Supports: cabinet structure – With gas or vapor treatment of material – By wetted surface exposed to material chamber and...
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-11
2003-07-29
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Supports: cabinet structure
With gas or vapor treatment of material
By wetted surface exposed to material chamber and...
C211S034000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06598948
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to protective shoe containers and more specifically to a shoe storage device that encloses and preserves the shoes, from dirt dust and humidity.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other shoe containers designed for protecting shoes but none combine the use of a rotational mechanism with humidifying and dehumidifying capabilities and neither is combined in the use of preserving shoes.
Typical of these and other humidifying or storage devices, generally, is U.S. Pat. No. 3,042,472 issued to Charles J. Ibel on Jul. 3, 1962. Another patent was issued to Geraldine McGeer Appleby on Jun. 29, 1971 as U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,785. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 4,312,550 was issued to Kenneth E. Jackson on Jan. 26, 1982 and still yet another was issued on May 6, 1986 to Masao Morishita et al. as U.S. Pat. No. 4,586,342.
Another patent was issued to Byung-Do Im et al., on May 26, 1987 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,817. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 4,711,294 was issued to Allophones F. Jacobs et al. on Dec. 8, 1987. Another was issued to Lisbet Thoresen et al. on Jun. 7, 1988 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,749,241 and still yet another was issued on Jun. 13, 1989 to William M. Robertson, et al. as U.S. Pat. No. 4,838,911.
Another patent was issued to Shelley R Paine et al. on Jul. 7, 1992 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,127,718. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 5,191,736 was issued to Katsuyoshi Iino, et al. on Mar. 9, 1993. Another was issued to Cosmas Malin Mauren, et al. on Apr. 7, 1998 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,735,587, and still yet another was issued on Nov. 25, 1988 to Somajini Georges as French Patent No. FR2615380.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,042,472
Inventor: Charles J. Ibel
Issued: Jul. 3, 1962
In a filing cabinet or the like having a pair of spaced vertical supports a pair of sprockets mounted at the top and bottom of each support a vertical link chain passing over each of said pair of sprockets means for actuating said sprockets and chains a plurality of spaced horizontal shelves between said chains the ends of the said shelves being pivotally held on corresponding links of the respective chains the improvement which comprises a plurality of pairs of spaced brackets mounted on a pair of adjacent links of said chains and extending outwardly therefrom, a pivot on the upper of each pair of brackets, a shelf on which said pivot is fixed, a pin in the lower of said pair of brackets and extending towards said shelf, an additional bracket between said adjacent links, a pin on said additional bracket and in alignment with said first pin and pivot when said pair of brackets and additional bracket are in horizontal position, a pendant on said pivot and depending toward said lower bracket the lower end of said pendant having an inverted V-shaped notch, the distance between the pivot of said pendant and apex of said notch being equal to the distance between the pins of adjacent brackets. of adjacent brackets.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,785
Inventor: Geraldine McGeer Appleby
Issued: Jun. 29, 1971
A shelf conveyor apparatus for use with a kitchen cabinet formed with an access opening in its front wall and adapted for storage of a plurality of various height articles. The apparatus includes a vertically disposed endless conveyor means for disposition in said cabinet and including a series of connectors spaced therealong. A plurality of shelves are provided with hangers for interchangeable connection with the respective connectors whereby the hangers of certain shelves may be connected with connectors spaced at predetermined distances to space such certain shelves apart for convenient receipt therebetween of articles of one height and the hangers of other shelves may be connected with connectors spaced apart at different distances to space such other hangers apart for convenient receipt therebetween of articles of another height. Thus the conveyor means may be operated to selectively advance selected ones of the shelves into registration with the access opening for convenient viewing of the articles stored thereon and for ready access to such articles. The shelves may substantially narrower than conventional kitchen cabinet shelves while still utilizing the entire depth of a conventional cabinet thereby eliminating the inconvenience of having certain of the articles stored at the back of a relatively deep shelf and making it difficult to view such articles from the front of the shelf and necessitating reaching and groping over and between articles disposed at the front of the shelf to acquire such articles located at the rear of the shelf.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,312,550
Inventor: Kenneth E. Jackson
Issued: Jan. 26, 1982
A display case for use in exhibiting jewelry and incorporating a pair of sidewalls in its structure, spaced apart a fixed distance, grooves being routed into each sidewall wherein drive linkage or chain are located, and driven by a drive shaft turned by an electric or other motor. Each of the drive chains revolve simultaneously, so that display trays or shelves held at each end by each of the sidewall disposed linkages are revolved about the display case for exhibiting merchandise.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,586,342
Inventor: Masao Morishita, Ibaraki et al.
Issued: May 6, 1986
A dehumidifying and cooling apparatus for keeping the inside of a box containing an electric apparatus at a predetermined temperature and low humidity is provided. The apparatus comprises an electronic cooling element fixed to a heated end of a heat pipe extending through the box, the electronic cooling element and a cooling portion being respectively located inside the box, and a radiating portion being located outside the box, the cooling portion being located inside a vertical vent guide provided within the box, so that the dehumidifying and cooling apparatus can be compact and capable of dehumidifying and cooling the inside of the box efficiently.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,817
Inventor: Byung-Do Im, et al.
Issued: May 26, 1987
A shoe case for storing a pair of shoes is provided and includes a built-in unit for dehumidifying the pair of shoes. The unit can also deodorize the pair of shoes.
U.S. Pat. No. Des. 4,711,294
Inventor: Alphonse F. Jacobs, et al.
Issued: Dec. 8, 1987
A system for controlling the temperature and humidity of an enclosure such as a museum display case continuously extracts air from the enclosure, increases its humidity cools it to a controlled temperature at which point its humidity is 100%. The air is then heated and returned to the enclosure. By selection of the controlled temperature the relative humidity of the returned air may be determined.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,749,241
Inventor: Lisbet N. Thoresen, et al.
Issued: Jun. 7, 1988
A display case for supporting and viewing of a museum piece, the case including a base providing a lower chamber for a humidity buffer and a transparent cover providing an upper chamber for the piece on display. The case is substantially airtight, with sealed access ports in the base for inserting and removing humidity buffer containers, and with a clamped soft seal between the cover and base for removal of the cover to provide access to the display space. In the preferred embodiment, the humidity buffer is contained in cylindrical containers which rest on a sloping shelf in the base for ease of handling, and the lower and upper chambers are separated by a platform which provides a restricted airflow path between the chambers so that opening an access port does not result in substantial airflow into or out of the upper chamber.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,838,911
Inventor: William M. Robertson, et al.
Issued: Jun. 13, 1989
A videotape storage cabinet is disclosed which includes a housing having a base portion supporting a videotape cooling compartment, a heat sink compartment, and a top, the top for supporting the videotape user equipment. A temperature controlled thermoelectric heat pump is mounted between the compartments with a cold sink and a heat sink extending into the cooling and heating compartments, respectively. The cold sink provides videotape bins design
Braun Leslie A.
Wujciak A. Joseph
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