US2906407A - Shoe case - Google Patents

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H. A. FRANCE Sept. 29, 1959 SHOE CASE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 16, 1956 Sept 29, 1959 H. A. FRANCE 2,906,407

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SHOE CASE Herbert A. France, Coventry, Conn. Application March 16, 1956, Serial No. 571,948 3 Claims. (Cl. 211-34) This invention relates to a shoe case and/ or travelling case that is adapted for containing shoes and supporting them in spaced relation for storage or travel purposes.

An object of this invention is to provide such a shoe case having certain novel elements of construction and means providing for the arrangement of the shoes in the case in such a manner that they occupy a minimum of space and are held in position against becoming displaced in the case.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a case which is attractive in appearance, simple in construction and economical to manufacture.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel handle for the case which may be contained within the case when not in use.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be more clearly understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a side View of a shoe case embodying my present invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge View of said case.

Fig. 3 is a side view in central vertical section.

Fig. 4 is an edge view in central vertical section with the handle being shown in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a plan view.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged inside view of a portion of one of the sides of the case, with the handle removed therefrom.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the handle therein in raised position.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional side view of a corner portion of the case.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view on line 9-9 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view showing the manner inY which the ends of the tie bar are secured to the sides of the case.

As shown in the drawings, my improved shoe case is preferably constructed of two identical side members 5 and 6 which are opposed to each other. The said side members form side walls having4 a plurality of bosses 7 extending inwardly therefrom and having recesses therein for receiving the ends of a plurality of supporting bars 8 which extend across the interior of the case and are supported thereby between the said side members. A separate bar 9 is provided with ilanges 10 which abut the interior surface of the side walls and are secured thereto by means of screws 11--11 that extend through holes in the side Walls and are threaded into holes in the ends of the bars, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l0.

Each of the said side members 5 and 6 preferably comprises a semi-circular upper portion and a rectangular lower portion and is provided with an inwardly extending flange 12 along the bottom thereof by means of which flanges said side members are secured to a plate 13 which forms the bottom of the case.

Each of the side members is formed with an inwardly extending ange 14 which runs along its perimeter and toes of the shoes as illustrated in Fig. 3.

thereby stiffens the side members and greatly strengthens the case.- Each of the said anges has parallel slots 15 and 16 in which are slidably contained flexible covers 17 and 18, respectively; the said covers'being each disposed along a side of the case and terminating at the top theref of so that it may be slid in its slot to open and close itsl respective side of the case. These covers may be made of a suitable transparent material so that the desired pair of shoes may be readily located and only the right.

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Each side member also has, at the inner side thereof,-k a slot 19 with side walls 20e-,20 which project inwardly of the inner surfaces of the ange 14 and a handle 21`is slidably mounted in said slots and has projections 22-22 into the position illustrated in Fig. 7, for use in carrying the case. As shown, the slots 19 are preferably contained in blocks which are secured to the inner sides of the side members near the upper edges thereof.

In their normal position, the covers 17 and 1S are separated at their upper ends, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to leave a slot therebetween through which the handle may be moved to its raised position; the said handle being normally disposed below the covers, as shown in Fig. 3, to permit them to be moved for closing the slot when desired. When in its normal position, the handle is supported by the bar 9 which also serves to retain the handle in the slots 19.

In order to provide for resting my improved shoe case upon a conventional suit case, or the like, to conserve storage space and raise the case off the oor for convenient accessibility, the bottom plate 13 has an opening 23 therein to receive the handle of the suit case and an upwardly curved plate 2.4, which extends across the bottom of the case, is mounted upon the bottom plate to cover said opening 23 from the inside of the case.

The bars 8 are preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 3' and they will support the shoes, indicated in dotted lines, with the heels hanging over the outer row of said bars and the soles resting upon the inner row so that the said shoes are disposed radially Within the case as shown. This arrangement of the bars also allows an extremely long heel of a shoe on one of the bars to nest into the opening of the shoe beneath it.

The bars 8 preferably have plain ends fitting into the recesses in the bosses 7 and held securely therein by the tie bar 9 and the bottom plates 13 and 24 which secure the opposed sides 5 and 6 of the case together.

The case is preferably made of a width which will accommodate a pair of shoes arranged horizontally on the bars 8. Therefore, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated, as many as eight pairs of shoes may be contained within the case.

When it is desired to remove from or insert a pair of shoes into the case, the respective cover 17 or 18 may be slid back to the opposite side of the case to render the interior accessible.

The covers 17 and 18, when in their normal positions, leave a slot between their upper ends through which the handle 21 may be readily grasped and moved into its raised position. Notches 25-25 may also be provided to facilitate reaching the handle with the fingers.

The said case is also preferably provided with a drawer 26 which is slidable in a tube 27 that extends through the center of the case and utilizes the space between the The drawer has a front 28 which iits atly against the side of the case and has a hole 29 therein into which a finger may be inserted for pulling the said drawer.

1, A shoe case comprising a pair of opposed spaced members having a generally semi-circular portion, a bot-A tom extending across the lower portion of said case, and a plurality of shoe supporting bars secured to and disp osed between said members; said bars being arranged in spaced pairs disposed radially about the central lower portion of said case.

2. A shoe case comprising a pair of opposed members having generally semiicircular side members, and a plurality of shoe supporting bars secured to and disposed between said members; said bars being arranged in spaced pairs disposed radially within said case with the pairs at one side of the case opposed/co those at the opposite side.

3. A shoe case comprising a pair of opposed side members having a generally semi-circular upper portion and a generally rectangular lower portion, and a plurality of 'shoe supporting bars secured to and disposed between said upper portions of the members; said bars being arranged in spaced pairs disposed radially within said case with the pairs at one side opposed to those in the other side of said case to thereby support shoes on said bars with their toes pointing generally toward the center of the lower portion of said case.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 214,757 Conant Apr. 29, 1879 354,277 Walker Dec. 14, 1886 838,952 Crabill Dec. 18, 1906 1,102,037 Gibson June 30, 1914 1,668,358 Deluca May 1, 1928 1,703,132 Acheson Feb. 26, 1929 1,742,976 Vance Jan. 7, 1930 1,828,535 Kass Oct, 20, 1931 2,105,550 Pilliod et al. Jan. 18, 1938 2,152,192 Holman Mar. 28, 1939 2,710,082 Ruge June 7, 1955 2,745,524 Plotkin May 15, 1956

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