Patent ID: 7097048

Claim:
A shoe rack comprising: a first shoe rack module including: at least one frame structure; a hanger coupled to said frame structure, said hanger being shaped to couple said shoe rack to a generally vertically-oriented support surface such that said frame structure is located generally adjacent to said support surface; wherein the frame structure includes a plurality of support arms shaped to extend generally away from said support surface when said frame structure is located generally adjacent to said support surface; a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced inner rungs coupled to said frame structure; a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced outer rungs coupled to said frame structure; and a plurality of generally vertically-oriented struts, each strut extending between adjacent ones of said outer rungs or adjacent ones of said support arms to provide vertical support to said outer rungs and said support arms, wherein at least one of said inner rungs, or at least one of said outer rungs or at least one of said struts is removably coupled to the associated component; a second shoe rack module coupled to said first shoe rack module, said second shoe rack module including: at least one frame structure including a plurality of support arms shaped to extend generally away from said support surface when said frame structure of said second shoe rack is located generally adjacent to said support surface; a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced inner rungs coupled to said frame structure of said second shoe rack module; a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced outer rungs coupled to said frame structure of said second shoe rack module; and a plurality of generally vertically-oriented struts, each strut extending between adjacent ones of said outer rungs or adjacent ones of said support arms of said second shoe rack module to provide vertical support to said outer rungs and said support arms of said second shoe rack module; and a generally vertically-oriented strut brace extending between one of said outer rungs or a distal end of one of said support arms of said first shoe rack module and one of said outer rungs or a distal end of one of said support arms of said second shoe rack module to provide outer vertical support to said first shoe rack module.