Shoe storage box

• US 6,732,858 B1
• Filed: 01/17/2003
• Issued: 05/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chang O.U. Shu-Mei
• Original Assignee: Chang O.U. Shu-Mei
• Inventors: Chang Ou, Shu-Mei
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Tri M.
• Application Number:
  US10/345,490
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 220/6, 220/4.28, 220/23.6, 206/278, 206/504, 206/509, 206/512, 206/516, 206/517
• US Class Current: 206/278
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/0276 Stackable modular units, each consisting of a closed periphery A47B87/0292 takes precedence; stackable containers B65D21/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/202 with a continuous layer allowing folding foldable cabinets A47B43/00; foldable drawers A47B88/9412

Abstract

A shoe storage box includes a bottom board, a first side board, a top board, a second side board, a rear board and a front board. A V-shaped notch is formed at a joint between each of the bottom board and the first side board, the first side board and the top board, the bottom board and the rear board such that the first side board is able to be vertical to the bottom board, the top board is vertical to the first side board, and the rear board is able to be vertical to the bottom board. A ventilation layer is received in the shoe storage box so that air circulation between inside and outside the shoe storage box is secured.

Claims

1. A shoe storage box comprising:

a bottom board having a first groove defined in one side of the bottom board and a central hole defined in a center of the bottom board and enclosed by a step;

a first side board securely connected to a side of the bottom board and having a V-shaped notch defined at a joint between the bottom board and a side face of the first side board;

a top board securely connected to a side of the first side board to be vertical relative to the first side board, the top board having a second groove defined in a side away from a joint between the top board and the first side board and a second V-shaped notch defined at a joint between the first side board and the top board;

a rear board securely connected to the bottom board and having a third groove defined in a side face of the rear board and a third V-shaped notch defined at a joint between the bottom board and the rear board;

a front board pivotally connected to the bottom board; and

a second side board having a first ridge formed on an edge of the second side board to correspond to the first groove of the bottom board, a second ridge formed on an edge of the second side board to correspond to the second groove of the top board and a third ridge formed on an edge of the second side board to correspond to the third groove of the rear board,

wherein a ventilation layer is so formed that the ventilation layer is supported by the step and on top of the central hole of the bottom board, the ventilation layer is composed of an active carbon layer, a fiber layer provided on opposite faces of the active carbon layer and a grid provided on an outer side face of the fiber layer on the opposite faces of the active carbon layer,

whereby after the first ridge is received in the first groove, the second ridge is received in the second groove and the third ridge is received in the third groove, the shoe storage box is assembled.

2. The shoe storage box as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an H-shaped connector, wherein the top board has a first assembly hole defined in four corners of the top board such that when two shoe storage boxes are to be combined, the H-shaped connector is able to secure connection between the two adjacent shoe storage boxes by inserting two adjacent distal ends of the H-shaped connector to two adjacent first assembly holes of two shoe storage boxes.

3. The shoe storage box as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bottom board further has a second assembly hole defined in four comers of the bottom board such that the H-shaped connector is able to secure connection between the two adjacent shoe storage boxes by inserting the other two adjacent distal ends of the H-shaped connector to two adjacent second assembly holes of two shoe storage boxes.

4. The shoe storage box as claimed in claim 3, wherein the front board further has a handle provided on a face of the front board to facilitate opening and closing of the shoe storage box.