US 12,256,880 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. 17/356,336.
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. 10-2021-0031065 (KR), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401263 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 23/02 (2006.01); A47B 61/04 (2006.01); A47L 23/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 23/02 (2013.01) [A47B 61/04 (2013.01); A47L 23/205 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A47L 2601/04 (2013.01); A47L 2601/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe management apparatus, comprising:
a first management apparatus, including:
a first inner space for storing shoes; and
an electric compartment disposed below the first inner space, the electric compartment configured to:
dehumidify air introduced into the electric compartment, and
discharge dehumidified air to the first inner space to remove foreign matter from the shoes stored in the first inner space; and
a second management apparatus disposed above the first management apparatus, including a second inner space for storing shoes, and configured to:
receive the dehumidified air from the first management apparatus, and
adjust humidity of the second inner space using the received dehumidified air,
wherein air, which is supplied from the electric compartment to the first inner space, is sprayed directly toward the shoes stored in the first inner space to remove foreign matter from the shoes,
wherein air, which is supplied from the electric compartment to the second inner space, is not sprayed directly toward the shoes, but flows inside the second inner space, and
wherein the first management apparatus and the second management apparatus are coupled to each other so that air discharged from the electric compartment is supplied to the second management apparatus.