Rotating shoe enclosure rack

• US 5,033,626 A
• Filed: 08/24/1990
• Issued: 07/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rita J. Platti
• Original Assignee: Rita J. Platti
• Inventors: Platti, Rita J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lechok, Sarah A.
• Application Number:
  US07/572,507
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 211/37, 211/34, 211/36, 211/78, 211/163, 211/131
• US Class Current: 211/37
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 49/004 Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a vertical axis
• 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: A47F 5/02 Rotary display stands rotary show-cases A47F3/10

Abstract

The shoe rack includes a stand with a vertical pole in the center, circular layers in sections from the center point and mounted through a center hole on to the vertical pole, and at least one vertical pin through the layers to hold the layers together for rotation. Each layer has pie-type sections with an opening on its outside portion to insert or remove shoes. Each section is sloped downward slightly toward the center and is ridged on the outside bottom portion of each opening to help secure the shoes especially during rotation of the rack. The section angular size may vary in degrees to suit the needs of variation in women'"'"'s shoe heels. The number of layers may vary to suit the needs of the number of shoes to be stored. The sections are structured so that the toes of the shoes are to be placed toward the center of the section, shoes placed sole to sole, and heels on the outer portion of the section.

Claims

1. A rotatable shoe rack structure comprising a base, said base having a bearing surface, a vertical column centered and supported on said base, a plurality of circular shoe holding layers stacked one above the other centrally on said vertical column and mounted for independent rotation thereon, an optional vertical rod insertable through said layers, each said layer being divided into pie-shaped sections, each said section having a bottom which slopes downwardly and inwardly towards said column thereby accommodating sole-to-sole, heel-to-heel placement of shoes on said bottom, each said section being enclosed on all but one side, said vertical rod being insertable through said layers and being totally or partially removable by lifting upwards through said layers, said rod being of various effective lengths thereby allowing for the rotation of one or more said layers simultaneously.