Shoe display and storage device
OwnerRobert B. Campbell, Paul Landauinventors
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Abstract
A transparent container is formed essentially with the shape of a rectangular parallelelepiped by a base and a cover which are hingedly attached together and enclose a cavity within which is disposed preformed shapes for receiving and positioning one or more articles to be displayed and stored. In the preferred embodiment the articles to be displayed and stored comprise a pair of shoes. The shoes are stored in the base in an interlocked heel to sole manner in the preformed inner shapes. This affords efficiency in display packing and shipment. The storage device is adaptable to all size and styles of men's, women's and children's shoes as well as to other articles.
Claims12
A shoe storage device for storing at least one shoe of predetermined size and shape, comprising:
- (a) base means having a lower recess at an underside thereof;
- (b) cover means hingedly secured to said base means, said cover means having dimensions for fitting within the lower recess in the base means of another shoe storage device to provide stacking of a plurality of shoe storage devices;
- (c) cavity means formed between said cover means and said base means when said cover means is in a closed position, for receiving at least one shoe therein for storage;
- (d) shape means disposed on said beam means and within said cavity means for positioning at least one shoe with a predetermined orientation in said cavity means, said shape means including at least one depression means, each depression means having a size and shape corresponding to said predetermined size and shape of a shoe for receiving the same therein;
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- (e) releasable lock means on said base means and said cover means for releasably locking said base means to said cover means so that at least one shoe can repeatedly be stored and retrieved from said device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.