Footwear rack

Abstract

A footwear rack has at least one pan configured and sized for supporting a pair of footwear. The pan has a pair of hooks extending rearwardly therefrom and which are releasably attached to slotted hooking columns. The columns have a plurality of slots configured and sized for connecting with the hooks. The columns can be fixedly attached to a wall or to a mounting stand. The mounting stand is designed to be free standing by having a base from which perpendicularly extend the columns. The pan has a sloping surface for concentrating the water away from the footwear.

1 . A rack for supporting footwear, comprising a mounting stand including at least two hooking columns, a top connector member adapted to hold said at least two hooking columns parallel to one another, and a base member adapted to hold said at least two hooking columns in a vertical orientation to a floor surface, wherein said base member is formed as a pan member having four sides and a bottom portion that includes two surface areas, a first surface area being flat and adapted to be parallel to said floor surface, and a second surface area that is formed at an angle to said first surface area; and at least one pan member adapted to be removably attached to two of said at least two hooking columns at a chosen distance from said base member, said at least one pan member having four sides and a bottom portion that includes two surface areas, a first surface area being flat and adapted to be parallel to said floor surface, and a second surface area that is formed at an angle to said first surface area, such that said base member and said at least one pan member are adapted to hold footwear upon each said second surface and allow the drainage and removal of debris and liquids from said footwear into said first surface areas for easy removal. 
     
     
         2 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein said at least two hooking columns have a series of slots therein along a length thereon; and wherein said at least one pan member has two hooks on a back portion thereof and spaced a distance to correlate to the space created between respective slots of adjacent hooking columns, such that said at least one pan member can be easily removably attached to two hooking columns at a chosen distance from said base member. 
     
     
         3 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein there are at least two pan members removably attached to said two hooking columns at different chosen distances from said base member. 
     
     
         4 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein said second surface area of said base member and said at least one pan member each include a plurality of raised elongated ridges thereon oriented in a direction facilitating the drainage and removal of debris and liquids from said second surface areas into said first surface areas for easy removal. 
     
     
         5 . The rack of  claim 4 , wherein said elongated ridges are orientated in a direction that is perpendicular to the distance between said at least two hooking columns. 
     
     
         6 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein there are four hooking columns; and at least one pan member connected between respective adjacent hooking columns. 
     
     
         7 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein said mounting stand and said at least one pan member are formed from a material chosen from a group of materials comprising aluminum, steel, plastic, fiberglass, and resins. 
     
     
         8 . The rack of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one mechanical fastener attached to a surface of at least one of said at least two hooking columns that is adapted to securely hold said mounting stand to a vertical wall surface. 
     
     
         9 . The rack of  claim 2 , wherein said slots and said hooks are formed in a rectangular shape adapted to allow said hooks to easily and removably fit within said slots and be securely held therein. 
     
     
         10 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein said base member and said at least one pan member have a third surface area in between each said first surface area and each said second surface area, wherein said third surface area is formed at an angle to each said first surface area that is larger than the angle formed by each said second surface area, such that a retaining volume is formed between three of said four sides and said third surface area of each said pan member and said base member that is adapted to hold said debris and liquids therein for a more secure and easy removal.