Rack for footwear
AssigneeBasic Line, Inc.
InventorsVito Licari, Yaffa Licari
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Abstract
A stackable rack for footwear is made from a plurality of identical frame members. Each of the frame members has its own integral connectors for interconnecting the individual frame members to form the rack.
Claims33
A plastic rack for footwear, comprising an open-ended framework having a plurality of substantially identical sides arranged to give said framework a truncated pyramidal shape, each of said sides comprising a frame member consisting of a unitary, homogenous molded structure, at least two of said frame members each including at least one upright leg member, a plurality of cross members extending laterally therefrom and hanging means extending upwardly from at least one of said cross members for hanging footwear interiorally and exteriorally of said framework around substantially the entire periphery thereof, said hanging means lying wholly within planes defined by said sides of said framework so that said hanging means do not extend laterally inwardly or outwardly from said framework, whereby said rack may be stacked on top of and over another rack identical thereto, and connecting means on said leg members and on said cross members, respectively, for connecting one of said frame members to adjacent frame members.
A plastic rack for footwear, comprising a framework consisting of a plurality of identical frame members, each of said frame members consisting of a unitary, homogenous molded structure which includes hanging means for hanging footwear from said framework, each of said frame members further including a single upright leg member, cross members extending laterally from said leg member, and connecting means formed monolithically with said frame members for rigidly connecting said frame member to a pair of the other of said identical frame members such that all of said frame members cooperate with each other to make said framework rigid and freestanding, said connecting means including a plurality of male connectors located on one of either said leg member or said cross member and a plurality of female connectors located on the other of either said leg member or said cross members, each of said male connectors mating with a corresponding female connector of one frame member of said pair of identical frame members and each of said female connectors mating with a corresponding male connector of the other frame member of said pair of identical frame members.
A plastic prefabricated skeletal frame member for a rack consisting of a unitary, homogenous structure adapted to hang footwear therefrom, said frame member lying in substantially a single plane and comprising a single leg member;
- a pair of cross members formed monolithically with said leg member and extending generally laterally therefrom;
- hanging means formed monolithically with said cross members for hanging footwear from said frame member;
- first connecting means formed monolithically at a single end of said cross members for connection with the leg of another frame member identical thereto;
- and second connecting means formed monolithically with said leg member for connection with a pair of cross members of another frame member identical thereto.
A plastic rack for footwear, comprising an open-ended framework having a truncated shape, said framework including a plurality of identical skeletal frame members, each frame member including a leg member, a pair of parallel cross members formed monolithically with said leg member and extending therefrom at an angle selected such that said cross members are substantially horizontal when said leg member is arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical, hanging means formed monolithically with said cross members for hanging footwear from said frame member, first connecting means for connecting said frame member to another of said identical frame members, said first connecting means including a first male connector formed monolithically with one cross member of said pair of cross members and extending from said one cross member at an angle selected such that said first male connector is slightly inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said one cross member when said one cross member is arranged horizontally and a second male connector formed monolithically with the other cross member of said pair of cross members and extending from said other cross member at an angle selected such that said second male connector is slightly inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said second cross member when said other cross member is arranged horizontally, and second connecting means for connecting said frame member to another of said identical frame members, said second connecting means including a first female connector formed monolithically with said leg member and arranged at an angle slightly offset from a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said leg member, said angle selected such that said first female connector is slightly inclined when said leg member is arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the horizontal and a second female connector formed monolithically with said leg member and arranged at an angle similar to that of said first female connector such that said second female connector is slightly inclined when said leg member is arranged at said predetermined angle relative to the horizontal.
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