US101360A - William h - Google Patents

Description

iintrd tous stent 6Min.

, WILLIAM HVIIDRTNEY AN r let or any separate device.

D WILLIAM n. SHEA'FFER; or.. MIDDLETOWN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,360, dated March 2 9, 1870.l

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-'PASTENING-S.

The Schedule rferxed to in then Let-ten. Patent and making part et' the same To all wlw/ m it may concern Be -it known that we, WILLIAM H. Fon'rnnr andl WlLLIAM E. SHEAFFER,of Middletown, in the county of Dauphin and Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Fastenings; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and 1 exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings making part of this speoitcatiomin which Figurel isaperspective view of a ladys gaiter with our improved fastening applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of au'improved fastening, showingthe hook` through which the string passes in lacing th'eboot, and also the provision for securing the same to theboot.

Figure' is a longitudinal sectional elevation' of a modified form of 4hook and Figure 4 is a perspective view, showing the reversevr` side of the hook shown at iig'.2.

Corresponding letters referto corresponding parts in 'the several figures. Y

Our invention consists 'in providing a hook, which may be made of a single piece of metal, substantially as shown inthe drawings, and so that it may be fast'- ened toa boot-or shoe without the addition of an eye- Aiu the drawings represents a ladys boot, to which l' our improved hook is or may be applied. l y B refers to the hook, the construction-oil which is clearly shown in figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, it being made of a single piece of metal which hasv previously been punched from a sheet by any suitable machine, its form being such as to permit its outer end to be turned up as shown, so as to form the hooked portion through which the string is passed, while upon its yiueach other,and areto extend from the center to withl in a short distance of the circumference, so that, as the points thus formed are pressed outward, projections are formed upon the surface of the hook or the .circular portion thereof, which pass through the leather 4of which the bootorshoe is composed, and are toibe 'bent over andriveted down upon the opposite side,

thus securing them'rmly to .such material, and preventing their becoming rloose ortearing out.

When the lining or facing .is put upon the shoe or I' boot,"it is made'to cover theiport'ion'of'the hokvhicli attaches said hook to the shoe or boot, and thus an additional security against-tearing'out of' the hook is provided. The construction of our hook ,possesses several advantages over these and other eyel'et-hooks, some of i which may be stated as follows: It requires less metal` to form one of our hooks, and they can be much more easily constructed, thus reducing the cost of them to nbelow that for which eyelet-hooks can possibly be made. Moreover, in inserting eyelet-hooks in the material to. which they are to be fastened, it is necessary to punch a round hole in such material, while the points orspurs on our hooks can in most instances be forced through theihiteriaiwithont rst punching a hole, which makes them much more convenient.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the hook herein@ described, when constructed to he attached to shoes,

wearing apparel, Sto., in the manner shown and,l d e scribed.

In witness whereofwe have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM H. FORTNEY.;

WILLIAM SHEAFEEE. Witnesses:

B. EDW. J. Eins, A. RUPPERT.

Images