Shoe holder

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional shoe racks lack flexibility and interchangeability, leading to wasted space and instability, as they are often designed to accommodate specific shoe sizes and shapes, and fail to provide secure storage, especially for door-mounted styles which lack lateral support.

Innovation Solution

A vertical shoe holder with a frame formed of an upright plate and support arms, allowing for adjustable mounting to a wall and accommodating shoes of various sizes and types, featuring ball-shaped receiving elements for secure storage and display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional shoe racks are designed to accommodate specific shoe sizes and shapes, then they provide stable storage for those specific shoes, but they lack flexibility and interchangeability for storing various types of shoes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility and interchangeabilityVSAvoidstability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The shoe rack is divided into multiple independent shoe holding units, each capable of being adjusted or removed separately. This segmentation allows different configurations for different shoe types while maintaining stability for each individual unit.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The shoe rack incorporates adjustable and interchangeable components that can be dynamically reconfigured. Support arms can be repositioned, and shoe holding elements can be adjusted to accommodate various shoe sizes, shapes, and styles, providing both versatility and stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If shoes are placed side-by-side on a surface with limited width, then the structure remains simple, but excessive wasted space occurs above and below individual pairs of shoes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidwasted space

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The invention transitions from horizontal side-by-side shoe placement to vertical stacking arrangement. Shoes are positioned one above another using multiple tiers and support arms,充分利用 vertical space while maintaining structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Area of stationary object

If door-mounted shoe racks are used to save space, then they provide compact storage, but they lack lateral support when the door is opened causing shoes to fall or slide off

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage spaceVSAvoidlateral support

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The shoe rack incorporates lateral support structures and bracing elements that counteract the forces applied when the door is opened. These supporting features provide resistance to lateral movement, preventing shoes from falling or sliding off while maintaining compact door-mounted storage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

Data Source

PatentUS11517133B2Shoe holder

Publication Date: 2022.12.06 RAMOS FERDINAND

AI summary

An improved shoe holder designed as a shoe storage and display in a vertical disposition. The improved shoe holder includes a frame formed of an upright plate. First and second support arms are disposed on the upright plate. Finally, first and second footwear receiving elements are mounted respectively on the first and second support arms to receive and store the shoe.