Abstract: A socket for use with a rack for retaining shoes. Sockets are formed on side frame members of the shoe rack. Shoes are stored on the retaining bars fixed between opposing side frame members at the sockets. Each socket has an outer socket portion, an inner socket portion, base cavity, and a rib member extending upwardly from the base cavity. The bars are placed in the outer diameter and into alignment with the socket. Then the bars are forced into frictional engagement with the inner socket portion. The rods are supported at their ends by the upper ledge of the cavity and the rib member extending upwardly from the bottom of the cavity.

Abstract: A door or wall mounted clothes rack includes opposite end brackets which hang on a door and adjustable clothes hooks which slide along a pair of rods extending between the brackets. The hooks can be adjusted as desired along the rods and are prevented from pivoting on the rods. A modified form of the clothes hanger is constructed to attach to a shoe rack already in place on the door.

Abstract: A sports equipment rack for supporting sports equipment in an angular manner. A pair of side frame members having an elongate main body section and a plurality of support arms projecting outwardly and upwardly from each main body section. Pairs of retaining bars are positioned on said support arms and are aligned in a plane forming an acute angle with respect to vertical, to thereby support thereon sports equipment in an angular manner, with the equipment directed downwardly toward a vertical surface upon which the shoe rack is placed. The support arms, upon opposite side frames, traverse side sections of the equipment to form a barrier against lateral movement of the equipment. Additionally, each side frame member includes a unique prong for hanging the rack on an upright surface such as a door. A pair of cross bars are positioned between the opposing side members. A plurality of outwardly opening hooks are slidably attached to said pair of cross bars.

Abstract: A hanging shoe rack for supporting shoes in an angular manner. A pair of side frame members having an elongate body section. A plurality of support arms project outwardly and downwardly from each main body section. Pairs of retaining bars are positioned between said frame members and are aligned in a plane forming an acute angle with respect to vertical, to thereby support thereon shoes in an angular manner, with the shoes directed downwardly toward a vertical surface upon which the shoe rack is placed. The support arms, upon opposite side frames, traverse side sections of the shoes to form a barrier against lateral movement of the shoes. Unique socket structure, into which the retaining bars are positioned, permit easy assembly of the shoe rack. Additionally, each side frame member includes unique attachment structure, upon upper and lower ends thereof, so that multiple shoe racks of the present invention may be vertically suspended one from another.

Abstract: A hanging shoe rack for supporting shoes in an angular manner. A pair of side frame members having an elongate body section. A plurality of support arms project outwardly and downwardly from each main body section. Pairs of retaining bars are positioned between said frame members and are aligned in a plane forming an acute angle with respect to vertical, to thereby support thereon shoes in an angular manner, with the shoes directed downwardly toward a vertical surface upon which the shoe rack is placed. The support arms, upon opposite side frames, traverse side sections of the shoes to form a barrier against lateral movement of the shoes. Unique socket structure, into which the retaining bars are positioned, permit easy assembly of the shoe rack. Additionally, each side frame member includes unique attachment structure, upon upper and lower ends thereof, so that multiple shoe racks of the present invention may be vertically suspended one from another.

Abstract: A shoe rack is provided that includes a pair of side frames configured in a substantially rectangular shape. Each side frame includes a plurality of V-shaped support members containing two intersecting support bars. Each support bar within a support member includes a recess at its base to receive one support rod and recesses at the opposite end of each support member to receive a second support bar. The second support bar is moved between the recess pair in upper support members to the recess pair in the lower support members depending upon the alignment of the shoe rack horizontally or vertically. Each side frame includes a plurality of support members to support a plurality of rod pairs for storing a large number of shoes.