Hanging shoe compartments with movable shelves

a technology of shoe compartments and shelves, which is applied in the direction of folding cabinets, show hangers, cabinets, etc., can solve the problems of square openings in suspended housings, and achieve the effect of allowing for more compartments and flexible shap

US20140246393A1Inactive Publication Date: 2014-09-04PRO MART IND
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Publication Date
2014-09-04
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Abstract

A hanging organizer has opposing first and second flexible sides and back panel joining rectangular shelves of width W. A repositionable shelf has 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 shelf has 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.

[0002] STATEMENT RE: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT

[0003] Not ApplicableBACKGROUND

[0004] Various 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 pr...

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[0028]Referring to FIGS. 1-6, a hanging housing 10 with plural compartment 12 is shown. The relative directions up, down, upwards, downwards, above, below, upper and lower are used herein with respect to the configuration of FIGS. 1-2, in which the housing is suspended vertically, as for example from a closet hanger bar. The hanging housing 10 is suitable for storing shoes in the compartments 12, but other items may be placed in the various compartments.

[0029]The housing 10 is preferably collapsible, having first and second flexible side panels 14, 16 joined by a flexible back panel 18. The housing 10 has a stiff top panel 20 and an opposing bottom-most shelf 24 that may be stiff or flexible. Preferably the shelves 24 are stiff shelves made of plastic sheets, fiberboard, or wood inserts enclosed in fabric or plastic material. A plurality of permanent shelves 24 are interposed between the top 20 and the bottom-most shelf 24. The permanent shelves 24 are preferably permanently fastene...