Patent ID: 7316311

Claim:
In combination: a pair of shoes; and a shoe carrying package comprising: a tray of stiff material having a bottom surface substantially equal in length to a length of the pair of shoes and substantially as wide as the pair of shoes when the pair of shoes is placed side by side, heel to toe, and wherein the tray further has only two opposed upstanding sidewalls that are substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a single endwall that is transverse to the two opposed upstanding sidewalls and perpendicular to the bottom surface, wherein the pair of shoes rest against the bottom surface so as to lie substantially below a plane defined by upper edges of the sidewalls and the single endwall and wherein the two opposed upstanding sidewalls and the single endwall remain substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface when the shoes are placed on the bottom surface; and a sealable transparent bag of flexible material sized to fit over the tray in a manner that allows the pair of shoes supported by the tray to remain visible through the bag when the tray is received within the bag.