US1174133A - Shoe. - Google Patents

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E. H. DUNBAR.

SHOE.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 17. 19:5.

1 174, 1 33. Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

EVERETT H. DUNIBAB, OF LYNN. MASSACHUSETTS.

snort Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed September 17, 1915. Serial No. 51,223.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. DUNBAR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealthof Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of

which the following is .a specification.

- My invention relates to a type of shoe designed for the corrective treatment of the foot, such as the restoration of fallen or broken arches, and ithas been the special object of my invention to provide a shoe which may accomplish this resultwithout the use of an independent member such as a removable arch support.

It has been the further object of my invention to so design and construct a shoe that the corrective means may be quickly and easily adjustable so that it may be adapted to the particular and varying requirements of the wearer. This I accomplish by means of a pocket in the inner sole provided with an aperture through which padding material may be inserted.

My invention may be best understood reference to the accompanying drawing in which-J I Figure I is a top view of the inner sole I of the shoe with the padding pocket and its metal support indicated by dotted lines Fig. II. is a vertical cross section online 22 of Fig. I. Fig. III is a longitudinal cross. section of a shoe provided with my device.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing A is the inner sole of a shoe provided with the usual sole B and the upper C. Beneath the inner sole is stitched a piece of leather, canvas or other suitable material D, thereby forming a pocket which isindicated by the dotted line (i of Fig. I. Entrance may be had to this pocket through the slot d in the inner sole A. It will be apparent to those familiar with the artthat this pocket is located beneath the transverse arch which is to be treated in the shoe asbe inserted by means of a small pair of pliers padding G for which I preferably employ curled horsehair, although wool, cotton orother material may be used, thus forming a boss or pad which supports the bones of the arch of the foot of the wearer which require corrective re-placement. This pad so formed is'preferably supported by a thin plate of steel or other suitable metal E, shape of" which is best disclosed by the dotted line 6 in Fig. I, where it will be seen to be elongated so as to form not only a support for the pad but also the usual shank which is commonly used in shoes although '-many shoes are now made with a flexible sole which does not include a metallic shank, and it is to be understood that I do not in any way limit my invention so as to include a metallic member of the form indicated. This metallic member E may be provided with holes F through which it may be tacked to the wooden last so that it-may be held in place in the process of manufacture.

While I have shown in the form of my invention as disclosed in the drawing a pocket formed by stitchingthe member D to the end sideof the sole it will, nevertheless, be apparent that if a very thin and flexible leather or other suitable material be used the pocket might well be formed by applying this member to the upper side of the innersole without departing from the scope of my invention.

It will be. readily understood from the foregoing that there is formed in the innersole a boss or pad for the corrective treatment'of the bones of the foot which is not subject to displacement and which will be sufliciently yielding to be comfortable and which will be capable of change and adapta: tion to the particular requirements of the wearer. It is also quite possible by similar means to form more than one boss or pad in the innersole when the wearer of my improved shoe requires corrective treatment in more than one part of his foot.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is' 1. A shoe having an innersole attached thereto and a pocket in said innersole provided with an aperture in the top thereof through which padding material may be inserted or withdrawn.

2. A shoe having an innersole attached thereto, a pocket in said innersole, and padding material in said pocket, said pocket being provided with an aperture in the top thereof through which said padding material may be inserted or withdrawn.

3. A shoe having an innersole attached thereto, a pocket in said innersole, padding beneath said innersole in a manner whereby material in said pocket, said pocket being a pocket is formed between said innersole provided with an aperture in the top thereof and said piece, a. slotted aperture in said inthrough which said padding material may nersole giving access to said pocket, padding 5 be inserted or withdrawn, and a metal material in said pocket, and a metal shank l5 shank in the sole of said shoe, said shank in the sole of said shoe, said shank being exbeing extended to form a support for said tended to form a support for the pad padding. I formed in said pocket.

4:. A shoe having an innersole attached i 10 thereto, a piece of suitable material fastened EVERETT H. DUN BAR.

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