Patent ID: 7048159

Claim:
A collapsible bootjack for removing footwear from the foot of a wearer, which footwear includes a lower posterior portion and a heel depending therefrom, and for compact stowage, said bootjack comprising: a base having opposed forward and rearward ends and an upper surface; a body having opposed forward and rearward ends and an under surface; a yoke formed in the forward end of said body for receiving and interacting with said footwear; and said body being connected to said base for selective movement between a stowage position in which the under surface of said body resides in substantial juxtaposition with the upper surface of said base and an operative position in which said yoke projects angularly upward relative said base; and retention means for retaining said body in the operative position comprising a laterally extending groove formed in the upper surface of said base and having an abutment surface for receiving the rearward end of said body thereagainst.