US1022537A - Boot and shoe. - Google Patents

Description

P. DOSGH.

BOOT AND SHOE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.17, 1910.

1,022,537, Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D;

PETER DOSGH, OF STRATFORD, GON1\TECTICUT.

BOOT AND SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Application filed November 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,936.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PETER Dosorr, of Stratford, in the State of Connecticut, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes, and one of the objects of my invention is to provide simple and effective means for forming the arch in the sole of the boot or shoe and preventing the same from falling, thereby, giving greater comfort to the wearer and improving the appearance and style of the boot or shoe. A further object is to provide such means as may be readily attached to boots and shoes already manufactured, and which may be tightened to give any desired height to the arch.

The invention essentially comprises means for positively arching the sole and retaining it in arched position, and in the preferred embodiment of the invention, a tension member is provided adapted to connect the ends of the extremities of the arch, one end of the tension member being conveniently secured to the heel of the boot or shoe, and the other end to the sole, means being provided if necessary, to adjust the tension of said member, all as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tension member forming one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a shoe with said tension member applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a shoe embodying an alternative form of the invention.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, and first to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a boot of usual form, C the sole and D the heel thereof.

According to the present invention, means are provided for mechanically arching the sole, this being preferably accomplished by a tension member B, which when tightened draws opposite ends of the portion to be arched together, and thereby forms the arch.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, one end of this member is connected to the heel and the other end is connected to the inner part of the sole.

The tension member B shown in Fig. 1,

may be conveniently formed of a strip of metal having means at one end by which it may be attached to the sole of a boot or shoe. These means comprise a plurality of up-turned prongs 10 formed in an enlargement 11 in the tension member, said prongs being adapted to be inserted through, or

partially through the sole of the boot or shoe, and then bent down and clenched. The opposite end of the tension member is desirably adjustably connected to the heel D of the boot or shoe, this being accomplished by means of a screw 12 extending through a perforated flange 13 formed on the end of the tension member opposite to that on which the prongs are provided.

It will be seen that by tightening the screw 12, the tension on the arch may be adjusted. It will be seen also that the portion 14: of the sole between the extremities of the tension member will be arched upwardly when the screw 12 is tightened and thus any desired height of arch may be secured, and when secured may be retained in position.

In the alternative form shown in Fig. 3, the tension member A is formed in two sections 15 and 16, the section 15 having prongs 17 at its extremity by which it is attached to the inner part of the sole, the section 16 being adapted to be inserted between the layers of leather forming the heel D and being retained in position by means of a nail or screw 18 extending through the heel and through the section itself. The two sections are adjustably connected together by suitable means, as by a bolt 19 extending through perforated flanges 20 and 21 on the inner ends of the sections 15 and 16.

I am aware that metal and leather arches have been provided on the interior of boots and shoes, adapted to support the instep of the wearer, but the present invention is distinguished therefrom in forming an arch out of the sole of the boot or shoe itself, and by positively arching said sole. By thus providing means for forming the arch and retaining it in shape, it is possible to greatly improve the shape of the boot or shoe as a whole, and also to give greater comfort to the wearer. Where no means are provided for retaining the arch in shape, it is very apt through wear to sag downwardly and thereby cause the shoe to lose its correct shape, and become uncomfortable to the wearer.

It will be noted that the tension member is quite out of contact with the arch and thus leaves the arch free to fit itself to the foot of the wearer. It prevents breakage or bending of the arch, however, just as the strain on a bow does, namely, by bringing the toe and heel portions of the shoe toward each other.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specifications and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a boot or shoe, a tension member having prongs at one end adapted to enter the sole of the boot or shoe, a perforated flange at the opposite end, and adjusting means extending through the perforated flange and connecting the same with the heel of the boot or shoe.

2. In a boot or shoe, a tension member having prongs at one end adapted to enter the sole of the boot or shoe, a perforated flange at the opposite end, and a screw eX tending through the perforated flange and connecting the same with the heel of the boot or shoe.

3. In a boot or shoe having an arched sole, a tension member located a distance below the top of the arch and having one end connected to the sole, and means connecting the other end of the tension member and the heel for drawing the tension member toward the heel of the boot or shoe.

4. A boot or shoe having a heel and an arch, said heel being secured to one extremity of the arch, and adjustable tensioning means extending across the arch and out of contact with the surface thereof, said ten sioning means having its opposing ends connected to the heel and to the forward extremity of said arch, whereby the ends of said arch may be drawn together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER DOSCH.

WVitnesses:

RUssnL S. SMART, M. GILBER'rsoN.

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