Cabinet structure for storing at least one shoe

Abstract

A cabinet structure for storing at least one shoe includes a body and a sliding frame set. The body includes a cabinet body and at least one door leaf. The door leaf can be movably assembled to a front side of the cabinet. The sliding frame set includes two fixing members, two sliding members and a frame. The two fixing members can be fixed respectively to an inner top surface and an inner bottom surface of the cabinet body. The two sliding members can be movably assembled to the fixing members respectively. A plurality of placement plates for placing the at least one shoe are arranged at the frame and pivoted between the two sliding members to facilitate a user to place shoes at two lateral sides of the frame and access shoes placed at each of the lateral sides by rotating the frame.

Description

FIELD[0001]The present disclosure relates to shoe cabinets and more particularly to a cabinet structure configured to store shoes while making efficient use of the space inside the structure.BACKGROUND[0002]With the rise of living standards, it has been very common for one to have many pairs of shoes. On average, therefore, a typical family may have dozens of pairs of shoes, which are usually stored in shoe cabinets located at the front door, or in the entry way, of the family's dwelling.[0003]Generally, a shoe cabinet includes a number of shelves placed in the interior space of the cabinet to divide the space into a plurality of storage areas where a user of the cabinet may put his or her shoes when the shoes are not in use. Such a shoe cabinet not only allows shoes to be neatly arranged on the shelves as opposed to being scattered around or piled up in a disorderly manner, but also protects the shoe surface from contamination by dust, rainwater or other contaminants. Hence, shoe c...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a cabinet structure for storing shoes that includes a body and a sliding frame set. The sliding frame set includes two fixing members, two sliding members, and a frame. The frame is pivotally connected and can be rotated between the sliding members, allowing shoes to be placed on both sides and accessed easily. Additionally, the cabinet structure can also be equipped with an auxiliary hanging member where objects can be placed or hung, using magnetic attraction. The position of the auxiliary hanging member can be easily adjusted and replaced with different sized counterparts. Overall, the present invention provides a convenient and flexible solution for storing and accessing shoes.

Problems solved by technology

This shelf arrangement, however, fails to make efficient use of those empty spaces in the cabinet that are adjacent to the toe boxes of the shoes.

The very arrangement also limits the number of shoes that can be placed in the cabinet, so a user having more shoes than can be stored in one shoe cabinet cannot but use more shoe cabinets, which nevertheless causes trouble to families whose living space is at a premium e.g., those living in apartments).

Moreover, people tend to put shoehorns, shoe polish, air fresheners and so on in a shoe cabinet for ease of use, but these additional items are bound to reduce the available storage space in the shoe cabinet.

(1) Generally, a conventional auxiliary hanging member is fixed to a panel of a shoe cabinet by screws, nails, adhesive or the like. While the aforesaid fixing methods are effective in fixing auxiliary hanging members in position, they do not allow a fixed auxiliary hanging member to be relocated with ease, thus limiting the use of the auxiliary hanging member.

(2) Once a conventional auxiliary hanging member is removed from a shoe cabinet, it is very likely that the surface of the cabinet is damaged (e.g., left with holes or residual adhesive) where the auxiliary hanging member was fixed; that is to say, the surface integrity and appearance of the shoe cabinet may have been impaired.

(3) When the objects stored via an auxiliary hanging member are to be changed in terms of type or size, the auxiliary hanging member would generally also be replaced by a new one that matches the objects to be stored, but the conventional fixing methods (e.g., screws, nails and adhesive) tend to hinder such replacement.

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