Patent Publication Number: US-4317519-A

Title: Portable shoeshine kit

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     It is well known that many shoeshine boys and grownups try to do business upon a city sidewalk where many persons pass by. These itinerary entrepreneurs, by not operating from a store, are obliged to bring all their operating equipment to the spot upon the sidewalk where they work. Carrying all this equipment can be cumbersome if all assembled haphazardly together. Accordingly this is in need of an improvement. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore it is a principal object of the present invention, to provide a shoeshine kit that includes all the necessary equipment for the business and which is easily portable so that it can be transported relatively very easily between home and a place for operation. 
     Another object is to provide a shoeshine kit that includes a case for containing all the equipment, the case travelling on wheels so as to be easy to transport, and the case becoming a platform upon which the shoeshine work is done. 
     Further objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds. 
     To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings are illustrative only, and that changes may be made in the specific construction illustrated and described within the scope of the appended claims. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES 
     The Figures on the drawings are briefly described as follows: 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the kit shown assembled and in position for rolling on its wheels. 
     FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof assembled and in position for working. 
     FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view on line 3--3 of FIG. 2, and shown with foot rests removed so as to be stored inside the case. 
     FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one of the chair brackets. 
     FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the other chair bracket. 
     FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the stool, showing the legs being removable so that the disassembled stool can be stored inside the case. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring now to the drawing in greater detail, the reference numeral 10 represents a portable shoeshine kit according to the present invention, wherein there is a case 11 inside of which may be transported all the operating equipment except a waiting chair 12 that folds up and snap fits into clips 13 and 14 on an outside of the case. 
     The case includes an access door 15 mounted on hinges 16 in order to carry in the case: a collapsible stool 17, a collapsible chair 18 with foldable umbrella 19, a pair of foot rests 20 and an assortment of polishing waxes and brushes (not shown). 
     The door is closable by a hasp 21 and secured by a padlock 22. A handle 23, upon a top of the case, allows easy hold of the case as it travels upon a pair of caster wheels 24 secured to an underside of the case. 
     A pair of foot rest brackets 25 are also mounted upon a top of the case, for purpose of receiving the foot rests 20 that are removably stored in the case when not in use. 
     In a stored away condition, the kit appears as shown in FIG. 1, and in this condition it can be transported to a place of operation by riding upon its caster wheels 24. 
     At the place of operation, the kit is set up, as shown in FIG. 2. The waiting chair 12 is unclipped from the case clips 13 and 14, and spread into opened position for allowing a person to sit thereupon. The case is laid down on its side, as shown, in order to form a low, broad platform. The door is pivoted up so as to remove the stored equipment from the case, and the door is then closed down again. The chair 18 and umbrella 19 comprised of telescopic aluminum tubings 26 are assembled together and the lowermost tubings are then inserted into holes 27 and 28 on the upper side of the platform so as to be supported upright. The umbrella is spread open. The foot rests are inserted into the brackets 25. The legs 29 are then fitted to the stool seat 30 so as to form the stool 17 upon which the operator then sits while polishing the shoes placed upon the foot rests by a customer seated on the pad 31 of the chair 18. 
     While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.