US1153977A

US1153977A - Boot-top.

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Publication number: US1153977A
Application number: US87640414A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Tweedie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-12-10
Filing date: 1914-12-10
Publication date: 1915-09-21
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-21

Description

C. TWEEDI E.

BOOT TOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I0. 1914.

1,153,977. Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

F of a cloth top boot, thereby disguising its true character.

STA z I El BOOT-TOP.

To all whom-it may eoncern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES Twnnnin, a

citizen of the United States, anda resident The invention consists in a boot-top having the quarters cut full length to the line of the sole at the heel and instep, with a strap conforming to the shape and width of the sole across the inste'p, and with the forepart 'cut approximately on the line of a circular vamp. I

The inventionfurther consists in the arrangement of the back seam near the heel and the front seam from over the instep to the forward end, which are cut a trifle scant in order to put spring into the top-at these places and cause it to hug the shoe.

.Further details of the invention appear in connection with thefollowing description of the boot-top shown in the accompanying drawing, whereinthe same reference char: acters designate like parts in the severalviews.

In the drawings Figure l lis a side elevation of a low shoe'fitted with a boot-top embodyin the invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of t e top alone, showing in dotted lines the outline of the shoe own in Fig.

- 1, and illustrating the departure of the top from the lines of the shoe at the heel and over the instep; Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the top shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a view similar to-Fig. 1 showing a'difi'erent style of boot-top; and Fig. 5ris a'bottom viewf 7 material, whereby the seams are stiff enough of the top shown in Fi 4. ,7 a

In the embodiment o the invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the button boottop 11 comprises quarters 12 of suitable material, such as leather, broadcloth, or other fabric, cut full length, that is, from the upper extremity of the leg portion to the top line of the sole and heel of the shoe 13. A strap 14 of patent leather ,or other suit- Specification of Letters Patent.

FFCE

CHARLES TWEEDIE, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI.

REISSU Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed December 10, 1914. Serial No. 876,404.

able material connects the lower edges of the quarters in front of the heel. The lower portion 15 of the quarters extends forward of the instep,their front edges following line of the top of the vamp across the front of the shoe and sloping downward and backward at the sides to about the forward line'of. the shank portion of the sole of the shoe. The boot-tops are-made rights and left-s, and the two quarters. of each top are cut slightly different along their front The quarter which and bottom edges. comes on-the inner side of the foot has a flap lfi-which laps over the outside quarter and is buttoned thereto. The quarter on the inner side is cut slightly longer from top to bottom at the forward. end of the solethan the quarter on the outer side, the difference in length between thetwo gradually diminishing toward the heel, at'which point the length of the two sides is alike,

whereby the strap 14 may'conform to the shape of the sole of the shoe. The back seam 17 is sprung in slightly at the heel, the amount ofspringing being greatest at the bottom of the seam and running out to nothing at the fullest'part of, the swell above the heel. The front seam -18, .in button boot-tops, is sprung down toward the forward end of the top, the amount of springing beinggreatest at the front end and running' out to nothing over the instep. That" is, the front and back seams are cut scant at their lower ends to'throw the to in to- Ward the last, and thereby the top to the last quite to its proper position. It will pull on to a shoe made on the, same last, and will grip it in such a snug fit as to appear to be sewed thereto, because it squeezes in the'fore part of thelzshoe slightly where it would bind the last, and as it has the same lines as those of the shoe it appears to be a continuation thereof. The boot-top is lined with cotton, duck or other suitable material. and the front and back oes not. fit the last exactly and cannot be pulled on a seams are covered with strips 19 of suitable The boot-top 21 shown 1n front flap, but is provided with eyelets 22 down the front edges of the quarters for Fig. 4 is similar I to the boot-top 11, except that it has no lacings 23. A- tongue 24 isalso provided,

which is'secured at its lower front end to either quarter alone, preferably the outside quarter, or to both quarter-sq, The front edges of the quarters are reinforced by strips material. A foxing 26' of patent leather or other distinctive material is sewed around the heel portion of the quarters to givethe appearance of a fancy dress shoe,

ltis evident that the style of the boot-top may be varied, and its appearance may be changed without departing from the inven-.

tion. For example, the seams may be covered with leather, and a leather foxing may be put around the heel in imitation ofa full length vamp. The invention is not restricted to the precise forms shown and. described herein.

I claim the following as my invention:

1. A boot-top to be worn over a lowshoe, said vboot-top having vfull length quarters following the general lines of the upper portion of a high hoot, the lower edges of said boottop being arranged to coincide with the edges of the sole ofthe shoe around the heel and along the sides of the shank,

and the front and back lower portions of said boot-top being sprung in a sufiicient amount tomakethe lower edges of such portions closely hug the shoe, and a strap connecting. the lower side edges ofthe boottop, said strap being arranged to lie beneath and fitthe shank of the shoe from the breast of the heel to the points where the lower edges of the boot-top intersect the edges of the sole.

2. A boot-top to be worn over a shoe, said boot-top having full length quarters following the general lines of the upper portion of a high boot, the lower edges of said boot-top being arranged to coincide with the edges of the sole of the shoe along the sides of the -.shank, and the back lower portion of said sewed to the lower side edges of the boot-top beneath the shank of the shoe and draw in said lower side edges. 25 of buckram or other suitable stiffening 3. A boot-top to be worn over a shoe,'said boot-top having full length quarters following the general linesof the upper portion of a high boot, the lower edges of said boot-top being curved to coincide with the arched edges of the sole ofthe shoe along the sides of the shank, and the lower portion of the front of said boot-top being sprung in a sufficient amount to make the lower edges of the front portion of the boot-top closely hug the shoe, and a strap connecting the lower side edges of the boottop, said strap having curved ends to conform to the concave shank of the shoe and which ends are sewed to the lower curved edges of the boot-top where they coincide with the concave edges of the sole. v

4. A boot-top to be worn over a shoe, said boot-tcip having quarters following the gen eral lines of the upper portion of a high boot, the lower edges of said boot-top coinciding with the edges of the-sole of the shoe along "the-sides of the shank, said boot-top having a side opening and a front seam, a

of the boot-top where they coincide with the edges of the sole.

Signed at Jefi'erson City, Missouri, this 5th day of December, "1914.

CHARLES TWEEDIE. lVit'nesses: i, i

\ FRANK ZUBER, HOWARD WADLEY.