Hanging shoe compartments with movable shelves

Abstract

A hanging organizer has opposing first and second flexible sides and a middle panel joining rectangular shelves of width W. The middle panel forms first and second enclosures, each on a different side of the middle panel. Each enclosure has a repositionable shelf with first and second rectangular plates with first and second edges and joined at a flexible juncture parallel to those edges. The first edge engages the first panel and the second edge engages the second panel a distance W below the first edge. The repositionable shelves have a first position where the first plate abuts the first panel with the second plate horizontal, and has a second position where the first plate is horizontal and the second plate abuts the second panel.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 771,221 filed Mar. 1, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.STATEMENT RE: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND[0003]Various hanging compartments are known that have two vertical fabric sides with horizontal fabric shelves at periodic locations. If the sides are flat the compartments are rectangular in shape. If the sides are curved the compartments are curved to match. But in all cases the vertical size of the compartments are determined by the shelf or bottom of the compartment which has opposing ends sewn to or otherwise engaging opposing vertical sides to form a horizontal shelf or bottom. Because the opposing sides of the shelf are sewn to the vertical side supports, the vertical height of the compartments is limited. This limit on vertical height poses problems, as for...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]With the plates in the second position, the first plate supports the bottom of the adjacent and preferably abutting shelf. If the weight to be placed on the shelves is not too heavy, the first plate in the second position can be used as a shelf itself, providing further flexibility in the shape and number of compartments. This is not preferred as a permanent shelf is preferred to be used above the first plate in the second position. But if the second position is to be used with only the first plate acting as a shelf, it is preferably to releasably fasten the second plate to the second side panel of the housing, as for example, by using snaps, hooks or hook and loop fasteners between the inside of the second panel and the abutting side of the pouch containing the second plate.

Problems solved by technology

Because the opposing sides of the shelf are sewn to the vertical side supports, the vertical height of the compartments is limited.

This limit on vertical height poses problems, as for example when the compartments are used to hold shoes.

But if the shoes have long high heels or if boots are to be stored, the compartments are too small to hold two shoes.

But then space is wasted if the user wants to store regular sized shoes instead of boots or very high heels.

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