US2477713A - Shoe shining device - Google Patents

Description

1949- J. H. ARNONE ETAL 2,477,713

SHOE SHINING DEVICE Filed Feb. 20, 1948 446 Fig.2.

7 Jseph H. Arna ne 22 Joseph/1791M. Arno/1e INVENTORS ,"j BY I I M Arte Patented Aug. 2, 1949 NT OFFICE SHOE SHINING DEVICE Joseph H. Arnone and JosephineM. Arncne, Kansas City, Mo.

Application February 20, 1948, Serial No. 9,728

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe shining devices and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved shoe shining device so designed as to permit a user to conveniently shine his shoes while standing erect.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a shoe shining device including a polishing band and novel and improved means for guiding the movement of the band during frictional engagement with the surface of a shoe.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a shoe shining device including a base supporting a pair of guides, a polishing cloth disposed under the guides and over the base, and novel and improved means for retaining the cloth spaced above of the base so that a user may quickly and readily extend his shoe between the base and cloth.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a shoe shining device that is small and compact in structure, simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the present invention and showing in dotted lines a shoe applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral l represents a substantially rectangular preferably open base formed of a plurality of laminated layers of suitable material.

Fixed in any suitable manner to the upper face of the base It, is a substantially rectangular foot rest I2 having a forward end l4, a rear end [6 and a pair of longitudinal side edges I8.

Rigidly secured to the sides of the base [0 are the inwardly turned ends 2|] of a pair of substantially U shaped guides 22 which are spaced 2 parallel to the side edges l8 of the foot rest l2 and in a plane below the upper face of the foot rest [2.

Extending under the guides 22 and over the foot rest [2, is a substantially rectangular cloth or polishing band 24 having free end portions 25 and 25, the corners of which are folded inward and are provided with apertures 28 that oppose further apertures 30 formed in the end portions 25 and 26.

Slidably positioned on a pair of connecting cords or flexible lines 32 and 34, is a pair of hand grips 36 and 38. The free ends ct these lines 32 and 34 extend through the apertures .28 and 30 and are tied thereto so that by pulling upwardly on one of the grips, for example grip 36, the other grip, 38, will be pulled downwardly and the band it will move back and forth over the foot rest as the grips 36 and 38 are alternately pulled upwardly.

Removably secured by a bolt or the like 42 to the forward end of the base I0, is the forward end 44 of a rearwardly and upwardly curved, arcuate and resilient support arm 46 the free end 48 of which is disposed centrally over the foot rest l2. A flexible cord 50 depends from the free end 48 of the support arm 46 and is connected to the polishing band 24 to retain the band 24 raised above the foot rest l2 as shown in the drawings so that a users foot may be extended into the raised or looped portion 52 of the band 25.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

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

1. A shoe polisher comprising a base, a pair of guides carried by said base, a polishing band disposed under the guides and over the base, means for retaining the polishing bands spaced above the base, and hand gripping means carried by the polishing band, said retaining means including a resilient support carried by the base, and a hanger depending from the support and engaging the polishing band.

2. A shoe polisher comprising a base, a foot 2,477,713 o. 3 4 rest fixed on the base including a pair of longi- REFERENCES CITED tudinal side edges, a pair of guides carried by the base and spaced relative to the side edges of the foot rest, a polishing band disposed under the The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

guides and over the foot rest said band incIud- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS mg end portions, means carried by the base for retaining the band spaced above the foot rest, Number Name Date a pair of hand grips, and flexible connectors 2,427,768 Edingtfln p 23,1947 between the grips and the end portions of the band, said retaining means including an arcuate 10 FOREIGN PATENTS resilient support fixed at one end to said base, Number Country t and a hanger cord carried by the free end of 24 0 1 Great Britain 0 1- 17, 139

said support and connected to the band.

JOSEPH H. ARNONE. JOSEPHINE M. ARNONE. 15

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