US1160159A - Skating-overshoe. - Google Patents

Description

L; FREEMAN.

SKATING OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.'I. I913.

'1 a 1 60, 1 590 Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

shown in l LOUIS FREEMAN, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SKATING-OVERSHOE.

Specification of Letters Ratent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed December 1, 1913. Serial No. 804,062

To all whom it may concern: I

lie it known that 1. Louis FREEMAN, a subject of the. King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skating-Overshoes, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an overshoe which can he worn over skating boots having attached ice skates, and the object is attained by providing an overshoe having a longitudinal slit in the center of the sole, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 a side elevation of the overshoe for the left foot. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the overshoe open. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan vievv'ot' the sole and heel.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A designates the sole which is pierced by a slit or opening B, commencing at a point approximately one-quarter of an inch from the toeand running in a straight line from the center of the toe to the center of the heel C at the back. This slit B is enlarged or widened at the front end, as shown at B the reception of the first pillar of the fie. The sole is reinforced around this opening, as shown at B This reinforcement may if desired heextended the entire length of the slit.

At the hack of the heel, the opening 13 runs horizontally a short distance-toward the inner side of the overshoc, thus separating the heel and upper, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. for e short distance. The outer portion D oi he upper terminates approximately at the center of the back in line with the slit B. while the inner portion E is provided with a flap F adapted to overlie the rear part of he outer upper D, as clearly l, and be attached thereto hv means of an suitahle fastening devices G. it xvii he ted that in making the overshocs, no provision made in the slit- E for any of the skate pillars except at the toe. This is because the pillars ditier in size and position in nearly all makes of skates. The purchaser ot the overshoe can easily enthe slit ii to suit his skates, or the adstnient run he made by the vendor when .l A the over-shoes are sold.

The application of the device is extremely simple. The t'astenings G are released and the overshoe opened, as shown in Fig. 2. It s then pulled over the toe of the skating boot, the split sole opening so as to pass the pillars of the skate. When the overshoe is in place, the flap F is folded over the outer side D of the upper and secured by the fastenings G. This closes the slit B and forms a complete covering over the. skating boot.

The overshoe may be made of any. suitable materials and provided with any suitable kind of warm lining.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. An ovcrshoe having a sole provided with a slit piercing said sole and extending longitudinally thereof from the heel end to adjacent the toe end thereof, and an upper constructed and arranged to open up the hack of the overshoe from the heel end of the said slit.

2. An overshoe having a sole providedpierclng said sole and extending" with a slit longitudinally thereof from the heel end to adjacent the toe end thereofand being of sufficient length to receive the pillars of a skate and an upper constructed and arranged to open up the back of the overshoef from the heel end of said slit. I

An overshoc having a sole provided with a slit longitudinally thereof from the heel end to adjacent the toe end thereof and being of sufficient length to receive the pillars of a skate, an upper constructed and arranged to open up the back of the overshoe from the.

heel end of said slit, and a flap extending from the inner side of the upper over the outer side thereof to form a closure for the opening in the upper-at the back of the overshoe.

4. An overshoe for use with skating boots having a sole provided with a.slit iercing said sole and extending at one en to the edge of the sole, said slit being adapted to receive the pillars of a skate,.and an upper having a closure opening extending upwardly from the end of the slit at the edge of the sole.

5. An overshoe for use with skatin boots having asole provided with a slit piercing said sole and extending at one end to the edge of the sole, said slit having an enlargement adapted to receiveone of the pillars of a. skate, and an upper having a closure opening extending upwardly. from the end of-the slit at the edge of the sole.

piercing said sole andextending 6. Ano'vershoe for use with skating boots overlap the upper at the other side of said having a sole provided with a slit piercing opening and cooperating fastening means said sole and extending at one end to the on the-flap and upper. edge of the sole, saidslit having an en- In witness whereof I have hereunto set v 5 larg'emeut adapted to receive one of the pilmy hand in the presence of two witnesses. L5

lars of aslrate an upper having a closure opening extending upwardly from the end I LGUIS N of the slit at the edge of the sole, a flap Witnesses: forming a continuation of the upper at one. S. R. W. ALLEN,

10 side of the closure opening and adapted to G; M. MORELAND.

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