the plate C are perforated to receive a rivet D. If the parts are formed in this manner only two rivets will be required to maintain the parts in firm relationship. Preferably, each rivet D is of the hollow type, as shown, that is, there is an aperture through the rivet to receive a nail or screw E whereby the rack may be secured to a suitable surface such as the inner side of a closet door F, as shown in Fig. 1.

1936, Serial No. 80,982

The parts A and B preferably are of heavy metal wire and are turned outwardly at approximately right angles to the flattened portions thereof and are arranged to provide an upper horizontal bar G and a lower horizontal bar H, respectively. The upper bar as clearly shown in Fig. 3 is positioned to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and, similarly, the lower bar is positioned to engage the sole at the toe of the shoe. Also, the flattened portion of the part A preferably is arranged forwardly of the flattened portion of the part B.

The plate C as included in the rack embodying our invention accomplishes two utilitarian results. It prevents the heels of shoes placed on the rack from engaging and marring the surface to which the rack is secured and it provides a convenient expanse on which indicia of a suitable advertisement may be included. For instance, as shown in Fig. 2 the plate bears on its face appropriate indicia advertising a brand of shoes together with the name of the manufacturer and retailer of the shoes. The rack made according to our invention may be distributed by a manufacturer and retailer as an advertisement and because of its simplicity the rack may be so distributed at very low cost.

Often, it is desirable to have a protective covering or shield for the shoes so that dust will not settle on the shoes and, also, so that, particularly if the rack is fastened to a closet door, clothes will not come in contact with the shoes to be soiled thereby. Therefore, we contemplate the inclusion of a shield and, while the shield may be secured in place by any one of various expedients we have shown herein short lugs J formed at the lower side edges of the plate C and a cord or resilient means K extended between these lugs to receive a flexible shield L of cloth or other suitable material. When shoes are placed on the rack the shield L is raised and then draped over them.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a slightly modified form of shoe rack as embodying our invention. In "this form, the parts A and B converge towards a common meeting point indicated at M and provide an upper horizontal bar G and a lower horizontal bar H arranged to engage the sole of a shoe similarly to the bars G and H shown in the other embodiment.

We have shown two embodiments only of our invention in the accompanying drawing but we do not intend to limit ourselves to those forms because, obviously, other racks utilizing our improvements may be made in many other shapes,

sizes and forms wherein the parts are changed in construction and arrangement, without deviating from the spirit of our invention as included in the appended claims.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:--

1. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a pair of parts arranged to provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars is adapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other of which is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said parts having upwardly extending free ends, said free ends being flattened and having registering perforations therein, and a hollow rivet extending through the registering perforations and adjacent of said free ends.

2. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a pair of parts arranged to provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars is. adapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other of which is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said parts having abutting upwardly extending free ends,

a plate extending longitudinally of said rack and a hollow rivet securing said free ends of said parts and said plate together.

3. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a'pair of parts arranged to provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars is adapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other of which is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said parts having abutting upwardly extending free ends, and a plate extending longitudinally of said rack and secured to the free ends of said parts, and said free ends having flattened portions adjacent said plate and said portions and said plate at each end thereof being perforated to receive a rivet whereby the parts of said rack will be secured together.

HAROLD C. MOORE. VINCIL R. STAMM.

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