Shoe horn on a retractable line (customisable wall plate)

The designed system uses a retractable badge holder with belt clip to simplify storage and use of a shoehorn. Might save a little time in the morning :) This design consists of two components: shoe horn and wall mounted plate.

Shoe horn

Medium sized shoe horn with a slightly thickened handle, relatively flat. Protects shoes and is easy to hang on the wall. You can use another shoe horn with the wall plate.

STL files have a correct orientation for printing. The shoe horn prints well on CORE One without brim (PETG, cleaned textured bed sheet, structural print settings preset, no supports). 

Please check for any post-processing required after printing. In one case I had a sharp corner near the platform. It was very easy to remove with wire cutters to make the model smooth for convenient and safe use.

Wall plate

Wall plate serves as a mount for the retractable badge holder and protects the wall from most of the impacts of the shoe horn when it returns. Can be easily customized and printed in two colours with filament swap at a certain height. Can be mounted with screws or sticky pads. It should be placed quite low, since the retractable rope is not very long.

I uploaded three designs (hexagons, wallet-phone-keys reminder, a wish “have a nice day”) and empty panels where you can easily add new drawings.

Please check file names:

• “_screw_” stands for the plates which have a lower hole for the second screw. “_noScrew_” plates have a hole removed to leave space for a drawing - you can still use one screw or add a second hole with a modifier in the slicer.

• 3MF files were prepared in PrusaSlicer. They already include filament change (command M600) and increased infill in the area where the retractable badge holder is attached.

• “_clear” shows the plates with empty space for your designs. To apply an image, I would prepare a SVG file and apply it as a modifier in a slicer.