US2774097A - Shoe shining stand - Google Patents

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Dec. 18, 1956 LEHMANN 2,774,097

SHOE SHINING STAND Filed Oct. 18, 1952 United States Patent SHOE SHINING STAND Karl T. Lehmann, St. Charles, Mo.

Application October 18, 1952, Serial No. 315,488

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-267) This invention relates to shoe shining stands and in particular to a shoe shining stand which is adapted to the needs of members of the United States Armed Forces.

The members of the United States Armed Forces are expected to keep their shoes shined. There has in the past, however, been no convenient provision made for accomplishing this task when the shoes are not being worn. Wall brackets have been proposed, but these have had several disadvantages: it is frequenly against regulations to mount them on the wall of a barracks; such brackets are not readily demountable and portable; and they require a suitable Wall on which to be mounted.

One object of this invention is to provide a shoe shining stand which may quickly and easily be mounted on and demounted from the angle iron bed rail of a standard service iron bed; which is compact, light, cheap to manufacture, simple to use and effective to hold the shoe while the shoe is being polished.

Other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art in the light of the following disclosure and accompanying drawing.

In accordance with this invention generally stated, a shoe shining stand is provided having a simple but efficient angle iron bed rail engaging bracket which when mounted on an angle iron bed rail maintains a shoe supporting surface in proper working position. The shoe supporting surface is provided with shoe securing means which may be so constructed as to grip the heel of a shoe tightly enough so that no further shoe clamping member is necessary.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a shoe shining stand constructed in accordance with one embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 2 with parts broken away;

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of another embodiment of this invention;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure Figure 6 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment of angle iron' rail engaging bracket;

Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment of angle iron rail engaging bracket;

Figure 8 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment of angle iron rail engaging bracket; and

Figure 9 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment of angle iron rail engaging bracket.

' Referring now to the drawing for illustrative embodiments of this invention, 1 represents the angle iron bed rail of a standard service iron bed. The bed rail 1 has a substantially horizontal part 2, and a substantially vertical part 3 depending from the outboard edge of the horizontal part 2.

In the embodiment of this invention shown in Figures 1-3, a mounting bracket 5 is mounted on the bed rail 1. The mounting bracket 5 consists of an inner leg 7, an

outer leg 9, a web 11, connecting the inner leg 7 with the outer leg 9, and a platform 15 extending from and along the lower edge of the outer leg 9. In this embodiment the inner leg 7 forms a reentrant angle with the web 11. The platform 15 is provided with countersunk holes 17 proportioned to admit screws 19. Secured to the platform 15 by the screws 19, is a shoe support 21. The shoe support 21, which may conveniently be made of wood or plastic, is provided with a rabbet 23 extending transversely of and entirely across the under side of the shoe support. The rabbet 23, which is positioned immediately above the upper surface of the platform 15, consists of a wide channel 25 and a groove 27 in the bottom of the channel. A pair of clamps 31 are mounted to slide within the channel 25 of the rabbet 23. The clamps 31 consist of a plate 32 and a curved upright member 33, substantially at right angles to the plate 32. The upright members 33 of the clamps 31 are provided with holes 34 through which a clamping bolt 35 extends. In the embodiment shown the bolt 35 has a head 36 at one end and is threaded at 37 at its other end to take a wing nut 39. The shank of the bolt 35 lies within the groove 27 of the rib 23. The plates 32 serves as guides to maintain the uprights 33 in position and to facilitate their moving inwardly and outwardly with respect to the shoe support 21. On the upper side of the shoe support 21 is a stop 40. The stop 40 consists of a base 41 and a barrier 42 extending along an edge of the base 41 entirely across the support 21. The stop 40 is secured to the support 21 by means of screws 43 taking through the base 41.

In order to mount the stand of this embodiment on the bed rail, it is only necessary to slip the inner leg 7 of the bracket 5 over the inboard edge of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and to rotate the stand downwardly about that edge until the inner surface of the outer leg 9 engages the outboard face of the vertical part 3 of the bed rail 1.

To mount a shoe on the stand, the wing nut 39 is loosened sufficiently to allow the clamps 31 to be spread to take the heel of the shoe. The heel of the shoe is then put down on the support between the barrier 42 and the uprights 33 of the clamp. The heel is pushed forward until its inner vertical edge engages the barrier 42. The wing nut 39 is then tightened to move the uprights 33 into engagement with the convex peripheral surface of the heel. Continued tightening of the wing nut 39 squeezes the heel between uprights 33 and the barrier 42 to anchor the shoe to the support 21.

To release the shoe it is only necessary to loosen the wing nut 39. To dismount the stand from the bed rail 1 the stand is rotated upwardly until the outer leg 9 of the bracket 5 clears the upper edge of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and the bracket is moved inwardly and upwardly until the inner leg 7 clears the inboard edge of the horizontal part 2. v

In Figures 4 and 5, a stand is shown in which a bracket 405 is provided with an inner leg 407 which extends parallel with an outer leg 409. That is to say, the inner leg 407 depends substantially perpendicularly from a web 411, rather than forming a reentrant angle therewith.

In this embodiment a difierent arrangement of clamping means and support are shown by way of illustration. The platform 415 of the bracket 405 is provided with three symmetrically arranged upright pin 419 rigidly secured thereto. A support 421 is provided with 3 holes 452 complementary to the pins 419. A transversely extending hole 423 takes the place of the rabbet 23 of the embodiment shown in Figures l3. Clamps 431 extend above and below the support 421. A bolt 435 provided with a wing nut 439 extends through the hole 423 and performs the same function as the bolt and wing nut of the first embodiment. Stops 440 extend across both the upper andlower surfaces of the support 421'. V

The mounting of the bracket 405 on a bed rail is accomplished' by slipping thelegs 407, 409 over the horizontal part 2 of the'bed rail until the inner surface of the web 411 engages the upper surface of the. horizontal part 2.

In that position, the inner leg 407 engages the inboard V edge of the horizontal part 2 while the inner surface of.

the outer leg 409 engages the outboard surface of the vertical part 3 of the bed rail. The advantage'of the embodiment of support shown'in Figures 4 and 5 over other embodiments lies in the-fact'that the support 421 may be shaped'in the form of the sole of a shoe. If,

' for example, as the support 421 is first mounted'on the platform 415, the shape of the platform .421 corresponds to a right shoe, the support 421 need only be's-lipped from the pins 419, inverted, and replaced on those pins,

' to be adapted to fita left shoe. This arrangement is particularly adapted to other types of shoe clamping means V wherein a sole engaging clamp is positioned toward'the toe end of the shoe. As a matter of simplicity and cheapness, of production however, the embodimentof support shown in Figures 1-3 is preferred. 7 a

In the embodiment of mounting bracket shown in Figure 6, an inner leg 607 is'bent in substantially a J shape with respect to a Web 611; An outer leg 609 is hinged to the web 611 by means of an ordinary pintle and knuckle hinge 612. 7

' In order to mount the bracket shown in Figure 6, the outer leg'609 is swung up about the hinge 612, the inner leg 607 is slipped over the inboard edge of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and th'e'outer leg 609 is swung back down to engage the outer surface of the vertical part 3 of the bed rail.

In the embodiment of the bracket shown inFigure 7 '.an inner leg '707 depends substantially perpendicularly from a web.711. In thisembodiment the web 711 'continues beyond the outboard edge of the horizontal part 2 The inner leg 907 is then swung about its pivotpin 908 to engage the under surface of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 3, the sup- 7 port 21 need not extend beyond the point at which the sole first meets the plane of the under surface of the heel. lt-need not, therefore, conform to the shape of the sole, so long as a part of the sole rests upon the support. This is, of course, also true of the illustrative embodiment shown in Figures 4 and 5. As has been pointed out above,

the especial virtue of the support shown in Figures. 4 and 5 is that it is particularly adapted to those clamping means wherein, for some reason, it is desired to engage the sole of the shoe toward the toe. V 1 It can be seen that in any of the embodiments of mounting bracket shown there are no small loose parts, and there is no need to operate a thumb screw or the like for fastening the bracket to the angle iron bed rail. The

mounting is accomplished quickly andeasily and Without injury to the rail. 7 The bracket is readily removable an the stand is light and portable. 6

Numerous variations in the construction of the lvarious elements of this invention withinthe scope of the claim will .be apparent to those'skilled in the art in the light of the foregoing disclosure.

to form; the shoe support. In that event, the clamping bolt may be welded or otherwise secured to the underside r of the platform itself and be provided with wingnuts at of the bed rail and is providedwith holes proportioned to take a bolt 714. An outer leg 709, provided with a horizontal flange 716, is adjustably secured to the web 711 by a bolt 714 extending through a hole in the flange V 716. 'In this embodiment the width of the web between leg 809 is rotated about a pivot'pin 820 until it is entirely clear of the lower outboard edge of web 811. The inner leg is then slipped over the inboard edge of the horizontal part 2, andthe, outer leg 809 is rotated downwardly about the'pivot pm 82 0 until it haslreached the position shown in Figure 8. r

In the embodiment ofmounting bracketshownin Fig each end. On the other hand, a one-piece stand may be madeby forming legs and a connecting web in the underside of aheavy piece of tough plastic material which also serves as a support; Theembodiment in which the inner leg forms a reentrant angle with the web is partic ularly adapted to this arrangement. 1

Havingthus described the invention, what-is claimed and desired tobe secured-by Letters Patent is:

In combination with an angle iron bed rail having a 7 horizontal part and a vertical partdependingfrom the outboard edge of said horizontal part, a shoe shining'stand removably mounted on said rail and comprising a one piece mounting bracket having a pair of legs and "a'fiat surfaced web connecting said legs, said web engagingthe upper surface of the horizontal part of said rail, one of 7 said legs forming a reentrant angle with the web andengaging the inboard edge of saidhorizontal part, and the' other of saidlegsengagingthe outboard surface of said vertical part, said other leg having'at its lowe'r'iendan outwardly, horizontally extending platformya separate shoe-sole shaped shoe support; means engaged with the heel section of the said shoe support for removably mounting the said shoe, support on the saidplatform,- and clamping means having a threaded member extending laterally through the heel section of the said support and carrying ure 9, an inner leg 907 ispivotally mounted on a Web a 911 on a pivot pin 908, but is separated from the web by a spacing sleeve 910 a distance sufficient to permit the entrance between them of the horizontal part 2 of a bed rail. 7

In mounting this mounting bracket, the inner leg 907 is rotated about the pivot pin 908 to permit the upper surface of the horizontal part 2 to engage the inner surface of the web 911, andthe outer surface of the vertical part 3 to engage the inner surface of. an outer 1eg909.

oppositely disposed. heel gripping plates,'said'clampingmeans being unconnected to the said mounting bracket.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS,

620,658 Kirtland Mar. 7, 1899 711,200 Edwards L Oct. 16, 7

731,492 Patterson June 23, 1903 7 2,136,354 Welsh Nov. 8,1938 2,434,360 Hess -]al1. 13,1948 2,464,672 Clapp Mar. 15," 1949 2,614,268 Davies Oct. 21, 1952 2,650,784 nia er Sept. 1, 1953 For example, the platform of an iron-mounting bracket may be extended and shaped

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