Eric P Rasmussen

US Patent:

56762593, Oct 14, 1997

Filed:

Aug 18, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/517000

Inventors:

Michael Charchaflian - Worcester MA
Eric Rasmussen - Manchester NH

Assignee:

Automation & Information Planners Inc. - Worcester MA

International Classification:

A47F 708

US Classification:

211 34

Abstract:

A system for the storage and retrieval of pairs of boots utilizing a plurality of chutes, each having a diamond-shape cross section, with the chutes arranged in a honeycomb fashion, each chute having a carriage assembly disposed along the length of its inner apex. A plurality of hangers are provided, each having a pair of upwardly extending arms on which such pairs of boots can be mounted upside down with the hanger slideably and removably engaged to the carriage assembly. The chutes are disposed at a downward angle so that a pair of boots mounted on a hanger entered from the rear end of a chute will advance by gravity toward the front end of the chute where it can be removed when needed. An optional heating unit can be disposed on the bottom of each chute to speed up the drying time of the boots if such boots are wet.