Angled rack for supporting footwear

Abstract

An angled rack for supporting footwear includes a plurality of angled brackets securable with conventional fasteners to a vertical wall or door. Each of the angled brackets define a plurality of apertures therethrough which cooperate and support a corresponding plurality of elongated cylindrical rods. The rods pass through the apertures formed in the brackets to provide a supporting platform or footwear or the like. The angled disposition of the brackets and the resulting angled disposition of cylindrical rods provides a convenient stable surface for footwear to rest upon.

1 . An angled rack for supporting footwear, said rack comprising: 
 a plurality of brackets each having a bracket portion defining a plurality of rod apertures therethrough and a mounting flange for supporting said bracket at an upwardly directed angle when said mounting flange is placed against a vertical surface;    means for securing said mounting flanges against a vertical surface in a spaced-apart line; and    a plurality of elongated rods received within said rod apertures spanning the distance between said brackets.    
   
   
       2 . The rack set forth in  claim 1  wherein said means for securing includes at least one aperture defined in said mounting flanges and a plurality of fasteners passing through said apertures in said flanges engaging a vertical surface.  
   
   
       3 . The rack set forth in  claim 2  wherein said brackets each further include a plurality of fastener apertures extending into each of said rod apertures and a plurality of fasteners passing through said fastener apertures to engage said rods therein.  
   
   
       4 . The rack set forth in  claim 3  wherein said plurality of brackets includes three brackets arranged to provide opposed end brackets and a center bracket therebetween.  
   
   
       5 . The rack set forth in  claim 4  wherein said rod apertures are generally circular in cross-section and wherein said rods are generally cylindrical.  
   
   
       6 . The rack set forth in  claim 5  wherein each of said rods is tubular and each defines opposed end portions each end portion including an end cap.  
   
   
       7 . An angled rack for supporting footwear, said rack comprising: 
 a pair of end brackets each having a mounting flange and means for attaching said flange to a vertical surface in a spaced relationship, each bracket further defining an upwardly angled member having a plurality of rod apertures therethrough; and    a center bracket substantially identical to said end brackets positioned between said end brackets and having said rods passing therethrough.