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Abstract

An improved extendible rotary shoe rack (10) for mounting between a lower surface (12) and an upper surface (14). The shoe rack includes a pedestal (16) adapted for placement against the lower surface and an upper mount (18) adapted for placement against the upper surface. A lower tube (20) is rotatably mounted to the pedestal and extends upwardly therefrom. An upper tube (22), having an open end (60) sized to receive a portion of the lower tube and to allow slidable movement therebetween, is rotatably mounted to the upper mount and extends downwardly therefrom. A helical compression spring (26) is disposed within the upper tube to secure the lower and upper tubes together so that they rotate in unison, and to provide a telescoping function by urging the upper mount against the upper surface over a range of upper surface-to-lower surface distances. A plurality of substantially equally spaced shoe support members (24), disposed in a plurality of circumferential rows (66), are attached to the lower tube. The shoe support members of any given circumferenital row are offset relative to the shoe support members of an adjacent row, thereby allowing more shoes (11) to be stored per unit upper surface-to-lower surface distance.

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