US1120035A - Fastening device for shoe-ornaments. - Google Patents

Description

E P. GUSHMAN.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SHOE ORNAMENTS.

I APPLICATION FILED FEB 21, 1913 1,120,035, Patented De0.,8,1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application 111ml February 21, 1913. Serial No. 749,985.

To (ill whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEANOR Panama CUSH-MAN, a citizen of theUnitedStates, revSidin at Dodge, in the county of Walker shoes The object of the'invention is to provide a simple, cheap and secure fastening means of light weight to which a bow or similar ornament may be quickly attached by a few stitches of thread and as quickly removed by cutting'or breaking the stitches when after usethe ornament becomes soiled, mussed or misshapen.

A further object is to provide the fastening means with a ready method of attaching it to a shoe so as toEhold the'bow or ornament 'in place thereon and when it is desired "to make a. change in the ornamcnt'the fastener may without trouble be easily -removed from the shoe.

At the present time -.womens shoes are ornamented securing-to the front thereof bows made of silk, ribbon, leather or other material either flat orgathered and attached to'the shoeiinvarious ways. 'It is a fact that on shoes so ornamented, the bows are the first thing tododk shabby about the shoe, especially bows made of silk ribbon. The

'bows gatherdnst, become'sta'ined with shoe polish when cleaning the shoe and mussed and made unshapely by rubbing and brushin When the bows are in this condition it'is desirable'tn r" wove them from the shoe and substitute new ones in place thereof, but so far as I 'am aware no simple and ready means'has been devised whereby this may be done.

With the present invention the bows may be quickly and easily attached to and removed from the fastening devices and the latter as readily secured to and removed from the shoes- 7 The simplicity of the device enables the bows to be removed from the shoes when the latter are to be cleaned and put on again when the shoes areto'be worn and, 'further- -more,-the construction of-the deviceis such that itdocs-not add materially to the weight of theshoe and in fact increases but slightly the "weight of the bow "to which it is attachecl.

These objects and other advantages are secured by means hereinafter set forth in the detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing-of which,

Figure 1 'is a 'top view ofthe'toe ofthe .shoe with-.a .flat ribbon bow applied-thereto.

'Fig. 2 'is a bottom plan view of a similar bow and a fastening device secured thereto.

Fig. 3 is a frontview of the "bow and the afastenmg device 'in position on the vshoe showing one form by which the fastening devlce'is eonnected'to the shoe. Fig. '4 is a perspective view ofthe fastening device disconnected from 'the bow. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.3, showing a different means for attaching the fastening device in place. Fig.6 isa. bottom plan viewof-a gathered bow and the form of "fastening device which I prefer to use with such bows.

In the drawing 10 designates a skeleton base plate made of thin resilient metal, preferably curved as shown in Fig. 3, one end ofwhich is'bent up to form a catch '11 "to engage the end of a tongue '12 formed'by doublingthebase plate upon itself as shown, the =tongue preferably being made narrower than the base plate. The resiliency of the metal from which the plate and tongue are made'is such that'thotongue maybe sprung laterally with little-or no effort to disengage itsend from the catch '11 when it is desired to fasten and unfasten the same. The plate 10 has a relatively narrow body portion and near each end of the body portion and on opposite edges thereto in the plane of the plate project lugs-or fingers 13, through each of which small hdles 14 are bored for a purposeto be described later, this body portion with the outstanding lugs or fingers *forming a light skeleton base ,plate orsupport.

'Lying close against the back of the base plate 10 is a sheet 15 of flexible material preferably woven wire and so shown. This sheet in'the form shown in Figs 2 to 5, in-

clusive, .is fastened to the base plate by strands of Wire 16 extending through the holes 14 in the fingers 13 and through the mesh in the plate 15. This woven wire plate 15 forms a foundation upon which the flat ribbon bow 17 is placed, the latter being secured to the plate by stitches 18, the thread passing through the mesh in the plate and into the bow.

It will be seen that with the plate 15 havjecting at its ends and sides beyond the,

skeleton base plate,- as shown in Fig. 2, may be bent, or shaped to suit the bows and permit the surface to which the bow is. stitched to be given slightly different shapes and contours in order to give difie'rent and proper sets to the difierent types of bows which may be attached thereto. thus designed when a bow attached to the fastening device, as described, becomes soiled or mussed, it is only necessary to cut or break the stitches 18and the bow will be separated from the fastening device, the latter being then ready for the attachment of another bow. The plate 15 is preferably made a little shorter and narrower than the bow so as to give a firm support to the bow and hold it securely in place. Where gathered bows are used I prefer the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, that is tossay the reticulated plate 15 is omitted, the bow being stitched directly to the fingers 13 of the skeleton plates through the holes 14 therein. Bows provided with fastening devices such as this are attached to the shoes by disconnecting the tongues 12. from thecatches 11 and slipping the tongues through loops or eyes 19 secured to the shoes. These eyes or loops may be of thread, wire, leather or any.

other material, or if desired slits 20 (see Fig. 5) may be made in the shoe and the tongue slipped thereinto as shown. In fact any suitable means capable of holding the tongue in place on the shoe may be employed.

What ll claim'is:

1. A fastening .having a narrow body-portion; integral lugs or arms projecting at right angles from said body portion near each end thereof,

said arms having perforations to receive sedevice for shoe. bows and. the like comprising a skeleton .-base-plate of said body-portion to engage said catch, and bow supporting means secured to said latev P 2. A fastening device for shoe bows and the like comprising a skeleton base-plate having a narrow body-portion and outstanding arms, a catch and catch-engaging tongue on said body-portion, and a bowsupporting plate of wire-gauze of larger area than said skeleton base-plate detachably secured to said base-plate.

3. A fastening. device for shoe bows and the like comprising a skeleton base-plate of resilient material having a narrow bodyportion and integral arms or lugs extending therefrom, a catch at one end of said body portion, a catch-engaging tongue at the other end of said body-portion, and a reticulated bow supporting plate of ductile material and of larger area than said skeleton base-plate detachably secured thereto.

4:. 'A fastening device for shoe bows and therewith, an integral catch at one end of said body portion, an integral catch-engaging tongue extending from the other end of said body portion, and a bow-supporting plate of ductile wire-gauze and. of larger area than said skeleton base plate detachably secured to said arms by strands passing through the mesh and perforations in the arms of the base plate.

5. A fastening device for shoe bows and the like comprising a base plate formed with an integral catch at one end and an integral spring tongue at the other end adapted to engage with said catch, and a plate detachably mounted. on the base plate to which a bow or the like may be secured by stitching. 6.. A fastening device for shoe bows and the like comprising a base plate formed with an integral catch at one end and an integral spring tongue at the other end and adapted to engage with said catch, fingers projecting from the sides of the base plate through which are perforations, and a reticulated plate on'one side of the base plate and detachably connected thereto by strands passing through the perforated fingers and the openings in the reticulated plate, said reticulated plate serving as a base for a bow or the like which may be attached I thereto by stitching.

. 7. A. fastening device for shoe bows and the like comprising a base plate made of thin resilient metal, anintegral catch at one end of the base plate, a tongue formed by bending the other end of the base plate upon itself, said tongue adapted" to engage attaching means on a shoe and be retained by said catch, perforated fingers projecting from the sides of the base plate, a plate of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set wire gauze on one side of said base plate, my hand in presence of two subscribing 1o and strandls passing through said perforated witnesses.

ngers an the mesh of the wire gauze plate 1 for attaching said gauze plate to the base ELEANOR PARKER GUSHMAN' plate, said wire gauze plate forming a foun- Witnesses: dation for a bow or the like which may be A. W. TABER, attached thereto by sewing. McJ. HAYS.

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