Bench Step Device

A bench step device that provides a user with a bench step for locker rooms and retail stores for putting on shoes, the bench step device comprising:

• a body component configured in a rectangular, table-like shape, with a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side edges and opposing front and back edges;
• a plurality of legs attached to and depending downwardly from the bottom surface of the body component to touch a floor or other ground surface;
• and
• a pair of platform steps;
• wherein one of the plurality of legs is secured to each corner of the body component;
• wherein a tabletop component is secured to the top surface of the body component for supporting shoes and shoeboxes;
• wherein a single platform step from the pair of platform steps is secured to each of the opposing side edges of the body component via a sliding hinge;
• wherein the platform step can expand or retract from the body component, allowing a user to place their foot on the single platform step to lace their shoe while standing;
• and
• further wherein a forward-facing side of each platform step has a sandpaper surface for traction.

A method of easily applying and securing footwear while standing up, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a bench step device comprising a body component with legs and a pair of platform steps that slide out from the opposing sides;
• positioning the body component on its legs, such as a table;
• expanding the pair of platform steps out from the body component;
• securing the pair of platform steps in an expanded position via the sliding hinges;
• and placing a user's foot on the expanded platform steps to put on and secure a shoe without sitting down.