US1127934A

US1127934A - Detachable heel.

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Publication number: US1127934A
Application number: US73256212A
Authority: US
Inventors: John William Smith
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-11-20
Filing date: 1912-11-20
Publication date: 1915-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1932-02-09

Description

invii-reid DETAHABLE HEEL.

identifie.

Speciesitinn of Letters Eeteiit.

@Patented Feb. Si, MM5..

Application filed November 20, 19158. leerie! No. 7353,5Ei2.

y.To all wimiit it may @entere Y Be it known that l, JOHN W'ILLIAM 5Min-i,

a subjectof Great Britain, residing et Chiriveted or otherwise secured e, screw' S5 n" cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful De tachable Heel, of which the following is aA My invention. relates to improvements iii a cushion. or detachable heel to'b'e applied to footwear, silcli as boots and slices; and the objects of my invention are, tiret, to provide a. resilient heel to be attached. to boots andshoes second, to construct tlie heel in such manner that it is easily,qlii1ckly and securely applied; third, means by which the heel is vprevented from dipping on Wet surfaces;

fourth, means by ivbicli the wearing qiiiilin ties of the heel are prolonged; and, fifth,

means by which the detachable lieels are interfclierigeable from one shoe to the other. atta-in these objects by the ineans illu,"- tiated in tlieeceonipanying drawings, iii

which-- Figi vre l is a perspective view of a detach able it i embodying iny invention, lg. 2 is en outline view of the heel indicating an imbedded plate used in the construction, in dotted lines, Fig is :i section taken on. line a-a of Fig. Fig. et isn vieni"similar'I to that indicated in liig. 3 except indicating zi modified form of tion, Fig. indie the device et the beginning of its app A,.fiti'oii to e shoe or the like, and Fig. 5 e View indicating the heel in position on e shoe or the like.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the heel I is constructed of indie. rubber or an. indizi rubber composition ind having a dat lower or thread. surface anda cdiicave upper surface l which engages the slioe, or tlie like. The body l is provided with a perforated plate 5 imbedded therein. 'llie perfor-ations in plate 5 facilitate the Yunion between plate 5 and body l.

In one of the perforetions'of pletev is extends upwardly and is adapted to engage a screw socket, not shown, in a shoe 8 ortlielike. A lug 3 is provided on the upper concave-surface 4 of the body l and adapted to engageait suitable recess, not shown,4 in e shoe'. 8 or the like to prevent retrograde movement of screw 2 andthe heel. fied foi-in of lug 3 is shown et 3 in Fig. L1-. ln this construction the lug '3 is extended into the body 1" and riveted or otherwise used-in the construe v modi-A seciired to the plate 5 thereby giving e more rigid construction their that indicated. in the preferred form.

' iiibedded in tlie lower or tread side of the heel l is .a friction material 6 adapted to facilitate adhesion of surfaces. Said friction material (3 is prothe heel on slippery i vided with a plurality of metallic members i.

T adapted to prolong; its Wearing qualities rThe material 6 and member lioivever,.form no part of this invention.

In operation, the body l is placed in posiA tion, siicli as indicated in Fig. 5 vitli'the screw 52 engnegingf a suitable screw socket, not shown, iii the shoe and the screw applied to said screw socket in the usuel manner.

The resiliei'iey of the heel permits its flex-v ing enough to allow the top of the heel to be screwed tightly against the shoe and when iii correct position the lug 3 will engiige its `proper socket, not shown, in the bottomof therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the i precise details ofcoiistriietion set forth, but desire to avail myself of siicli variations and inodiicati'ons as eoiiie within the scope of the appended claims.

' Having described iny invention -what l claire as new and iflesire to secure by Letters l. ln combination With e tially concentric with the upper surface of said lie-el body; and a," Screw imbedded 'in said heel body and rigidly.' seein-ed to seid plete, removably securing said heel body to said shoe sind bindingsaid flexible'plate 'under compression, substantially der scribed.

shoe, :i heel body 'having a normally concave upper surface; e, y resilient plate Y,ii'ntedded in. end siibstaniet 2. ln combination with e shoe having e screw engaging socket and a lng engaging socket, e heel body having' a neriiiallyr conn cere uppeisui'face; e resilient plate iiribedded in said body and substantially corr