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US 9,038,200 B2Granted
Footwear remover and drying rack
OwnerEric Matthew McNairinventor
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Abstract
A footwear remover has a platform elevated above the ground, with one or more recesses in the platform for removing footwear. The platform provides sufficient surface area to allow a user to place an unshoed, clean foot away from where a soiled shoe was previously positioned. In one embodiment, the footwear remover may be mounted to a suspending surface and used as a drying and storage rack for footwear. The footwear remover may optionally include hanging features for drying and hanging accessory items.
Claims22
A device for removing footwear, comprising:
- a platform having a top surface and edges, wherein the top surface has an area, wherein a first portion of the area is capable of accommodating at least one entire shoed foot, and wherein a second portion of the area and a third portion of the area are each capable of accommodating at least one entire unshoed foot, and wherein each of the first, second and third portions of the area for the one entire shoed foot and the two entire unshoed feet are distinct from each other;
- supports coupled to the platform, wherein the supports are configured to extend to the ground and raise the platform to a height above the ground, and wherein the supports comprise a joining element adapted to be mounted to a suspending surface such that the platform and supports are horizontally suspended above the ground when mounted to the suspending surface;
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- a recess located at an edge of the platform, wherein the recess is shaped to receive a heel of an item of footwear;
- wherein the platform is capable of accommodating and fully supporting a user standing on the platform with a first entire shoed or unshoed foot placed in one of the portions of the area at the same time as a second entire shoed or unshoed foot is placed in a different portion of the area.
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An apparatus for removing and drying footwear, comprising:
- a platform having a top surface and edges, wherein the top surface has an area, wherein a first portion of the area is capable of accommodating at least one entire shoed foot, and wherein a second portion of the area and a third portion of the area are each capable of accommodating at least one entire unshoed foot, wherein each of the first, second and third portions of the area for the one entire shoed foot and the two entire unshoed feet are distinct from each other;
- supports coupled to the platform, wherein the supports are configured to extend to the ground and raise the platform to a height above the ground, and wherein the supports comprise a joining element adapted to be mounted to a suspending surface;
- two recesses at an edge of the platform, wherein the recesses are shaped to receive a heel of an item of footwear, and wherein each recess is between two of the portions;
- wherein the platform is capable of accommodating and fully supporting a user standing on the platform with a first entire shoed or unshoed foot placed in one of the portions of the area at the same time as a second entire shoed or unshoed foot is placed in a different portion of the area, and wherein the platform is capable of accommodating and fully supporting the user standing on the platform with one entire foot in any portions of the area at the same time as a second foot is placed in the recess;
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- a mounting device capable of being mounted to a suspending surface, wherein the joining element of the supports is configured to be coupled to the mounting device such that the platform and supports are horizontally suspended above the ground when mounted to the suspending surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.