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US 2022/0386798 A1Published application
Shoe Tree Device
OwnerRhett Bueinventor
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Abstract
A shoe tree having a body with an exterior surface for contacting an interior surface defining a shoe interior cavity during storage. An adjustment member removably engages with a mount on a rear wall of the body of the shoe tree and is engaged to a heel member. The heel member, when rotated on the adjustment member, will increase or decrease the overall length of the shoe tree. The body portion may include an insert which has indicia thereon concerning one or both of a location of purchase or the owner of the shoe tree.
Claims12
A shoe tree comprising:
- a body having a first end thereof opposite a rear wall of said body;
- said body having an exterior surface for contacting an interior surface of a shoe defining a shoe interior cavity;
- a mount positioned on said rear wall of said body;
- an adjustment member having a first end and having a second end opposite said first end;
- a heel member, said heel member having a first end thereof opposite a second thereof;
- said second end of said adjustment member in a threaded engagement with an axial cavity communicating with said first end of a heel member;
- said first end of said adjustment member positionable to a removable engagement with said mount;
- said heel member rotatable in said threaded engagement in a first direction to position said second end of said heel member further from said mount and rotatable in a second direction to locate said second end of said heel member closer to said mount;
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- wherein said shoe tree is positionable to an as-used position within said shoe interior cavity of said shoe with said first end of said body located within a toe box portion of said shoe interior cavity, and said second end of said heel member positionable to a contact against a heel end of said shoe interior cavity whereby a length of said shoe tree from said first end of said body to said second end of said heel member is adjustable by rotation of said heel member in said first direction or said second direction.
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