Wooden shoe rack construction

Abstract

A wooden shoe rack constructed either as a unit hung on a door or as a self-standing unit. Frame sides connect with support arms at special dado joints. Shoe support bars extend between the joints on the opposite sides of the frame to support shoes. A single mechanical fastener is used at each joint to connect the frame sides, arms and shoe bars together.

1 . A shoe rack comprising: 
 a pair of spaced apart frame sides each having a plurality of grooves;    a plurality of support arms each having a tongue received closely in one of said grooves to provide joints between said frame sides and arms;    a plurality of cross bars arranged in pairs to receive and support shoes thereon, at least some of said bars extending between said frame sides at said joints; and    a fastener for at least some of said joints applied in a manner to fasten said frame sides and arms together and to fasten said bars to said frame sides and arms.    
   
   
       2 . A shoe rack as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said shoe rack is a self-standing unit and said frame sides and support arms are constructed of wood.  
   
   
       3 . A shoe rack as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein: 
 each of said frame sides includes a pair of substantially vertical legs each having an upper end portion and a lower end portion;    said grooves are located in said upper and lower end portions of said legs; and    said support arms include a foot for each frame side, said feet being connected by said fasteners to extend between said lower end portions of said legs and resting on a substantially horizontal support surface.    
   
   
       4 . A shoe rack as set forth in  claim 3 , wherein said support arms include a brace for each frame side extending between said upper end portions of said legs and fastened thereto by said fasteners.  
   
   
       5 . A self-standing shoe rack comprising: 
 a pair of opposite sides each including a pair of substantially vertical legs spaced apart from one another, each leg having an upper end portion and a lower end portion;    a groove in the upper and lower end portion of each leg;    a foot for each side for application to a support surface on which said shoe rack stands, said feet having tongues fitting closely in said grooves in the lower end portions of said legs on the respective sides to form joints between the legs and feet;    a brace for each side, said braces having tongues fitting closely in said grooves in the upper end portions of said legs on the respective sides to form joints between the legs and braces;    a plurality of crossbars for supporting shoes thereon and extending between said joints on the opposite sides; and    a fastener for each joint, said fasteners being applied to connect said feet and braces to said legs and to connect said bars to said legs with a single fastener at each joint.    
   
   
       6 . A shoe rack as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein said legs, said feet and said braces are constructed of wood.