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ADJUSTABLE SHOE RACK
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a shoe rack, especially to a shoe rack for
hanging shoes and boots reversely.
Description of the Prior Art
A conventional multilayer shoe rack only provides shoes plate for shoes to be
placed thereon. As a result, the space above the shoes is wasted. To improve
that,
some shoe racks provide hanging devides under the shoe plate, such as clips,
for
hanging more shoes or boots.
However, the shoes or boots may be hurt by the clips, and the shoes or boots
can not be placed stably.
Another shoe rack having a small cabinet under the shoe plate has been also
disclosed. The cabinet is adapted for the head of the shoes or boots to insert
therein
so as to hang the shoes or boots. However, wider shoes may be unable to be
received
in.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main aspect of the present invention is to provide an adjustable shoe rack
having hanging structure whose width is adjustable for shoes in different
widths.
To achieve the above, an adjustable shoe rack of the present invention
includes
a support structure, at least one shoes plate, and at least one holding
structure.
The shoes plate is disposed on the support structure and is at a predetermined
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distance from a ground. The holding structure is disposed on a bottom face of
the shoes
plate. The holding structure includes two clamping structures and a moving
structure. The
two clamping structures are parallel arranged. Each clamping structure
includes a fixed
clamping element and a movable clamping element. A clamping space is defined
between
the fixed clamping element and the movable clamping element for receiving
shoes. The two
movable clamping elements are located between the two fixed clamping elements.
The
moving structure is located between the two movable clamping elements and is
able to drive
the two movable clamping elements to move toward opposite directions at the
same time so
as to alternate a width of the clamping space.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an adjustable shoe
rack,
including: a support structure; at least one shoes plate, disposed on the
support structure,
being at a predetermined distance from a ground; at least one holding
structure, disposed on
a bottom face of the shoes plate, the holding structure including two clamping
structures and
a moving structure, the two clamping structures being parallel arranged, each
clamping
structure including a fixed clamping element and a movable clamping element, a
clamping
space being defined between the fixed clamping element and the movable
clamping element
for receiving shoes, the two movable clamping elements being located between
the two fixed
clamping elements, the moving structure being located between the two movable
clamping
elements, the moving structure being able to drive the two movable clamping
elements to
move toward opposite directions at the same time so as to alternate a width of
each of the
clamping spaces.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description
when
taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of
illustrations
only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a partial stereogram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a partial breakdown drawing of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a stereogram of a moving structure of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a partial breakdown drawing of a moving structure of the present
invention;
Fig. 5 is a front view of the present invention;
Figs. 6 and 7 are illustrations of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is a stereogram of the present invention;
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Fig. 9 is a partial stereogram showing a second embodiment of the present
invention;
Fig. 10 is a stereogram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 8, the adjustable shoe rack of the present
invention
includes a support structure 10, at least one shoes plate 20, and at least one
holding
structure. In the present embodiment, a plurality of shoes plates 20 and a
plurality of
holding structures are included, and a base plate 40 is also included.
The shoes plates 20 are spacedly disposed on the support structure 10, and the
base plate 40 is located below the lowest one of the shoes plates 20. More
specifically, the support structure 10 includes plural supporting columns
connecting
the base plates 40 and the shoes plates 20 thereamong so that the base plate
40 and
the shoes plates 20 are spacedly aligned vertically.
Each holding structure is disposed on the bottom face of one of the shoes
plates
20. The holding structure includes two clamping structures 31 and one moving
structure 32. The clamping structures 31 are parallel arranged. Each clamping
structure 31 includes a fixed clamping element 311 and a movable clamping
element
312. A clamping space is defined between the fixed clamping element 311 and
the
movable clamping element 312 for receiving shoes. The two movable clamping
elements 312 of the two clamping structures 31 are located between the two
fixed
clamping elements 311, and the moving structure 32 is located between the two
movable clamping elements 312. The moving structure 32 is able to drive the
two
movable clamping elements 312 to move toward opposite directions to alternate
the
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width of each clamping space.
= In the present embodiment, an end of each of the fixed clamping elements
311
and the movable clamping elements 312 away from the shoes plate 20 has a
cambered face 3111,3121. The two cambered faces 3111,3121 face each other to
correspond to the shape of shoes 50 to fit the shoes 50. Preferably, two ends
of each
cambered face 3111,3121 along a horizontal direction have various curvature
radiuses to fit the shape of shoes 50 better.
Each moving structure 32 includes a plurality of sets of horizontal bars 322,
at
least one longitudinal bar 323, at least two vertical bars, and a bolt 324.
Each set of
the horizontal bars 322 includes at least two horizontal bars 322 pivotally
connected
to each other and connected to the two movable clamping elements 312
respectively.
The longitudinal bar 323 is located between pivot portions of the horizontal
bars 322
so as to retain a distance between the two horizontal bars 322 constant. The
two
vertical bars are disposed on pivot portions of various sets of the horizontal
bars 322
respectively. One of the vertical bars is rotatably inserted through by the
bolt 324 but
is unable to move with respect to the bolt 324. The other one of the vertical
bars is
threadedly inserted through by the bolt 324. A distance between the two
vertical bars
is changed by rotating the bolt 324 in order to make the horizontal bars 322
of each
set pivot with respect to each other so that a distance between the movable
clamping
elements 312 is alternated.
More specifically, each moving structure 32 further includes two front lateral
bars 3251 and two rear lateral bars 3252. One of the front lateral bars 3251
and one
of the rear lateral bars 3252 are separately positioned on one of the movable
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clamping elements 312. The other one of the front lateral bars 3251 and the
other
one of the rear lateral bars 3252 are separately positioned on the other one
of the
movable clamping elements 312. The moving structure 32 includes twelve the
horizontal bars 322 and three the vertical bars. The vertical bars are aligned
one by
one between the front lateral bars 3251 and the rear lateral bars 3252 and are
defined
as a first vertical bar 3211, a second vertical bar 3212, and a third vertical
bar 3213
from front to back. Two ends of the first vertical bar 3211 are pivotally
connected to
the two front lateral bars 3251 respectively by two of the horizontal bars 322
each.
Two ends of the second vertical bar 3212 are also pivotally connected to the
two
front lateral bars 3251 respectively by two of the horizontal bars 322 each so
that the
horizontal bars 322 between the front lateral bars 3251 form a rhombus having
changeable angles therein. Two ends of the third vertical bar 3213 are also
pivotally
connected to the other two rear lateral bars 3252 respectively by two of the
horizontal bars 322 each. The longitudinal bar 323 is pivotally connected to
the
second vertical bar 3212 and the third vertical bar 213 therebetween. The bolt
324 is
rotatably inserted through the first vertical bar 3211 but is unable to move
with
respect to the first vertical bar 3211. One of the second vertical bar 3212
and the
third vertical bar 3213 is threadedly inserted through by the bolt 324.
Besides, the bolt 324 is formed with two annular grooves 3241 on a front end
thereof. The two annular grooves 3241 are spacedly arranged. The two annular
grooves 3241 are located at two opposite sides of the first vertical bar 3211
when the
bolt 324 is inserted through the first vertical bar 3211. Two E-shaped
positioning
elements 326 are embedded in the two annular grooves 3241 respectively so that
the
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bolt 324 is unable to move with respect to the first vertical bar 3211. In
addition,
each of the front lateral bars 3251, the rear lateral bars 3252, the first
vertical bar
3211, the second vertical bar 3212, and the third vertical bar 3213 is
substantially
U-shaped.
Furthermore, the bottom face of the shoes plate 20 is disposed with two
sliding
rails 211 which are arranged separately. Each of two opposite ends of each
movable
clamping element 312 along a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of
the
movable clamping element 312 is formed with a sliding rib 3112. The two
sliding
ribs 3112 are slidably received in the sliding rails 211 to guide the movement
of each
movable clamping element 312. More specifically, each sliding rail 211 is
enclosed
by a Z-shaped plate 21 and the shoes plate 20. A notch 3113 is formed on each
movable clamping element 312 near the sliding rib 3112. The Z-shaped plate 21
is
embedded into the notch 3113. Besides, each shoes plate 20 is disposed with a
restriction rail 22 located between the two sliding rails. The restriction
rail 22
includes two plates perpendicular to the bottom face of the shoes plate 20.
The
longitudinal bar 323 is received in the restriction rail 22 so that the
movement of the
longitudinal bar 323 is restricted linearly. As a result, the front lateral
bar 3251 and
the front lateral bar 3252 may move at the same time, so the distance that the
movable clamping elements move is kept the same. Preferably, the thickness of
the
longitudinal bar is at least twice the thickness of the horizontal bar, or the
longitudinal bar includes two bars which are stacked together.
As a result, the user can alternate the width of the clamping space with the
moving structure 32 based on the sizes of shoes to be received, or the user
can place
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the shoes into the clamping space before moving the movable clamping elements
312 toward the fixed clamping elements 311 to clamp the shoes 50. Besides, the
radian of the two ends of the cambered face differs, so the cambered face can
fit the
contour of the shoes 50 better.
Another clamping structure 31a is shown in Fig. 9 to Fig. 10. The heights of
two ends of the cambered face of the fixed clamping element 311a or the
movable
clamping element 312a vary to make the cambered face inclined so as to fit the
contour of high heel boots. Thereby, the boots can be kept erect when being
hung,
and the head of the boots may not be compressed.
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