Shoe rack

• US 4,168,871 A
• Filed: 03/20/1978
• Issued: 09/25/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Firma Erwin Dierkes Kleinmobelfabrik
• Original Assignee: Firma Erwin Dierkes Kleinmobelfabrik
• Inventors: Dierkes, Erwin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US05/888,495
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 312/324, 312/327, 312/313, 312/271, 312/322, 211/34, 211/35, 211/36, 211/37, 211/38, 211/60 SK
• US Class Current: 312/324
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 61/04 for shoes, hats, umbrellas, or the like shoe racks as an implement for the manufacture of shoes A43D117/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/16 Drawers or movable shelves coupled to doors

Abstract

A shoe rack or cabinet is provided with at least one flap door. A first shoe receiving compartment is journalled to pivot within the rack about a horizontal axis. A second shoe receiving compartment is secured to the inside of the flap door and is connected by control levers to pivot with the first shoe receiving compartment secured to the rack.

Claims

1. A shoe rack comprising:

(a) a cabinet having a flap door pivoted thereon for enclosing the cabinet, said flap door being movable from an open substantially horizontal position to a closed substantially vertical position,

(b) a first shoe receiving compartment pivotally mounted within said cabinet,

(c) a second shoe receiving compartment mounted on said flap door,

(d) said first and second compartments being coupled together by a lever means;

(e) said first compartment in said cabinet including means for receiving shoes wherein the toes of the shoes point upwardly,

(f) said second compartment on said flap door including means for receiving shoes wherein the toes of the shoes point inwardly toward the interior of the cabinet when the flap door is in the open position and point downwardly when the flap door is in the closed position, and the toes of the shoes in both compartments point inwardly when the flap door is in the open position,

(g) said first compartment further including grid means for receiving the soles of the shoes and an angled contact means for receiving the rear upper portion of the shoes,

(h) a pair of U-shaped stirrup means attached to said angled contact means , said stirrup means having a clip plate thereon, said clip plate being pivotally connected to said cabinet for pivotally mounting said first compartment in said cabinet,

Wherein said stirrups each have a pair of shanks extending downwardly, the free end of one of said shanks being connected to said grid means and the free end of the other of said shanks being connected to a transverse strut, and said angled contact means being supported by said transverse strut, and

(j) wherein sand grid and angled contact means are formed by a plurality of rods and cross struts.

2. A shoe rack according to claim 1 wherein said second compartment is formed by a pair of spaced U-shaped frames connected together in spaced relation by a plurality of securing cross bars having a lower end thereof attached to said flap door for securing said second compartment thereto.

3. A shoe rack according to claim 2 wherein said U-shaped frames are in a plane parallel to said flap door and the securing cross bars are substantially perpendicular to the plane of said flap door.

4. A shoe rack according to claim 2 wherein said lever means has one end connected to one of said shanks and the other end connected to a leg of said U-shaped frame.

5. A shoe rack according to claim 1 wherein said lever means includes a pair of pivotal axes, and said flap door has a pivotal axis at the point said flap door is pivotally mounted to said cabinet, said pivotal axes forming a triangle when said flap door is in the open position, and said pivot axes being in a substantially straight line when said flap door is in the closed position.