US 11,889,917 B2
Shoe management apparatus
Hyunsun Yoo, Seoul (KR); Jeong Guen Choi, Seoul (KR); Joohyeon Oh, Seoul (KR); Jae Myung Lim, Seoul (KR); Byoungjoon Han, Seoul (KR); Sang Yoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Hyunju Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jeaseok Seong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,218.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0077410 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077411 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077412 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077413 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077414 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077415 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0077417 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0170566 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0031064 (KR), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401169 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A47B 61/04 (2006.01); F24F 7/007 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 61/04 (2013.01) [A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/088 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); F24F 7/007 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe management apparatus, comprising:
a first cabinet including:
a first inner space for storing shoes; and
an electric compartment disposed under the first inner space and configured to discharge air;
a first exhaust port disposed on an upper surface of the first cabinet and configured to:
receive air discharged from the electric compartment, and
discharge the received air;
a second cabinet disposed on the upper surface of the first cabinet and including a second inner space for storing shoes; and
a second exhaust port disposed at a rear lower edge of the second inner space and configured to:
receive air from the first exhaust port, and
discharge the received air into the second inner space,
wherein the first exhaust port includes a diffuser, the diffuser including an inlet facing the first cabinet and an outlet facing the second cabinet, and
wherein the diffuser has a shape that expands in cross-sectional area from the inlet to the outlet.