US1178109A

US1178109A - Bootjack.

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Publication number: US1178109A
Application number: US2091115A
Authority: US
Inventors: John H Staubly
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-04-12
Filing date: 1915-04-12
Publication date: 1916-04-04
Anticipated expiration: 1933-04-04

Description

J, H. STAUBLY.

BOOTJACK. APPLICATION FILED APR.12, 1915,

1,178,109. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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JOHN H. STAUBLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOTJ'ACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4., 1916.

Application filed April 12, 1915. Serial No. 20,911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN H. STAUBLY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in Bootjacks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provlde a novel and convenient mechanical device for removing foot wear, but more particularly for removing rubbers from shoes without having to touch said rubbers with ones hands, and without bending the body; my said improvement being specially valuable and desirable when removing wet or muddy rubbers.

My said boot jack is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figures 1, 2 and 3 are side elevations of my improved jack, illustrating alsothe manner of using the same to remove a rubber from an ordinary shoe; Fig. 1 illustrating the shoe and rubber as about to be placed in proper position on the jack, to remove the rubber, Fig. 2 illustrating the rubber in such position, and Fig. 3 showing the jack holding the rubber while the shoe is being withdrawn from said rubber. Fig. 4 is a top or plan view of the said jack and Fig. 5 is a relatively enlarged, perspective view of the slidable clamping member (Z which is specially provided to hold the heel portion of the rubber while the shoe is being withdrawn from said rubber, as seen in Fig. 3. In Fig. 6 I have shown the bottom or sole of a rubber in order to explain clearly a certain lip or projection by means of which I am able to hold the foot portion of the rubber in place while the shoe is being drawn out of said rubber.

Referring to these drawings, the letter a indicates a rubber over-shoe of ordinary construction excepting that it has secured to the sole, preferably just forward of the so-called hollow of the foot, a rearwardly projecting. lip or plate 6 which may be riveted to the sole or may be inserted in said sole when the rubber is made. This lip I) however, forms no part of this present invention as I propose immediately filing a separate application for the patent for said rubber improvement. 7

My improved boot jack consists chiefly of an elongated plate 0, a heel-clamp d slidably mounted on said plate and fixedly mounted on the plate a just ahead of the said slidable heel clamp. The heelclamp (Z is formed, as here shown, with an enlarged, olfset, rear-end portion (5 that is located in a slot 0' in plate 0 in such manner that the heel-clamp may slide longitudinally on plate a a limited distance and said plate d is held normally in position just at the rear of the fixed stop-plate e by a spring f which is fastened at one of its ends to the plate d and at its other end to the front end portion of the plate 0. When it is desired to use my described jack the rubber is first placed on the stop-plate 0 (see Fig. l) with the heel portion located in front of a V-shaped notch d in the heel plate and with the lip 6 just in front of the stop-plate e. The rubber is then moved rearward bodily, thus hooking the lip 6 under the stop-plate and, simultaneously forcing the heel portion of the rubber into the notch and pushing the heel-plate d rearwardly against the restraining force of the spring 7 which thus holds the notched heel-plate tightly against the heel portion of the rubber (see Fig. 2) so that, when the shoe is drawn upward, the rubber is held from moving while the shoe is withdrawn from said rubber (see Fig. 3). So soon as the shoe is thus withdrawn, the spring f forces the rubber forward, and separates the lip b from the stopplate 0, andthe rubber drops to the floor.

It will thus be seen that, by the use of a jack of my described construction and operation, wet or muddy rubbers may be readily removed from boots or shoes without pending the body of the wearer of such rubers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device of the type described, including a longitudinally slotted base having a resiliently controlled stepped boot or shoe heel engaging member, the initial or lower a stop-plate c tread thereof being positioned to engage and slide under said base, the intermediate riser thereof being extended upwardly slightly forward through the slot of said base, and the upper tread being forked or bifurcated and arranged to engage the heel, said base having secured thereto at its forward end, a stepped member, with its forward end arranged to engage the sole of the boot or shoe, slightly forward of the heel or hollow-of-the-foot conforming portion of the sole.

2. A device of the type described for re moving overshoes 0r rubbers, including an upraised longitudinally slotted base, said base being slightly upwardly and forwardly inclined, a stepped member with the initial or lower tread positioned to engage and slide under said upraised base, the intermediate riser extending slightly upwardly and forwardly through the slot of said base, the up- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the(lommissioner' of Patents, Washington, D. 0.