Shoe horn apparatus and method
OwnerEdward Showalterinventor
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Abstract
A shoe horn apparatus comprising: a handle at one end, a shoe horn at the other end and a shaft mounted between the handle and the shoe horn, wherein the shaft is attached at its upper end to the handle and at its lower end to the shoe horn; a spring loaded actuating member mounted near the handle, such that it can be actuated by a user with the same hand the user holds the handle with; a spring loaded grip member mounted near the shoe horn such that it can grip the back of a shoe between the back of the shoe horn and the grip member upon actuation or release of the actuating member by a user; and, a transmission mechanism mounted between the actuating member and the grip member.
Claims20
A shoe horn apparatus comprising:
- a handle at one end, a shoe horn at the other end and a shaft mounted between the handle and the shoe horn, wherein the shaft is mounted at its upper end to the handle and at its lower end to the shoe horn, the mounting of the shaft to the shoe horn comprising an elastic shaft portion which allows for angle variation between the shaft and the shoe horn during use of the shoe horn apparatus by a user;
- an actuating member having a proximal and a distal end and being associated with the handle through a first spring loaded pivotal connection;
- and, a wire associated with the proximal end of the actuating member and with a grip member having an upper extremity and a lower extremity and being associated with the shaft through a second spring loaded pivotal connection, such that the back of a shoe can be gripped between the back of the shoe horn and the grip member upon actuation or release of the actuating member by the user, to allow the back of the shoe to be pulled upwards by the user using the shoe horn apparatus, while the user's foot heel is being pushed downwards into the shoe and is sliding downwards onto the front of the shoe horn.
A shoe horn apparatus comprising:
- a handle at one end, a shoe horn at the other end and a shaft mounted between the handle and the shoe horn, wherein the shaft is mounted at its upper end to the handle and at its lower end to the shoe horn, the mounting of the shaft to the shoe horn comprising an elastic shaft portion which allows for angle variation between the shaft and the shoe horn during use of the shoe horn apparatus by a user;
- a spring loaded actuating member mounted near the handle, such that it can be actuated by the user with the same hand the user holds the handle with;
- a spring loaded grip member mounted near the shoe horn such that it can grip the back of a shoe between the back of the shoe horn and the grip member upon actuation or release of the actuating member by the user;
- and, a transmission mechanism mounted between the actuating member and the grip member.
A method of putting shoes on using a shoe horn apparatus comprising a handle at one end, a shoe horn at the other end and a shaft mounted between the handle and the shoe horn, wherein the shaft is mounted at its upper end to the handle and at its lower end to the shoe horn, the mounting of the shaft to the shoe horn comprising an elastic shaft portion which allows for angle variation between the shaft and the shoe horn during use of the shoe horn apparatus by a user, a spring loaded actuating member mounted near the handle, such that it can be actuated by the user with the same hand the user holds the handle with, a spring loaded grip member mounted near the shoe horn such that it can grip the back of a shoe between the back of the shoe horn and the grip member upon actuation or release of the actuating member by the user, and, a transmission mechanism mounted between the actuating member and the grip member, the method comprising the following steps:
- holding the shoe horn apparatus in one hand by the handle;
- placing a foot of the user in a shoe and the shoe horn between the foot's heel and back of the shoe;
- actuating or releasing the actuating member such that to cause the grip member to grip the back of the shoe;
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- pulling the shoe horn apparatus, and thus the back of the shoe, upwards, while pushing the foot's heel downwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.