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US 6,318,607 B1Granted
Shoe horn
OwnerVesa Koskelainventor
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Abstract
A shoe horn (1) of a flexible, thin material such as plastic or metal that, in use, changes its shape to approximately correspond to the rear or inner portion of a shoe where the heel of the user is to be inserted. Its size does not significantly exceed the standard size of a bank (ATM) or credit card, so that it can be stored, for example, in a wallet. The shoe horn can comprise two or more portions (1a, 1b) of different shapes having shoulders or hook-shaped portions (1c) that prevent the shoe horn, in use, from gliding down into the shoe.
Claims1
A shoe horn comprising:
- main surfaces that, in an unused state, are flat;
- an upper portion;
- a lower portion;
- and
- shoulder portions located between the upper and lower portion and formed of inward-extending cut-outs in either of two opposing, otherwise parallel side edges of the main surfaces;
- in which:
- the shoe horn is substantially rectangular, with an upper edge and a lower edge of approximately equal length and shorter than the side edges;
- in a used position, the lower portion extends within a shoe, the upper portion extends above an upper edge of a heel of the shoe;
- the shoulder portions extend outward and substantially laterally over an edge of the heel of the shoe, the shoulder portions forming means for preventing the shoe horn from gliding further into the shoe when a user inserts a foot into the shoe;
- and
- the shoe horn is made of a thin, flexible material, the shoe horn bending and conforming substantially to the shape of the user's heel when the user inserts a foot into the shoe and returning to being flat when removed from the shoe;
- and
- the size of the shoe horn corresponds substantially to the size of a standard credit card.
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