US 5,509,170 AGranted

Shoe maintenance and storage box

OwnerDomenic LoFaro, Frank Porzio +1inventors

InventorsDomenic LoFaro, Frank Porzio, Peter Ballack

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Abstract

A portable shoe maintenance and storage box has separable shoe maintenance and shoe storage portions, with the two portions capable of being latched or secured together to close the box. The relatively deeper storage portion provides interior space for holding a pair of shoes therein, and a shelf for holding various shoe maintenance and cleaning articles (e. g., brushes, polish, cleaning cloths or rags, golf shoe spike tool, etc.) therein. The relatively shallower maintenance portion includes a shoe holder which extends beyond the plane defined by the edges of the peripheral walls of the maintenance portion, to provide clearance from the peripheral walls for working on a shoe on the holder. The holder is adapted to hold a shoe either upright or inverted, for cleaning of the upper portion of the shoe, or for work on the sole and heel portions. When the maintenance and storage portions are latched together, a pair of shoes and other articles may be securely stored or carried therein. The box is particularly suitable for golf shoes, but may be used for the maintenance and storage of virtually any type of footwear.

A shoe maintenance and storage box comprising:

a separable maintenance portion and a storage portion, with said maintenance portion and said storage portion securable together to form a closed box;
said maintenance portion and said storage portion each having a base wall with four corners and first through fourth peripheral walls, with said maintenance portion base wall and said storage portion base wall being oppositely disposed, and said first through fourth peripheral walls of said maintenance portion and said base portion being respectively coplanar when said maintenance portion and said base portion are secured together, and wherein said peripheral walls of said maintenance portion are shorter than said peripheral walls of said storage portion;
a shoe holder mounted on said maintenance portion base wall comprising a laterally symmetrical shoe plate mounted on a non-hinged column extending therefrom and between said maintenance portion's first through fourth peripheral walls, with said maintenance portion's first through fourth peripheral walls having an edge defining a plane, and said shoe holder extending beyond said plane of said edge of said maintenance portion's peripheral walls, whereby either a left or a right shoe can be placed on said laterally symmetrical shoe plate and a shoe can be installed either inverted or upright over said shoe plate;
storage space for footwear on either side of said shoe holder within said shoe maintenance and storage box;
a shelf disposed within said storage portion of said box having a plurality of holes therein with each of said holes providing for the retention of a shoe maintenance and cleaning article therein;
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four friction pads extending from the exterior of said maintenance portion base wall and each said friction pad situated proximate to one said corner of said maintenance portion base wall to preclude slippage of the maintenance portion when a shoe is being worked on.

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