US1047716A - Ice-creeper. - Google Patents

Description

v J. SPERLING.

ICE GREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1912.

1 ,047,7 1 6. Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

'- ITNESSES UNITED sTA'rns PATENT oFricE. I

i JOHN SPERLING, or C EVELAND, OHIO.

IcE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may cOnGcM Be it' known that I, JOHN SPERLING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Creepers, of which the following is a specificompanying drawin This invention relates to an ice creeper, and the primary object of'my'invention is to furnish the heel of a shoe with anovel decation, reference being had therein to the acvice that will prevent a person from slipping and falling upon'ice orsmoothsurfaces.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ice creeper that can be permanently worn upon the heel of a shoe and when not in use swung to an inactive position that prevents the ice creeper from injuring the surface of a floor or tearing a carpet.

A further object of this invention is to provide an ice creeper that is practically in-' visible when attached to the heel of a shoe combination and arrangement of parts'to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of'the ice creeper as applied to the heel of a shoe,

showing the creeper in an inactive position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, showing in dotted lines the ice creeper in position for use. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the ice creeper in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the detached heel strap, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the creeper plate. 7

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawing wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts through- 3 out; 1 denotes the heel of a shoe 2 and secured to the sides of the heel 1 by'screws 3 or other fastening means are curved straps 4." The'forward ends of said straps are bent pended claim.

inwardly, as at 5 at the frontwall 6 of the heel, .said straps terminating in apertured oppositely disposed bearings .7. l v 8 denotes a rod arranged in'the bearings 7 and having the ends thereof reduced to IPatented. Dec. 17,1912. Application filed July 8,1912. Seria1 Nc. 708,221. l Y

provide screw threaded shanks 9 upon which are screwed nuts 10 for retaining the rod 8 in said bearings. The rod 8 is stationary within the bearings 7 and the top and bottom sides of said rod are surfaces 11.

12 denotes a creeper plate that hasthe rear edges thereof slitted at the sides, as at 13 and the slitted portions of said plate bent to provide apertured lugs 14. The apertured lugs 14 are oppositely. disposed and at provided with flat right angles to the creeper plate 12, and said lugs are loosely mounted upon the rod 8, as best shown in Fig. 3. The creeper plate 12 has one side thereof provided with prongs 15 and these prongs are in the formjof riv ets whereby they can be easily and permanently secured to the creeper plate. The other side of the creeper plate 12 is .pro vided with a fiatspring 16, said spring having one end thereof riveted orotherwise-connected to the plate, as at 17. The opposite end of the spring 16 engages one of the fiat faces 11 of the rod 8, as best shown in Fig. 2. The spring 16 serves to hold the creeper plate in an adjusted position, either in an inactive position beneath the arch of the shoe sole, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2 or in an active position as shown by dotted lines m Flg. 2, the latter position of the plate being beneath theheel 1, with the prongs 15 depending to engage in a smooth surface and prevent the person from slipping and falling. I

It is thought that the utilityof the ice creeper will be apparent without further description, and while inthe drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the,

invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as fall within the straps adapted to be secured to the sides off the heel and each having an angle-shaped scope of the apforward portion abutting against 'and projecting forwardly from the front of the heel, the forwardly projectingpartof each angle-shaped portion being insetwwith respect to one side of the heel and forming a bearing, a rod having cylindrical ends journaled in and projecting from said bearings and further having flat faces, means mounted upon the cylindrical ends of the rod for 5 connecting it to said bearings, an adjustable creeper plate having one end thereof reduced and provided with apertured lugs positioned between the forwardly extending parts of said angle-shaped bearings and 10 mounted upon the cylindrical ends of said rod, and a fiat spring fixedly secured to said plate and having an offset end engaging one of the flat faces of said rod for retaining the creeper plate in an adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN SPERLING. Witnesses:

MARY PAPP, JOSEPH Roznnnnwnre.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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