US1098283A - Shoe-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

W. W. MGGOY.

SHOE FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILB, 1913.

1,098,283. Patented Mayz, 1914 @wi/hmmm Sg Y i" j' l @MJ/My@ 11 mm@ W-@Mlo 15 j www' WILLIAM W. MCCOY, OF CI-IEI-IALIS, WASHINGTON.

SHOE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented May 26, 1914.

Application tied January s, 191s. serial No. 740,030.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM WV. McCoy, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chehalis, in the county of Lewis and State of lVashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe fastener and has for an object to provide a simply constructed and readily operable fastener, a plurality of which are used upon shoes to take the place of the ordinary button fasteners, s0 as to obviate the use of button-hooks or like instruments for fastening and unfastening slices.

A further object is to provide fasteners of the character described which may be readily operated individually in fastening the shoe iiap in closed position, and which are adapted to be operatedcollectively in unfastening Athe flap by simply grasping the edge of the flap' at the central portion thereof, and moving the same into open position, the edge of the iiap serving as means fo-r actuating the fastening devices in operation.

A still further object is the provision of fasteners of the class described which are adapted to firmly secure the shoe flap in closed position and which will retain their engagement with the same without danger of becoming unfastened until properly operated.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is al perspective view of a shoe having fasteners constructed in accordance with the invention applied thereto, showing a number of the same in operative position. Fig. 2. is a similar view showing the flap of the shoe upper operated to effect collective release of the fasteners; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the shoe upper l and closing flap, showing the fastening device in side elevation, the same being in inoperative position; Fig. 4t is a similar view showing the fastener in operative position; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the fastening device, showing the same in inoperative position; and, Fig. 6 is a fragmen' fastening devices, which are adapted to be secured to the shoe upper adjacent the vent opening therein and which are adapted to secure the closing flap of the shoe upper in closed position somewhat inthe manner of the usual shoe button, but which may be operated without using a shoe buttoner or any such manipulating instrument. Each fastening device includes abody portion 2, which is attached to the shoe upper 3, and a movable portion 4, 4which is in the form of a pivoted lever and which is adapted to engage within the eyelet 5, provided in the closing iiap 6 of the shoe upper.

- As shown in the drawing, the body portion 2 of each fastening device is constructed from two pieces of sheet metal cut in the desired form and which are fastened together in the manner shown. It is to be further understood that the movable portion of each device may be constructed from any kind of wood, fiber, or the like material and which may be given some ornamental shape so that the same will present a pleasing appearance.

Referring particularly to Figs. 3, 4, and 5, it will be seen that the body portion 2 0f each fastener is provided with suitable openings 7 for the reception of attaching threads or staples by which the same may be secured to the shoe upper. The said body portion is constructed from resilient metal and is slotted longitudinally at each side of its center, as at 8 and 9 in order to provide a central resilient tongue 10, which latter is bent upwardly prior to the tempering of the metal for a purpose which will be more fully described hereinafter. The other piece of metal 2a has its side portions 11 attached in suitable manner to the side-arms 12 of the main body portion 2, and is bent so as to .provide vertically extending, transversely spaced ears 13 and a limiting cross portion y14. The ears 13 are apertured at 15 for the reception of a transverse pivot pin 16 upon which one end of the movable vportion l is mounted between the said ears. This movable portion lis in the form of a lever having a locking abutment 17 formed on its piv-r 4. The ears 13 are provided with notches 182l in their inner edges providing the shoulders 18b for engagement with the outer face of the shoe flap adjacent the outer edge of one of the eyelets therein, when the locle ing tongue is in its operative, engaging position, so that the shoe flap will be further prevented from accidentally forcing the locking tongue outwardly into inoperative position, under ordinary conditions. In moving the locking tongue into inoperative position, upon the necessary application of force thereto, the locking abutment 17 will force the edge of the flap eyelet out of engagement with the said shoulders 18h.

In fastening a shoe having fasteners of the class described, the movable portions of the devices, or locking tongues, as they might be termed, are swung' inwardly so as to b-e held at the proper inclination by the limiting cross portions lil of the body pertions of the said devices, and the tongues are inserted within the flap eyelets successively from the lower portion of the flap and are swung outwardly in similar order so as to bring' the outer edge 19 of each eyelet into engagement with the active face 18 of each abutment 17, the inner face Q0 of each tongue, or movable portion It being in engagement with the outer face of the fiap 6 after the device is brought into its operative position. vtVhen the fastening tongue is in operative position, the ears 13 and the cross portion 14, as well as the abutment 17 will be disposed within the eyelet 5, and the firm engagement of the above described edge of each eyelet with the active face 18 of the abutment 17 will aid the spring tongues 10 in preventing movement of the locking tongues l into inoperative position, so that engagement of any of the locking tongues with obstructions will not ordinarily cause unfastening of the saine.

As shown in Fig. 2, in order to unfasten the closing flap of the shoe, it is merely necessary to Grasp the same at its very edge and centrally thereof, and to force the saine outwardly. Such action will cause engagement of the outer edge of the flap with the ends of the locking tongues, thus causing the same to be simultaneously swung into inoperative position, upon the application of sufticient force to the shoe iap. it will thus be seen that the closing flap of the shoe may be unfastened by a single operation, which cannot be accomplished Vin the use of the ordinary form of button fastener.

From the foregoing'description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will appear that l have provided a shoe fastening device which is so simply construot ed as to be cheap in the cost of manufacture, and which-will be very eiiicient in operation, and durable. It should be apparent, that, in using a plurality of these fastening devices on a shoe, operation of the closing flap of the same will be greatly facilitated, and that the common annoyance incident with the use of button hooks and such devices will be entirely obviated.

That is claimed is:

A fastening device including a flat body portion constructed of resilient material, the said body being provided with a. pair of parallel slots opening through one edge thereof, a yieldable tongue being formed between the said slots, a pair of lugs secured to the under face of the said body and being projected upwardly through the said slots so as to be disposed on opposite sides of the resilient tongue in parallel relation to each other, the said lugs being provided adjacent to the upper face of the body with transversely alining notches forming rectangular shoulders, a locking tongue having one end pivotally mounted between the said lugs and being adapted to have its inner face flush with the said shoulders when in its operative position, and an engaging abutment formed on the inner face of the said locking tongue at the pivoted end thereof for engagement with the said resilient tongue, the said abutment being equal in width to the lugs and adapted to ll the space therebetween.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VLLIAM Vil. MGCOY.

Witnesses ALBERT SorrooLnY, EDWARD DnGGLEr..

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