US20070251895A1

US20070251895A1 - Shoe hanger

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Publication number: US20070251895A1
Application number: US11/417,476
Authority: US
Inventors: Fe Griffin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-05-01
Filing date: 2006-05-01
Publication date: 2007-11-01

Abstract

Shoe Hanger is a shoe organizer which differs from the ones in the market today. The Shoe Hanger saves space because it utilizes spaces in between. This uses a bar standing or hanging. The bar has grooves with 3 inches intervals. This organizer hangs all sizes and kinds of shoes including boots. Boots hanged retains the fresh new look because it's not bent. The upright bar has a stand, a round metal plate which stabilizes the bar. Ideal at front doors. The hanging one has holes at the end to be able to hang it in the closet or anywhere with a bar. Shoes are fastened together with a clip able to handle weight to more than 6 lbs. Because shoes are hanged in pairs, shoes don't get separated. The clip is specially designed to fit to the groove of the Shoe Hanger bar. Materials used can be plastic, steel or aluminum.

Description

The Shoe Hanger is a type of shoe organizer that saves space and can mix all kinds and sizes of shoes. This Shoe Hanger bar is made of aluminum. The ideal clip is made of steel with a flat steel spring. There are two kinds of Shoe Hangers, one set is the hanging, the other is upright. Both hanging and upright has two sizes, 3 feet (36 inches) and a 5½ feet (66 inches). The hanging can be hanged inside a closet and the upright can be placed anywhere standing up. At the bottom of the upright style, is a plate to hold the bar in place. See FIG. 1 on page 1. The upright style is movable to any place the user wants. The possible places shoe organizers are placed are the closets, a place in the bedroom, in the garage, or a place in the attic. With this shoe organizer which is the Shoe Hanger, for the first time a shoe organizer will look good by the front door. People will appreciate a place for shoes without cluttering by the front door (mostly for Asian Families). Leaving shoes by the front door prolongs the new look of the carpet.
This is a metal bar with grooves on one side, see FIG. 2C on page 2. A clip is used to hold the pair of shoes together. (See page 4 for the clip hanger dimensions.) A bar goes through the clip. (See FIG. 4-A on page 4)
At the end of the bar is another short perpendicular bar or a triangular shape to snugly place on the groove to hang the shoes held with the clip or a flattened tip to fit the groove.
The Shoe Hanger is space saver, hangs more shoes and is not bulky. It preserves the newness of the shoes because it's hanging especially for all kinds of boots or work boots. There is no need to put a cardboard or crumpled papers to make the boots standing up, so they don't bend or fold.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention is in the household category. The field of endeavor of this invention, is the ability to mix and organize shoes of different kinds and sizes. This shoe organizer preserves the newness of the shoes because it is hanging. It saves space because shoes hanging on top of each other without touching. The upright style is movable that it can be place anywhere, in the closet, garage, laundry or the front door. This shoe organizer is not bulky compared to the ones in the market already.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The Shoe Hanger is the most non-bulky show organizer. This is a metal bar with grooves on the other side of the bar. The grooves holds the clip and the clip holds the pair of shoes together. The clip can handle the heaviest shoe out their in the market which is 5 lbs. to 6 lbs. (men's steel toe work boots). Being a shoe hanger, it organizes more shoes than any other shoe organizer already in the market today. This solves the problem of shoe clutter. No need to sacrifice a closet space for shoes, this one doesn't occupy a lot of space. Shoes are paired at all times because they are held by a clip together. Boots had been separated with the rest of the shoes before because of it's length and size, not anymore with Shoe Hanger, boots go with the rest of the shoes, and the newness is preserved without the use of inserted cardboard or paper because the shoes are hanged, they don't bend.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEW OF THE DRAWING

I. FIG. 1—Shoe Hanger Bar and Bottom Plate Assembly (see Drawings, Page 4).
FIG. 1A shows the front view of the Shoe Hanger bar. The bar is assembled in place by the two parallel bars welded to the bottom of the plate. Shown here are the different intervals of the grooves from one to the next. The standing bar is secured by a screw towards the bottom of the bar. The use of the screw is for ease in shipping or keeping Shoe Hanger when not in use.
FIG. 1B is the smooth top to bottom back view of the Shoe Hanger bar.
FIG. 1C is the side view and the complete assembly of the Shoe Hanger. This is the stand up type and 3 inch height, (see FIG. 3 for the types and sizes of the Shoe Hangers). The grooves of the bars are dearly shown here. Spaces if the grooves are in a constant intervals. Some of the groves may not be used when a certain shoe is hanged. A pair of women's boots for example is long and will skip some grooves. The outside and inside diameter is shown here being 9″ inside and 10″ outside.
II. FIG. 2 Groove Dimensions (Drawings, Page 2)
FIG. 2-A is the bar of the Shoe Hanger, showing the intervals of the groove from one groove to the next which is 3 inches.
FIG. 2-B is the back view of the bar showing the thickness which is 3/16 inches.
FIG. 2-C is the bar showing how the clip is placed snugly on the groove. Shown here is the groove portion of the bar with detailed description on FIG. 2E.
In FIG. 2E the total width of the bar is 1½ inches and the 3 inches interval from one groove to the other. The middle 1 inch of the 3 inches is the groove. The opening is ¾ inch. The total width of the cut is ½ inch which goes down ¼ inch of that ½ inch is the groove cut where the clip tip will snugly fit. The opening of the groove is ¾ inch for the first ¼ inch.
In FIG. 2D is the motion of the tip of the clip to snugly situate in the groove. Complete description of the clip is on FIG. 4 (Drawing page 4).
III. FIG. 3 Two Types of Shoe Hangers (Drawings, Page 3)
Shown here are the two types of shoe hangers, the upright type and the hanging type. The upright has a stand at the bottom which is a metal plate, framed with a rolled bar enclosing around the flat plate. A removable screw is placed at the end of the bar for shipping and keeping Shoe Hanger when not in use. There are two sizes of upright “shoe hangers”, 3 feet (FIG. 3A) and 5½ feet (FIG. 3B).
The other type is hanging, this hang from any type of bar, can be in the closet or a bar made in the garage. These also have two sizes, the 3 (FIG. 3-D) feet and the 5½ feet (FIG. 3C).
IV. Description and Explanation of the Clip. FIG. 4 (Drawings, Page 4)
FIG. 4-A, Description of the Shoe Hanger Clip
This clip has a strong grip due to the use of the metal spring instead of the wire spring. This can hold up to 25 lbs. of the weight, which is probably the heaviest shoe to hand (men's work boots). The spring plate bends from one side to the other. It is ⅞″ on one side totaling 1¾″ covering both sides. Materials used spring is flat steel or wire. This clip can be designed different if plastic is used instead of steel spring.
A round bar extends from the back to the front, it goes through inside the hole where the two metals meet. The length of the round bar is 5 inches for ease and convenience of the user. The diameter of the bar is 3/16 inch. The tip of the bar in front is flattened to hang “clip” on the groove and balance securely the shoes being hanged on the Shoe Hanger bar.
FIG. 4-B, This is the front view of the clip. The solid round circle is the round steel facing is the bar that is ½ inch protruding to snugly hang into the Shoe Hanger groove.
The top part which looks like two bars are the two parts of the clip that when pressed together opens the clip at the bottom, as these two parts are released from the pressure. Clip goes back to its closed position as it is like in FIGS. 4 A and C.
FIG. 4-C, The black circle is the steel that protrudes from the front that goes through the clips and to the back of the clip which serves as the handle of the clip.
FIG. 4-D, The bottom side of the clip. The tip in front is the clip that is closed. Shown here is the bar that goes through from the handle of the clip to the tip at the very bottom of the drawing, which is the bar that snugly fit into the grove of the Shoe Hanger handle.
FIG. 4-E, This is the top side of the clip. Shown is the opposite o of the D, the handle starts at the bottom going to the top.
V. FIG. 5—Illustrations of how the Shoe is Hanged (see Drawings, Page 5)
In FIG. 5A—Here is an upright type of Shoe Hanger with a 5½ inch length. The regular pairs of shoes don't occupy so much space that this shoe organizer can handle more shoes. This is the most effective way of organizing shoes. All kinds of women's or men's boots can be properly organized now without being distorted or crumpled because they are hanged. Shoes balance well because they are hanged in pairs. There is no more need to put papers or card boards inside the shoes to make them stand up so they don't bend.
FIG. 2B—is the short type of the upright type of Shoe Hanger. These are ideal in front of doors, so shoes don't clutter.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The Shoe Hanger is a shoe organizer. The advantages of this shoe organizer are the following:

- 1. It saves space. This saves a lot of space because it hangs shoes, utilizing every space in between. Therefore, hanging more shoes.
- 2. This hangs shoes, by hanging is balancing the pairs. This type of shoe organizer always keep shoes in pairs. (never look for the pair of the shoe, because shoes cannot be hanged without the pair.
- 3. This shoe organizer is not discriminatory, (any size, small to large, children to adults, dress shoes to work boots) it hangs all kinds of shoes, boots used to be difficult to keep because of it's height. With this organizer it is now less work for boots because no need to stuff the legs with card boards or crumpled papers so they don't bend. Boots are kept like new.
- 4. This organizer can be used for people who leave their shoes outside the door. This takes care of the clutter by the door.

The Shoe Organizer is a bar with grooves on one side. A clip is used to fasten shoes in pairs. A rounded metal goes through the clip from one end to the other. The tip of this metal at the front of the clip is flattened or another short metal perpendicular to this bar is placed in the groove of the metal (or other material) bar to hold the shoes hanging.
There are two types of Shoe Hangers. One is the “hang type” the other is the “upright type”.
On the Hang Type, the bar had two holed at the tip of the bar that can be hanged inside the closet or any place with a bar on top.
The other kind is the upright one, this one has a stand at the bottom of the bar. fastened with two parallel short bars welded on the plate of the stand. A screw is used to assemble the upright bar together with the plate to hold the bar standing up.
Materials used here can be aluminum, plastic, steel or wood. Detailed description about the Shoe Hanger on the “Explanations of Drawings”.

Claims

1. What I claim as my invention is the Shoe Hanger which organizes shoes by hanging them. This shoe organizer saves space, hangs all kinds and sizes of shoes, always keep shoes in pairs, and because it is not bulky can be moved around anywhere the user wants, particularly for Asians who leave their shoes by the front door.

This organizer uses a bar that stands upright or hanging. This bar have grooves of 3 inches intervals. These grooves may not necessarily be used (skip some grooves) when shoes hanged are long like a pair of boots. Shoes are held together in pairs by a clip. This clip has a 5 inches bar that goes through from the front to the back. The front tip of the bar is flattened or another short bar is used perpendicular to the bar tip to be able to situate this tip to one of the grooves of the Shoe Hanger bar. The other end of the bar which is the back that goes through the clip is used as the handle to place shoes clamped with the clip with ease to the Shoe Hanger bar.

I claim the design of the Shoe Hanger Clip that holds shoes in pair to hang to the Shoe Hanger bar. The clip design has a bar that goes through the clip. The front has a flattened tip or another bar perpendicular to that tip. Please refer to FIG. 4—Clip Dimensions and Views.