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US 4,261,071 AGranted
Shoe tree
AssigneePolly Products, Co., Inc.
InventorRobert M. Forte
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Abstract
Shoe tree which has been blow-molded from an elastomer plastic and having a hollow bellows existing between a toe piece and a heel piece.
Claims3
Shoe tree, comprising:
- (a) a toe piece,
- (b) a heel piece provided with an indentation on each side of the heel piece consisting of a longitudinal downwardly-facing shelf located midway between the top and the bottom of the heel piece to assist in removing the shoe tree from a shoe, and
- (c) an elongated bellows joining the toe piece to the heel piece, the bellows being capable of substantial lengthwise compression and expansion and of twisting to provide constant pressure on the surface of the shoe and to compensate for variations in shoe size and shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.