US2187663A - Shoe holder - Google Patents

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16, 1940. R. e. I QEITER ET AL SHOE HOLDER Filed June 14, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v Q) g; (Q J Inventora Jan. 16, 1940. R, RE R E M 2,187,663

SHOE HOLDER Filed June 14, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1n venton! A iiomeys Patented Jan. 16, 1940 PATENT OFFICE SHOE HOLDER Rutherford G. Benet and Ole P. Fl'lllefll, St. Paul, Minn.

Application June 14, 1939, Serial No. 279,228

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The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe holders and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character which is adapted to firmly secure a. shoe on a support to facilitate the shining thereof with a minimum of effort.

Another important object of the invention is to. provide a shoe holder of the aforementioned character which, when it is not in use, may be expeditiously removed from the support.

Still another very important object of the in vention is to provide a holder of the character described which may be readily adjusted for different sizes of shoes and which, further, comprises novel means for securing thev device in adjusted position.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an adjustable shoe holder of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eflicient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view of a shoe holder constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the device with certain of the parts shown in vertical section.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the end portion of the arm which is attached to the support.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a metallic plate I which is permanently secured, as at 2, on a door frame 3 or other suitable support. Struck from the plate i is a plurality of cars 4 which are positioned as shown to advantage in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The reference numeral 5 designates an arm of suitable metal having on one end a head 6 in the form of a tapered plate which is adapted to be slipped downwardly between the pairs of ears 4 in a manner to detachably mount said arm on the plate I. The arm 5 terminates in a down- 5 wardly offset outer end portion 1 having a beveled free end portion 8.

Removably mounted on the forward end portion of the arm 5 is a plate 9 in the form of a shell which conforms substantially to the shape 10 of the toeportion, of the shoe in which it is en- 'gageable. In Fig. 2 of the drawings, a shoe shown in dotted lines and designated by the reference numeral I0 is mounted on the device. Stamped. downwardly into the toe shell 9 from the upper'15 portion thereof is a loop Ii in which the beveled free end portion 8 of the arm 5 is engageable. The-construction and arrangement is such that the arm 5 is wedged in the loop II in a manner to frictionally retain the toe shell 9. 20

Mounted for sliding adjustment on the arm 5 is a substantially U-shaped clamp l2. Depending from one end of the substantially U-shaped clamp i2 is a foot l3 which conforms substantially in shape to and is engageable in the counter of the 25 shoe ill. Mounted on the other end portion of the clamp I2 is a resilient clutch member. M of suitable metal which is adapted to frictionally grip the arm 5 for securing said jaw in adjusted position thereon. The clutch I4 is operable on 30 the arm 5 and is normally cocked thereon for gripping same.

It is thought that the manner in which the device is used will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the shoe 3 is mounted on the forward portion of the arm 5 with the shell 9 engaged in the toe portion of said shoe. The clutch member i4 is then flexed to inoperative position toward the clamp I2 for permitting said clamp to be adjusted rearwardly 40 on the arm 5 into engagement with the rear end or counter of the shoe. When the clamp i2 has been adjusted in this manner the clutch member [4 is released and immediately grips the arm 5 for securing said clamp in position thereon. 45 Thus, the the clamp l2 and the shell 9 coact for firmly holding the shoe H] on the arm 5 to facilitate shining said shoe. Different sizes and shapes of shells 9 may be provided for different sizes and styles of shoes. When the device is not in use the arm 5, with the parts thereon, may be conveniently removed from the door frame or other support by simply lifting the head 6 out of the pairs of ears 4 on the permanently attached plate I.

It is believed that the many advantages of a shoe holder constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily imderstood and although a preferred embodiment oi the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope oi the invention as claimed.

engageable therewith for releasably securing said clamp in adjusted position. I

2. A shoe holder or the character described comprising an arm, means for removably securing said arm on a support, the tree end portion of said arm being engageable in a shoe, a clamp mounted for sliding adjustment on the arm and engageable in the counter of the shoe for retaining said shoe on the arm, and a resilient clutch member on the clamp operable on the arm and irictionally engageable therewith for releasably securing the clamp in adjusted position.

3. A shoe holder comprising an arm engageable in a shoe, a member slidable on the arm and engageable in the rear portion of the shoe for retaining said shoe on said arm, and a resilient clutch mounted on said member and irictionally engageable with the arm for releasably securing said member in adjusted position, the arm passing through said clutch.

RUTHERFORD G. REITER. OLE P. FRJLSETH.

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