US2225686A - Shoe - Google Patents

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Dec. 24, 1940. C. J. CNRAD SHOE Filed Oct. 14, 1939 orzead .f Conc-ad Moa/M36 Patented Dec. 24, 1940 i UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE 1 Claim.

'I'he present invention relates to shoes and more particularly to a shoe provided with means for suspending the same from a support.

The primary objects of the instant invention are to provide a shoe adapted for suspension from supporting means projecting from a vertical wall or the like so that the shoe may be hung up when not in use; to provide such a shoe formed for cooperation with such supporting means at no greater manufacturing cost than former shoes of conventional type; and, to provide such a shoe incorporating means for so hanging up the same which means do not detract from the appearance or from the wearing quality of the shoe.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of two pairs of mens shoes suspended on a bar secured between spaced walls, here shown in vertical section;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view thereof on line 2-2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view, similar to Figure 2 but showing a modified embodiment of the invention;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 4--4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a womans shoe showing ano-ther modified embodiment of the invention; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view thereof showing the shoe suspended from a supporting rack projecting from a wall shown in vertical section.

Referring to this drawing in which like parts are designated by the same numerals in the several views, and referring rst to Figures 1 and 2, a cross-sectional rectangular supporting bar I8 has its opposite ends disposed in notches in blocks I2 'secured to spaced vertical Walls I3 as by screws I4.

Mens 'shoes I5 having soles i6 and heels Il secured to the undersides of the soles I6 at the rearward extremities thereof in any conventional manner are suspended from the supporting bar I0 in toe-downward positions, the heel I1 of each shoe being provided with a Cross-sectionally rectangular recess I8 extending the Width of the heel and extending rearwardly from the front surface I9 of the heel adjacent the shoe sole I8 to which the heel is secured.

The recess I8 in each heel I1 is adapted to rel ceive and embrace a portion of the supporting bar of the sole |61 at the rearward extremity thereof, is provided with a relatively narrow recess |81 extending rearwardly from the front surface |91 of the heel adjacent the sole of the shoe. This recess |81 is adapted to receive and embrace the upwardly bent shank of a supporting screw |81 or the like threaded in a vertical wall |31, and thus the shoe |51 is removably supported adjacent the wall |31 in a toe-downward position.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate another modied embodiment of the invention. In these views is shown a Womans shoe |52 having a sole |62 and a heel |12 secured by any conventional means to the rearward extremity of the sole |62 of the shoe. As here shown, the heel |12 is provided with an annular bore or recess |82 extending rearwardly from the front surface |92 of the heel and intermediate the top and bottom of the heel.

This recess |82 is adapted to receive and embrace a cylindrical peg 2|) projecting upwardly from a supporting bracket |82 secured by any suitable means to a vertical Wall |32, and thus the shoe I52 is removably supported on the bracket |02 in a toe-downward position.

It will readilyy be seen that in the forms of the invention illustrated in Figures 1-4 inclusive, the recess I8 or |81 may be formed in the heel Il or I11 at the time the heel is molded with no increase in manufacturing cost. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 5 and 6, the recess |82 is formed in the heel by the simple and inexpensive method of boring an annular recess in the heel.

It will further be seen that, inasmuch as the recesses I8, |81 and |82 are in the forward parts of their respective heels I1, |11 and |12, these recesses do not interfere with the wearing quality of the heels since the rearward parts 0f the heels sustain the percussion and wear during use of the shoes.

The present invention provides convenient and economical means for hanging up shoes when they are not -in use, and while but several speciiic embodiments of the invention have been herein shown and described, it will be understood that certain details of the constructions shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as the same is dened by the following claim.

I claim:

A shoe provided with a heel at its rearward extremity having a recess therein extending rearwardly from the front surface of the heel and intermediate the top and bottom of the heel, said recess extending the width of the heel whereby the shoe may be suspended from a support seated in said recess.

CONRAD Jv CONRAD.

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