US1092010A - Adjustable shoe-buckle fastener. - Google Patents

Description

C. M. BGNHAM.

ADJUSTABLE SHOE BUCKLE PASTENBR. APPLICATIONIPILED MAR. 31, 1913.

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which will bemo're fully HABLES M. BONHM, 0F NEW YRK, N. Y.

T Fidi@ ADJUSTABLE SIEGE-BUCKLE EASTENEB.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3i, ll9i4..

Application filed March 31, 1913. Serial No. 757,648.

To all 'whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. BONHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Mann hattan, in the county and State of New `York, have invented a new'ancl Improved Adjustable Shoe-Buckle Fastener, o'fwhich the following is a full, clear, and exactdescript-ion.

rlhis invention relates to shoe buckles or ornaments adapted for use particularly in connection with pumps although it is not limited, exclusively to this application, and the invention has to do more especiallv with fastening or .attaching devices for buckles or other ornaments.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a fastening or attaching device for buckles which is so designed that the buckle can be fastened to the shoe easily, quickly and securely, and by the use of an ordinary stapling machine so that sewing of the buckle on the shoe as is now necessary is dispensed with, although the present fastener may be sewed to the shoe, if desired.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an attaching base provided with a bendable stem to which the buckle or body of the ornament is-secured, the stem being bendable so that the base can be placed in thepioper position for enabling a stapling :machine to' be used for applying the buckle, 'and when applied or fastened the buckle position bycan be adjusted to the proper bendin thelstem` Anoier object is the provision bt a single piece attaching base which is o}compara'` tively simple and inexpensive construction adaptable for buckles of various designs.

With such objects in view, an others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arran ement of part-s escribed hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.`

in the accompanying drawin `which illustrate one embodiment of the `invention,

i and wherein similar reference vcharacters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side viewof a shoe with the improved buckle applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective `view of the buckle fastening or attaching device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear side O the buckle with the attaching device apbuckle secured to theshoe; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the position of the buckle when Ithe staples are being applied.

l Referring to the drawing, A designetes'a shoe, such as a pump, with a buckle B applied thereto. Tlie buckle is secured to the" Ashoe by an attaching or fastening device which is constructed as shown in Fig. 2, such.

device comprising a base l1 andv an upwardly' plied; Fig. e is a sectional view of the.

trcmity of the stem while the lower lug is formed bydoubling on itself an intermediate por-tion of the stein. The base ortion 25 of the steni'is bendable so that a 'ter the buckle isfastened to the shoe the buckle can ibe'adjusted to the desired position.

i Beforey the buckle is secured to the shoe the base 1 is disposed at right-anglesto the stein 2, and in applying the buckle the base,

`s placed against the shoe at the required ,point inthe manner shownI in Fig. 5. This enables the buckle and shoe to be clamped in an ordinpry stapling machine and staples 6' -are employed to fasten the buckle in place, the staples 6 being inserted throu h openings in the base l. After` the buck e is a plied to the shoe as shown in Fig. 5 t e buckle is pressed backwardly to bend the base 5 of the stem until the buckle is in a position somewhat like Fig. Il, butk the angle 4at which the buckle is placed canvbe adjusted to suit the fancy of fthe wearer or to fit the instep ci the foot'.

With the construction shown it. is apparent that the buckle can be easily, quickly and securely applied to the shoe and at the same time the buckle can lie-adjusted at any desired angle.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accpmpanying draw- 4 ings, the advantages of the' method of operation and of the device'show'n will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the inventionl appertains, and while l', have described the device which ll'n'ow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, l

desire to have it understood that'the device shown is merely illustrative, and thatsuch changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims,

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into a. lug forconnection with the seid-body and havingits lower portion doubled laten diy vto form, u. 'lug' for connection with said y. 2. A buckle' attaching device comprising a' single piece of metal formed into a base, e stem rising from. the forward edge of the base, a lug on` the upperend of the stem pro; 15 jecting forwardly therefrom, and a. secondforwardly-projectng lug on the lower portion of the stem, the lower lug being formed by doubling forwardly a portion of the stem and the stem being bendable adjacent the 20 said base. v In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two ,subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES M. BGNHAM.. Witnesses: l

CHA'HUR' BRADWAY, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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