US1144740A

US1144740A - Arch-supporting shoe.

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Publication number: US1144740A
Application number: US85695514A
Authority: US
Inventors: John F Teehan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-08-15
Filing date: 1914-08-15
Publication date: 1915-06-29
Anticipated expiration: 1932-06-29

Description

l. F. TEEHAN.

ARCH SUPPORTING SHOE. APPLICANON FILED AUG.15,1914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

l. F. TEEHAN.

ARCH SUPPORTING SHOE.

APPLlcATloN HLED AUG.15. 1914.

Patented June 29, M5.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN F. TEEHAN, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Anon-SUPPORTING SHOE.

Maaate'.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led August 15, 1914. Serial No.- 856,955.

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. TEEHAN, a-

citizen of the United States, and afresident such as improved means for securing the free end ofthe arch support tothe upper, to provide for stiifening the inner side of the shoe and for securing ventilation of the shoe.

Other improvements are pointedout at length in the following specification, illustrated upon the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referrmg to thel drawings,-Figure 1 represents in side elevation a shoe. embodying one form of my invention, F 1g.. 2 represents a horizontal section therethrough.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 4e Arepresents a transverse vertical sectlon. Fig. 5 re resents a longitudinal section similar to ig..3 but with the arch support removed. Fig. 6 illustrates the formation of the inner side I .of the upper during the process of construction of a shoe. F 1g. 7 represents a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 illustrates the next step in the formation of the upper and the attachment of the wires tovreceive the hooks ofthe arch support. Fig. 9 rep resents a section on the line 9--9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10` illustrates a side elevation of the arch supporting member to illustrate the hooks thereon. Fig. 11 illustrates a section on the line 11-11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 illustrates an enlarged section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 5. Fig. 13 represents an enlarged section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 5.

The result which I desire to achieve by my invention is the raising or supporting of the foot below the arch in much the same manner as it would be 'supported by a bandage attached to the outer side of the foot and then passed under the arch to a point at the outer side of the ankle, so that the foot will be rocked-laterally outwardly and the .arch supported above the inner sole ofthe shoe. To this end, the'arch support consists of a iexible band the outer lower edge of which is secured at the junction of the outer edge of the innersole and the upper,

and the inner and upper end of which is attached to 'the'side of the upper at a point relatively remote from the inner edge of the innersole. v

On the drawings, thearch support'con-A sists of a band 20, which in width is about equal toI one-half of the length of the shoe. It is preferably formed of material such as split sole leather, and its ends are skived. The inner and outer end of this band is permanently secured to the interior of the shoe at the junction of the upper "and the innei'- sole. As shown 4in Fig. 4, the outer and lower end of the band-is inserted between the outer edge of the innersole and the upper and the vamp of the upper, and is secured in place by stitches 21 which attach together t e innersole 22, the vamp 23 and the welt 24. From this point, the band crosses the interior of the shoe above the innersole, and its inner and upper end is secured to the upper by adjustable fastenings cbmprising hooks and bars adapted to be engaged thereby.

In order that the inner and upper end of the band or arch support may be adequately supported, I preferably employ a counter 250, which, at the inner side of the shoe, is extended forwardly to a point as far as the front edge of the arch support, as shown in Fig. 2, or at a point opposite the ball of theV foot. The band itself lies across the shoe above the shank thereof, being suiiiciently wide (lengthwise of the shoe) to support the arch from a point near the ball of the foot to a point near the heel. The inner quarter 25 of the upper, as shown in Fig. is formed or provided with a depending flap 26 which has a plurality of elongated apertures 27. This tab 26 depends below the upper edge of the counter at the inner side of the shoe. The lining 28 of the quarter is likewise perforated or apertured as in-v dicated in Fig. 7. Placed outside of the tab 26 and covering the same are one or more layers 29 of leather or canvas, the edges of which are secured by stitches 30. Between the tab or fiap 26 and the outer covering 29 therefor are arranged parallel wires 31 in- Patented June 29, 1215.

= 3Q-. These wires are visible through the apertures'27, as show-n in Fig. 5, and they are located between the tab or iiap 26' on one side andthe covering 29 andthe counter on the other side. The vamp 23 andthe quarter 25 are secured together |by one or more rows ofstitches 320 as usual, this row of stitches being above the base of the tab or flap 26, so that the latter is supported i'n partby 'the stiffness of the counter.

It 'will be observed from Fig. 5 that the wires, which are supported bythe quarter, are above the inner side edge of the innersole, said Awires servin detachably to receive4 .one or more hook s a upper e'nl' of the arch supporting band 20.'

-ed to the inner and These hooks are indicated at 33 and they are afixed near the extremity of the band on the outer side thereof, being secured in place by any suitable means as by eyelets or gromets 34. As shown in Fig. 13, the hooks 33 may be passed into the apertures 27 so as.

to engage any one'of the wires y31 and thus Y hold'the inner upper end of the band in position to maintain the body of the band at a distance from the inner edge of the innersole, see Figs. 4 and 13: Thus a space is left between the arch support and the innersole. The arch support is preferably perforated as indicated at 36.

To provide for the ventilation of the shoe, eyelets 37 are passed through the inner side of the shoe near the upper edge, of the counter, the inner ends of these eyelets being:

covered by the inner upper vend of the band.

These eyelets provide ports through which the air may pass into and out of the space in the shoe between the arch support and the innersole.

I t is quite evident, from the descriptionwhich lI have given, Ithat the shoe may be made either by the welt rocess or may constitute what is termed a cKayshoe. Furthermore, it may be either a laced shoe or a button shoe. In any event, when the shoe' is laced or buttoned and the quarters 'are drawn tightly about the upper part of the foot, and about the ankle if it' be a high shoe, the strain upon the arch supporting band will be 'borne in part by, the stiff counter and in part by that `portion of the upper which is on the outer side of the foot. The band' is thus held at its ends with its middle portion free, said middle portion being elevated above the innersole asdescribed. The distance to which the middle ortion of the band is raised may be varied y engaging -the .hooks 33 with a 'higher or lower wire 31.

It will be apparent that the details of construction which I have thus speciiically described may be varied to suitthe particular the inner side of the innersole, and hooking means on the free end of the arch support for engagement with said bar to elevate the arch support above'- the innersole.

2. A shoe .having va counter extending longitudinally of the shoe at the inner side thereof and terminating near the waist of 'the shoe, fasteningfmembers attached to the upper adjacent the upper edge of the counter extension, and an arch support consisting of a band attached at its lower and outer end at the junction of the upper and the outer side of the innersole and having on its upper and inner end fastening members for engagement with the first-mentioned fastening members, said arts being so connected and arranged that t e counter assists in sustaining the upper end of the band.

3. A shoe having on its inner quarter a depending tab or flap, and a vamp attached to the quarter by the usual line of, stitches above 'the tab or.lap, a counter lying between the tab or flap and the vamp immediately below the stitches, and an arch support crossing the innersole from the outer edge thereof and having one end attached to said tab or flap. v

4. A shoe havingon the interior of the inner side of the upper a series of bars longitudinal of the shoe and elevated above the innersole, and an arch support crossing the inner face of the innersole and having on its inner end hooking means for engaging said bars to elevate the body o f the arch support above the innersole.

5. A shoehaving on the inner side of the upper a series of parallel bars longitudinal o the shoe, and an arch support crossing the inner face of the innersole with its outer end attachedto the outer edge of the innersole and having on its inner end hooking means to engage said parallel bars.

6. A shoe having its inner quarter' and the corresponding portion ofthe lining formed with an aperture, an outer cover for said aperture, a bar between the cover and the arch support within the shoe having means for engagement with said bar. 7. A shoe having an arch support crossquarter and crossing the aperture, and an' ing above the shank of the innersole, with l its outer end attached to the outer edge of the innersoleand its inner 'end attached to the upper above the inner edge of the innersole to leave a space between the support and the innersole, and Ventilating passages through the inner side of the upper leading from said space.

8. A shoe having an arch support crossing above the shank of the innersoie, with its outer end attached to the outer edge of the innersoie and its inner end attached to the upper above the inner edge of the innersole to leave a space between the support and the innersole, and a counter having an eX- tension on the inner side of the shoe to give in sustaining the inner end of the arch sup- 15 ort. p In testimony whereof have aiixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN F. TEEHAN. Witnesses:

LUCY H. BURGESS, HARRY L. JONES.