US1039409A - Resilient heel for shoes. - Google Patents

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A. JENOZYK.

RESILIEN'I HEEL FOR SHOES,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1911.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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ANDREW JENCZYK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RESILIENT HEEL FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Sept. 24,1912.

Application filed March 16, 1911. Serial No. 614,909.

To all 'wlzom '1' It may concern Be it known that l, Axnunw JENCZYK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Heels for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to im n'oven'ients in resilient heels for shoes.

At the present time resilient heels are universally secured in position -'upon the shoe by means of metallic transversely extending securing devices such as nails or screws. The employment; of the latter in this capacity defeats the purpose for which the resilient heel is designed. namely, that.

of lending resiliency to the heel in walking,

since such devices contact with the pavenieut in walking, thereby, because of their rigidity, preventing free compressing or .cusl'iioning action of the heel.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a heel which may be readily and easily secured in position without the use. of extraneous securing devices and which therefore will be of greatest. efficiency and afford greatest resiliency in use.

A further object is the provision of a resilient heel as mentioned, which will be of simple and economical C(JllStlllt'ilOfl and hence one which may be manufactured at a low cost.

other ohjccts will appear hereinafter.

\Vith these objects in view. my invention consists in a resilient heel characterized as above mentioned and in certain details of ('OHStI'lICt'lOIi \Vlllcl'l will he hereinafter fully dcscril'i d. and particularly pointed out in th& appended claim.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this s'pecifieation' and in which,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the rearward end portion of an ordinary shoe to the heel of which is secured a resilient heel section embodying my invention. the, shoe heel and the resilient attachment being shown in section. and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the resilient heel section detached.

The preferred form of my construction as illustrated in the drawing comprises a resilient heel section '1 which adapted for arrangement upon the base or lower end portion of the heel .2 of an ordinary shoe which isshown at 3. The heel section 1 is formed entirely of resilient rubber, the same comprising the base portion 4 \vhiclris of a marginal form correspoiuling with that of the heel 2. Provided at the periphery of thebase port-ion is an upwardly projecting circumferential flange 5 which embraces the lower end portion of the heel 2. The portion of the heel 2 engaged by the flange 5 is beveled and the flange 5 correspond'ingly. upwardly tapered so -that the peripheral edges of said shoe heel and said resilient section will correspond. that is be flush. ly heveling the heel 2 as stated the base portion of the flange. 5 may be correspondingly increased in thickness thereby adapt- 'iug said llangc to better serve the purpose for which the same is designed. Also, by so forming said hcel a smooth surface is afforded at the conjuucture of the resilient section and the shoe heel so that when said sections are colored the same, the presence of the resilient section will notbe apparent. In applying the resilient section the contat-ting portions thereof. that is, the upper side of the portion 4- and the inner side of the llauge are securely cemented to the adjacent surfaces of the shoe heel. thereby pcruumcntly securing said section in position.

resilient; heel of the construction as set forth may be readily and quickly secured in position upon a shoe heel and after being properly attached will be securely held by the cement. so that removal thereof will be impossible. A resilient heel of the construction set forth is free from any securing devices which tend to impair the free cushioning or compressing action thereof. hence the same is adapted to elliciently. serve to facilitate walking by lending resiliency to the slcp.

\Vhilc T have illustrateo and described the preferred constrm-tion for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and ITlOtllllFHllIlOfl without departing from the spirit of the invention. l, therefore. do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction as set forth. but desirc to avail mvsclt' of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

'l i aving described my inventionwhal l claim as new and fiesire to'seoure by Letters Patent is:

The combinationwith a shoe heel having fthe lower portion of its four edges in- *1 wetz'diiy and downwardly beveled, of e rubizreed; end a continuous upstanding nenge'substentially V-shepedin cross seci'on. on the outer edge of said tread and formed e0 fit said beveled edge, the outer 19 surface ef'seid tread and flange being so "'-'o1'me when the iread is applied to Be-1e heel ee'ici flange shell snugly fit said beveleci portion with its outer face flush with the adjacent feces of the shoe heel whereby the outer surfaces of the completed heel will be smooth and continuous, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANDREW JENCZYK. Witnesses 2 HELEN F. LILLIS, JOSHUA R. H. Poms.

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