US1198905A - Box-toe material for footwear. - Google Patents

Description

G. FREYTAG.

BOX TOE MATERIAL FOR FOOTWEAR.

APPLlCATION FILED MAY 5. 1916.

1,198,905. Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

IN WIN TOR. V GED/FEE FREY THE .State of California, and useful Box-Toe Material for Footwear,

, tical sectional view of the toe shown in than son;

GEORGE FREY'I'AG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOX-TOE M,ATERIAL FOR FOOTWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 19, 1915.

Application filed May' 6, 1916. Serial No. 95,793.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE FREYTAG, a citizenof the United States, residingat San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, have invented a new of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a box toe material for footwear, the object of which is to produce a felt, cloth, cloth and paper or cloth and leather box toe, which will retain its shape better than the ordinary leather box toes used for that purpose, and which will not be so easily affected by changes in temperature and moisture as will the leather box toes.

' absorb water so readily as leather toes.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there may be many modifications thereof.

Figures 1 to 4 are plan views of the several parts of the box toe before they are secured together, Fig. 5 is a plan view of a completed toe ready for forming, Figs. 6 to 9 are plan views of slightly differently shaped pieces of material for making a box toe, Fig. 10 is a plan View of the completed toe ready for forming, and Fig. 11 is a ver- Fig. 5. V

The numeral 1 indicates a more or less semi-circular piece of cloth, 2 a slightly smaller piece of cloth of the same general shape, 3 a'semi-circular piece of clothsmaller the other two and 4 a piece of card board or other heavy .material intended to give stiffness to the other'.portions of the finished box toe.

It will be understood that while the term cloth is used herein with respect to the I several parts of the toe that a suitable felt might be used in place of the cloth, and for stiffening material either felt, cloth, paper or leather could be used.

An insoluble paste consisting of one POHIlCl of casein to two ounces of lime is i then mixed up and the several parts of the toe are impregnated successively with said Another object of the invention is to produce a substitute for leather which will not paste. At first the large cloth 1 is impregnated with the paste; after that the small cloth 3 is impregnated with the paste and secured to the first one. Following this the stiifening material a is covered with the paste and secured to the member 3, after which the large member 2- is then pasted on the other parts.

It will be observed that none of the four parts going to make up the box toe are exactly the same size, the object being to cause the toe form to taper out atthe edges as thin as possible and to make as smooth a finished product as possible. here very small shoes are made it may be feasible to dispense with the stifi'ening material a and only use a cloth suitably reinforced with smaller pieces and impregnated with the paste.

I In Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 there is shown a slightly differently shaped series of cloths used for completing the toe. In these figures the numeral 6 indicates the larger cloth, 7 a slightly smaller one, 8 a much smaller cloth and 9 a piece of card board used for a stifiening material and having ends 10 and 11 which project substantially the entire width of the larger'pieces of cloth.

It will be understood that while only two shapes have been shown thatthe particular shape of the felt pattern is a matter that is dependent entirclyupon the desired shape of the finished box toe and is not material to the scope of the invention.

After the several layers of fabric, felt, leather or paper are securedtogether with the casein paste they are dried and are ready to be formed up into the desired shape for the finished footwear. While the casein is not soluble in water the fiat box toe material may be' softened by placing it in hot or cold water and allowing it to soak for a consid; erable time, after which the material is formedup andstretched intoihe desired shape and when Having thus described invention what I claim as',new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, express reservation being madeof per; missible modifications:

1. box toe material for footwear consisting of layersof fabric impregnated with a sblution .oi casein and lime.

2::"A box'toeniater-ial for-footwear conagain dried will retain that shape indefinitely.

sistin of several layers of cloth im )re ringed with casein and lime.

A box toe material consisting of several layers of cloth, a layer of stifi'eningbe- 5 tween the cloth layers, the series of layers being impregnated with a solution of casein and lime.

4. A box toe material consisting of a plurality of layers of cloth with a layer 10 of stifi'ening 1 material between the cloth layers, the entire series being impregnated with a paste of casein and lime.

5. A box toe material consisting of EL plurality of layers of cloth, a thickness of paper between the layers of cloth, and a solution of casein and lime impregnating the several 1 layers of cloth and paper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of April A. D. 1916.

GEORGE FREYTAG.

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