US1023158A - Slipper-sole. - Google Patents

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G. LEVY.

SLIPPBB SOLE.

v APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witnesses: Mutati- Charles Le G. LEVY.

SLIPPEB. SOLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

Patented A r. 16, 1912.

2 SHEETS -SHEBT 2.

Inven tor:

witnesses:

v Charles Lre /y.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPII C0" WASHINGTON. IL-C.

UNITED STATES PATENT ormon v CHARLES LE Y, or

WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 BICKFORD & SWEET,

OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A. FIRM.

SLIPPER-SOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 19112.

Application filed May 19, 1911; Serial No. 628,158.

ing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester I and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slipper-Soles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boots and shoes and particularly to a class thereunder known as slippers.

An object of this invention is to produce a slipper of a type which may be made of crochet yarn or other knitted material associated with a sole preferably of pliable material, and a further object of the invention is to produce a sole of comparatively inexpensive material and provided with means for attaching it to the upper and to so dress the sole that it will possess lasting wearing qualities and possess the appearance of durability.

A still further object of this invention is to produce a sole for a slipper of the character noted which may be readily attached to the upper when the said upper is turned inside out and which will permit the returning of the upper after the said upper and sole have been united.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a shoe embodying the invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of the sole showing layers with the same partially detached from the main portion; Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line A-B of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 illustrates a plan view of a sole showing the same in an advanced step toward the completion as compared with the illustration in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional view on the line CD of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 illustrates a plan view of a sole showing its condition in the next step of the operation for its completion; Fig. 7 illustrates a sectional View on the line E-F of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 illustrates a plan view of the sole showing the same in the final step of its production;

.Fig- 9 .illustrates a sectional view on the line: G.H:.of Fig. 8. In. these drawings 11 denotes the upper shown attached to the sole 12. The said sole 12 comprises a base portion consisting of a leather board 13 containing a layer of fabric 14 which is attached thereto and a tape 15 secured to the sole nearthe marginal edge thereof. The sole further comprises an outer layer 16 of leather which is secured to the base portion 13, the said outer layer being preferably of thin kid which will give a finished appearance to the base of the sole. The edges of the strip 16 extend beyond the marginal edges of the sole and are then turned over the said edges and are caused to lie in engagement with the strip of tape 15, which tape is preferably of woven material. The leather strip 16 has its edge secured to the tape 15 by stitching 17 shown in Fig. 8, in which state of completion, the sole is ready for receiving the upper 11.

In order to attach the upper to the sole, the upper is turned inside out and secured to the tape 15 and leather strip 16 which has previously been secured to the tape and after the said upper has been fully and satisfactorily secured, the upper is turned outside in, the flexibility of the sole permitting such manipulation.

While I have stated that the invention is applicable to slippers, it is to be understood that I mean thereby any foot covering either for children or adults since it has been found in practice that a shoe made in accordance with this invention is admirably adapted as an infants shoe.

I claim 1. A foot covering having an upper consisting of textile fabric, a sole consisting of a body having an outer layer of leather with projecting portions embracing the edges of the body, a lining for the sole also embraced by the projecting portions of the outer layer, a tape attached to the inner surface of the sole also embraced by the projecting portions of the outer layer, and means for securing the upper to the sole.

2. In a foot covering, a knitted or crochet upper, a sole therefor having a body of leather board, an inner lining for the body, a tape secured near the marginal edges of the sole from the inside thereof and an outer facing strip secured to the body and having projecting portions embracing the edges of the body and lining and engaging the tape and securing devices passing through the tape and strip and through the upper for securing the upper to the sole.

3. In a foot covering, a sole having a leather covering or facing, the edges of the leather covering extending beyond the edges of the body, a lining secured to the body, a tape extending around the sole on its inner surface near the marginal edge thereof and secured to said sole, means for securing the portions of the facing extending beyond the edges of the sole to the said tape, an upper 15 CHARLES LEVY.

Witnesses:

O. A. TAFT, E. G. NORMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G.

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