Shoe shine box
OwnerMichael Rossiter, Mark Rossiterinventors
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Abstract
A shoe shine box has a base defining an inclined opening and a lid closing the opening. A shoe rest is attached to one side of the lid, the shoe rest having an inclined shoe support surface. A shoe clamp is attached to the shoe rest to hold the shoe against the shoe rest for polishing. The lid is movable between a first position closing the lid with the shoe rest in the box and a second position closing the lid with the shoe rest outside the box. The shoe support surface can be in positioned in either an inclined polishing position or a level polishing position when the lid is placed in the second position to provide a multi-function shoe polishing station.
Claims20
A shoe shine box comprising:
- a base portion defining a storage compartment and a top opening;
- a lid portion covering said opening, the lid portion comprising opposite first and second sides and a shoe rest attached to the first side;
- a connection movably mounting the lid portion to the base portion, the lid portion movable between a first position wherein the lid portion covers said opening with the shoe rest in the interior of the box and a second position wherein the lid portion covers said opening with the shoe rest on the outside of the box.
A shoe shine box comprising:
- a base defining a storage compartment and defining an upper opening inclined at an inclination angle with respect to a horizontal plane;
- a lid disposed at the inclination angle to at least partially cover the opening;
- a shoe rest, the shoe rest attached to one side of the lid and comprising a shoe support surface inclined at a shoe support angle;
- a joint movably attaching the lid to the base to cover the opening, the lid movable between first and second positions wherein the shoe rest is outside the box in each of said first and second positions;
- when the lid is in the first position the shoe support surface is disposed at an angle with respect to the horizontal plane equal to the sum of the inclination angle and the shoe support angle;
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- when the lid is in the second position the shoe support surface is disposed at an angle with respect to the horizontal plane equal to the difference between the inclination angle and the shoe support angle.
A shoe shine box comprising:
- a base;
- a lid;
- a shoe rest attached to the lid, the shoe rest on the outside of the box to support a shoe for polishing;
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- a shoe clamp attached to the shoe rest to rigidly hold the shoe on the shoe rest whereby the shoe can be polished while off the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.