Supports: racks – Special article – Shoe or boot type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-28
2002-10-15
Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Shoe or boot type
C211S087010, C211S113000, C211S119000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06464087
ABSTRACT:
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a hanging shoe rack, and is more particularly directed to a number of different embodiments for shoe racks that hang from, or are positioned on, the back of a door or on another upright surface.
Hanging shoe racks are well known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,073, entitled “Hanging Shoe Rack”, is directed to a hanging shoe rack having a pair of plastic side frame members, and a plurality of support bars positioned between the side frame members on which shoes may be supported. The present invention is directed to such a product, albeit with different features. U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,073 is incorporated by reference, in its entirety, herein.
In particular, the shoe rack set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,073 includes first and second plastic side frame members. Each side frame member has as vertical member having a plurality of support arms extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom. The product has a plurality of shoe retaining bars. The shoe retaining bars are oriented in pairs, with each pair of bars aligned in a plane forming an acute angle with respect to the vertical surface on which the shoe rack is positioned. In this regard, one bar of each pair is positioned at outward ends of respective arms, while the other shoe retaining bar of the pair is positioned between the vertical members of the respective side frame members.
As illustrated best in
FIG. 2
of U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,073, the vertical members of the plastic side frame members are preferably spatially removed from the upright surface or door, due to the presence of leg members at upper and lower portions of the side frame members. Hangers, or brackets, are positioned over the door and receive foot members extending downwardly from leg members, as clearly illustrated and described in the '073 patent. As illustrated and described, when the hanging shoe rack product is positioned on an upright surface, the vertical members and outwardly and downwardly depending arms serve as lateral barriers to retain the shoes on the shoe rack.
Additionally, U.S. Pat. No. 5,103,985, incorporated herein by reference, teaches a shoe-retaining rack, or cube, having a number of cross-bars, each with a plurality of loop-pairs positioned thereon. In particular, each loop of a pair of loops is positioned upwardly from a corresponding cross-bar, and particularly, extends outwardly from its corresponding cross-bar in a direction opposite that of its corresponding loop in the pair.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Each embodiment of the present invention is directed to a shoe rack for mounting to an upright surface, or hanging over a door. Each embodiment of the present invention employs side frame members, and one or more shoe retaining tiers, positioned between the side frame members, upon which shoes may be supported. In particular, each embodiment of the present invention employs at least one shoe retaining tier having a plurality of loops thereon, wherein the loops are oriented in pairs. However, each embodiment of the present invention incorporates different structural features, resulting in improved structural integrity over the prior art and/or resulting in a product that is less expensive to manufacture and/or resulting in a product which retains shoes on the shoe rack in a different, or better, manner.
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Klein Richard B.
Scott John W.
Serslev Chris
Lynk, Inc.
Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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