Patent ID: 6644472
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A footwear container for packaging a pair of shoes, each shoe of the pair including a heel, a toe and an instep, comprising:a base having opposed lateral side panels interconnected by a top and a bottom panel and a main panel; a lid having opposed lateral side panels interconnected by a top and a bottom panel and a main panel, said lid sized to matingly engage the base; a hinge interconnecting said base and said lid between said base bottom panel and said lid bottom panel and permitting said lid and base to be selectively moved between open and closed positions; said base and lid when in the closed position defining an open interior space wherein each of said lateral side panels of said base and each of said lateral side panels of said lid include a rib portion that projects inwardly into said interior space such that when the lid and base are in the closed position the rib portions on the base align with the rib portions on the lid to cooperatively define two separate outwardly projecting spaces along each of said side panels, one of said outwardly projecting spaces on one side panel for receiving the toe of one shoe of a pair of shoes and the other of said outwardly projecting spaces on said one side panel for receiving the heel of the second shoe of a pair of shoes contained in the interior space; wherein said bottom panel of said base includes a curved shelf projecting inwardly into said interior space and said main panel of said lid includes a cooperatively curved shelf proximate said lid bottom panel projecting inwardly into said interior space so that when said base and lid are in the closed position the curved shelf on the base bottom panel and the curved shelf on the lid main panel cooperate to define a support for receiving the instep of the first shoe of said pair; and wherein at least a portion of said base or said lid is fabricated from a clear material.