Patent ID: 6808094
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
An apparatus to aid the user thereof to install a boot having a toe, a heel and a leg portion having side pull straps onto the feet of the user, comprising:a) a generally horizontal base plate having a front thereof which is contiguous with the toe of said boot, a rear thereof which is contiguous with the heel of said boot, a longitude therebetween and a width running traverse to said longitude; b) a first upright extending upwardly from said base plate from a first point, where said first point is on a line which is parallel to the width of the base plate; c) a second upright extending upwardly from said base plate from a second point on said line which is spaced apart from said first point; d) a first set of holes, disposed along said first upright, each of which said holes extends in a direction which is parallel to the longitude of the base plate and is at a height above said base plate which is different than the height of other holes in said first set; e) a second set of holes, disposed along said second upright, each of which said holes extends in a direction which is parallel to the longitude of the base plate and is at a height of a hole in said first set of holes; f) a first pin removably disposed in a selected hole of said first set of holes, wherein said pin extends a distance therefrom in a direction which is parallel to the longitude of the base plate and towards the rear thereof and terminates with an upwardly inclined section; g) a second pin removably disposed in a selected hole of said second set of holes, wherein said pin extends a distance therefrom in a direction which is parallel to the longitude of the base plate and towards the rear thereof and terminates with an upwardly inclined section; and, h) wherein the cross-sectional shape of said first and second holes and said first and second pins is a polygon.