US1174164A - End fastener for shoe-laces - Google Patents

Description

B. A. JOULE.

END FASTENER FOR SHOE LACES. APPLICATION FILED Aus. 24, new

1,174,164. Pat ented Mar. 7,1916.

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END FASTENER r0 3 sHo -LAcE's.

Improved End Fastener for Shoe-Laces, of V which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for securing the ends of laces'upon boots or shoes and the like, and has for its object improve-' ments in such devices by which the ends of laces are neatly and firmly secured while when required they can be instantly re leased.

A device constructed according to the invention comprises an upper and a lower plate, the former of which folds upon the latter and is formed with an opening to receive a projection formed upon the lower plate. The upper plate terminates in an eye which when the plates are folded together registers with an eye or eyes terminating the lower plate; said eyes being capable of receiving the metal protected end of the lace. One of these devices is secured to the boot on each side adjacent to the uppermost eyelet, and the ends of the lace are placed over the projection on each lower plate and clamped by foldingdown the upper plate. The eyes of both plates now register with each other and are secured together by passing the metal-protected end of the lace through the eyes.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a plan view and Fig. 2 a side elevation of I one mode of carrying out my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are views respectively in plan and in elevation of a modification. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blankand Fig. 6 a side ele vation of an alternative construction of device formed from said blank. Fig. 7 illustrates a boot provided with the improved lace fastening devices.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 the lace fastening device is constructed from a strip of metal 1 formed as to one half with a hump 2 and as to the other half with a central slot 3 while each end is bent over to form respectively eyes 4, 4 and 5. The strip of metal is folded midway to form a springlike hinge 6 so that the device is normally open as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. That portion of the strip formed with the hump 2 may be provided with lugs 7, 7, as shown in Fig. 1, having holes 8, 8, through whlch Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24,1914. SeriaLNo. 858,362.

Psalmist. 7,1916.

rivets or other suitable fasteners are passed to attach the device'to a boot or shoe. According to themodification shown in Figs. 8 and 4, the hump portion of the metal strip is formed with tangs 9 projecting rearwardly and which tangs are passed through the upper of the boot or shoe and then turned over to secure the device to the latter. Fig. 7 illustrates a boot provided with lace fastening devices according to this invention, there being one device on each side of the boot adjacent to the uppermost eyelet. One end of the lace 10 is passed over the hump 2 of the onedevice and then the upper half of the metal stri 1 is pressed down upon the lower half, t us clamping'the lace, the two halves being now secured together by passing the metal protected end 11 of the lace 10 through the eyes 4, 5, which register with each other when the upper half of'the strip is closed down'upon the lower half,

The device may be constructed from a single strip of metal 12 cut as shown in Fig. 5 and having an end portion 13 formed with an opening 14 and terminating in a tongue 15 which is subsequently bent to form the eye 5, an intermediate portion 16 formed with the hump 2 and with a small aperture 17 adjacent to the end portion, while the other end portion terminates in a tongue 18,

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and between this end portion and the intermediate portion is formed an aperture 19. The strip is folded downwardly across the aperture 19 and bent to form the two upstanding eyes 4; the end portion being folded to pass under the intermediate portion 16 of the strip the hump 2 of which projects upward. The other end portion 13 forms the upper part of the device and is folded over so that the opening 14 therein passes over the hump 2 in the intermediate portion.

The device thus constructed is attached to the boot or shoe by passing the lowermost portion-20 through a slit in the leather, then passing the tongue 18 in this portion through the leather and through the small aperture 17in the intermediate portion, and, finally, turning over the end of the tongue 18 tosecure the two portions of the strip together as shown in Fig. 6. The end of the lace is passed between the intermediate and upper portions of the strip, which are normally openowing to the springiness of the fold, and then these two portions are sei cured together'by passing the end ofthe lace q t A lacing terminal for shoe lacescompris ing a single blank of metal arranged to pro:

vide a base plate, a plate bent rearwardly' from the upper edge of said base plate and being slotted and looped to provide a pair of spaced eyes, said last-named plate adapted to engage the shoe for mounting the terminal thereon, a hump struck up from the material of said base plate, a front plate bent from the lower edge of said base plate and provided with a slot for receiving said Gopies'of this patent may be obtained for hump whereby to hold the lace clamped therebetween, and an eye bent from the upper edge of said front plate and received between said first-named eyes when the plates are clamped to receive the lace tip for holding said plates together, substantially as described. r

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN ARTHUR OULE. Witnesses:

D. K. BOYLE, t E. L. H. ELLIOTT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. i

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