Over-door shoe racks

• US 6,793,080 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2002
• Issued: 09/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lynk Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lynk Incorporated
• Inventors: Klein, Richard B., Scott, John W., Serslev, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/190,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20020166825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 211/34-36, 211/113, 211/118, 211/193, 211/194, 211/87.01, 211/80.01, 211/105.1, 211/105.2, 248/301, 248/364, 248/214, 248/215, 248/300, D 6/513, D 6/514, D 6/566, D 6/567, D 6/569-570, D 6/315, D 6/317, D 6/320, D 6/553
• US Class Current: 211/35
• 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 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/08 for shoes shoe hangers A47G25/005; shoe hangers with anti-theft means E05B69/003

Abstract

A shoe rack for mounting to an upright surface, or for hanging over a door, includes a pair of plastic, vertical side frame members and a plurality of shoe-retaining bars positioned between the side frame members upon which shoes, boxes and the like may be supported. A number of different embodiments are shown, each of which incorporates different features. Among the embodiments are structures having support arms that extend both inwardly and outwardly beyond the side frame members to prevent lateral displacement off of the rack and structures having accurate side frame members that provide barriers against lateral displacement off of the rack.

Claims

1. A shoe rack for hanging on a door to receive and hold shoes, said shoe rack comprising:

first and second opposed side frame members, each said side frame member having a main body section and a plurality of curved support arms projecting outwardly therefrom and rigidly connected therewith, each said arm having an inner end and an outer end at a higher elevation than the inner end when said frame members are hung on a door and each said aim curving in an upwardly arched configuration between said inner and outer ends; and

a plurality of shoe retaining bars extending between said inner ends of said support arms and between said outer ends of said support arms for retaining shoes, wherein said upwardly arched configuration of each of said support arms provides a barrier against lateral movement of the shoes off of said bars.

2. A shoe rack as set forth in claim 1, wherein each said main body section is positioned in a spatially removed manner from said door, and said main body sections act in combination with said curved support arms for forming a lateral barrier against lateral movement of the shoes off of said bars.