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Patent News: To Muse, To Choose and Peruse The Storage of Shoes
By: TexasBusiness.com Posted: Friday, October 7, 2011 12:05 am
U.S. Patent 8,016,127 for “Device for Storage of Shoes.
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Texas Business Patent Of The Day: Got shoes? Got more and more shoes? Got as many shoes as Imelda Marcos? A Texas Panhandle man devised a way to store each pair of your shoes in minimum space and inexpensively.
Stanley G. Crump of Amarillo received U.S. Patent 8,016,127 for “Device for Storage of Shoes.
Crump filed for the patent on June 23, 2008.
Crump’s invention relates to the organized storage of pairs of shoes, and more particularly concerns a device for storing pairs of shoes in over and under relationship upon a horizontal support surface.
Since most people own multiple pairs of shoes, which are generally stored in a closet, keeping the pairs together and not scattered is a common problem. An orderly storage arrangement is desirable so that the shoes are maintained in matched pairs in a manner to occupy minimal space.
Shoe storage devices for use in clothing closets have earlier been disclosed for storing the shoes in either vertical or horizontal arrays. Vertical storage devices are usually comprised of a series of pockets or hook-like members supported by either the walls of the closet, the interior surface of the door of the closet, or hanger means releasably supported by a clothes hanging bar disposed horizontally at about shoulder height.
Devices for the storage of shoes in horizontal array are usually designed to rest upon the floor of the closet or upon a shelf located closely above the floor. From the standpoint of efficient utilization of closet space, horizontal shoe storage appears preferable, especially when it employs the otherwise unused floor of the closet.
Crump believes that earlier devices, although adequately functional, are of complex, expensive construction. From the standpoint of marketing considerations, the devices occupy considerable space when being shipped to a customer or retail store, and require considerable space in store warehousing and display.
One of Crump’s objects was to provide a device for horizontal deployment for storing pairs of shoes in an over and under configuration. He also desired to provide a shoe storage device of the aforesaid nature of simple, durable construction amenable to low cost manufacture. In addition, he wanted the invention to be able to be folded to a compact size for shipping or storage purposes.
As a result, he designed a shoe storage device adapted for deployment upon a horizontal support surface which has upper and lower elongated insert members positioned one above the other in vertical alignment for securing a pair of shoes. The upper shoe is held upside down and both shoes point in opposite directions.
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