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The invention relates generally to a footwear display and storage apparatus.
The storage and display of shoes in households throughout the world has not changed much over the years. Shoes are one of the clothing items that people have a lot of but presents also a challenge to store. Lining shoes on the floor or on a shelf are some of the most popular ways of storing shoes. These methods, however, often prove to be an inefficient way of storage. With these systems, the only way of adding more storage space is to add another row of shelves or find more space on the floor. Adding more shelves of equal length only allow you to store an equal amount of shoes while taking up valuable closet space.
Other methods of storing shoes is to place them on a “shoe caddy”. This is a two to four shelf based free standing furniture. Like the shelves in a closet, it allows you to store shoes side by side on different levels. Other methods include “shoe bags.” This system allows you to place your shoes in plastic sections which are then hung-over a door. These systems are not the most efficient, nor aesthetically pleasing way of storing shoes.
The Shoes Stax Pro provides a modern, more efficient and aesthetically pleasing way of storing shoes.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a line of footwear storage and display systems that stores 2 to 8 pairs of shoes in the same amount of space that usually stores 1 to 2 pairs of shoes. The Shoes Stax Pro does this in a very efficient and more visually pleasing manner. This apparatus for storing and displaying shoes and other footwear, can be made out of a variety of materials including, but not limited to: plastics, wood, metal, hard cardboard and carbon fiber. Whatever material is used, this apparatus can be made customizable to the user.
The Shoes Stax Pro can also be made to accommodate more shoes. By stacking one apparatus atop another by way of a “Lazy Susan” attachment, you can double the total number of shoes.
The Shoes Stax Pro is also available in an elongated model, allowing you to store twice as many shoes as the standard size apparatus.
This device for storing and displaying shoes and other footwear, solves the storage problems presented by other systems by taking up less space. It is a square shaped compact apparatus that utilizes as series of slats and tongs on which you hang shoes, instead of placing them side by side. This system allows you store shoes on all four sides, and on the inside of those sides.
This system of hanging shoes in an upright position and back to back, allows you to store 1 to 8 pairs of shoes in a standard sized Shoe Stax Pro and up to 18 pairs in an elongated model.
The present invention as generally indicated in
The apparatus is boxed shaped with a series of tongs, No. 7, placed on the inside and outside of the apparatus. As is observed in
The extended model as seen in
The side section, and the corners of the apparatus, are hinged as seen in the top view in
The apparatus is rotatable so that shoes are accessible on all sides. Rotation is accomplished by the utilization of a Lazy Susan like device. This device sits at the bottom of the apparatus. It is again utilized when stacking one Shoes Stax Pro atop another. When shipping or in storage, the tongs, No. 7, are held in place by holding clips, No. 1. Releasing the holding clip by turning either left or right, releases the tong. The tong is then extended to an upright position of a 10° angle as seen in
Tongs, No. 7, are located back to back on cross slats of the device. Beneath each tong and connecting the tong to the cross slat, are torsion springs, No. 5, and metal bars, No. 2. They allow tongs to be hold a pair of shoes in an upright fashion, allowing for the increased storage space inherent in this device.
While a shoe is hanging on a tong, cutouts, No. 6, which are located on each slat, prevents a shoe from possible moving from side to side. The tip or front part of a shoe would rest in this are when hanging from the tong.
This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/810,255 filed on Feb. 25, 2019 and titled, “Shoe Stax Pro.” application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.