US1244197A

US1244197A - Slipper.

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Publication number: US1244197A
Application number: US17081217A
Authority: US
Inventors: Max Gustin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-05-25
Filing date: 1917-05-25
Publication date: 1917-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 1934-10-23

Description

M. GUSTINl SLIPPER. "APPLICATION mib MAY 25. |9117.

i244,197. r v Patented oet. 23,1917

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' slippers and. is particularly directed to improvements 1n the constructlon of the inner MAX eUsrrN, or NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. as; 1era.

Application filed May 25, 1917. Serial' No. 170,812.

sole of' these slippers and the method and means of securing the inner sole to the heel and sole.

ln slippers of the class described, after the bottom solel has been securely fastened to the heel and the upper on vamp .attached thereto by suitable stitching, the inner sole has heretofore been secured to the bottom sole by a layer of paste or cement. The great diiculty experienced with this construction `is that under tl1e.inliuence of the heat of the wearers foot, the paste or other cementing means used to attach the inner sole loosens up, and the bond created thereby isgraduallybroken until finally the inner sole becomes completelyA detached from the bottom sole and heel portion. Under the pressure and movement of the wearers foot the inner soie then readily becomes crumpled not only causes much discomfort to wearer, but also spoils the appearance of the inner ,surface of .the slipper and detracts materially from its neatness and its artistic effect. Y

rhe main object, therefore, of this invention is to provide a slipper of the class described which shall be free' from the difficulty had with the -inner sole construction as hereinbefore explained.

.A further object is to `provide a neat and comfortable slipper of the character described which shall be comparatively inexpensiveto manufacture and yet preserve its ncatness and comfort for a long period of With these and other objects inview, the invention consists in the novel slipper construction, the means employed therefor and the method of carrying out s aid construction hereinafter flly described.

To accomplish these objects, I provide,

4instead of the inner'sole which has heretofore been cemented to the bottom sole in slippers of the class described or the kind particularly known` to the trade as mule slippers lwith heels, an inner cushion, the

body of which is attached directly and positively tothe upper or vamp of the slipper,

while the heel portion of said cushion is attached to the heel-by nails or other like 'means driven therethrough.

In the drawing accompanying this specificatlon,

Figure 1 is `a vertical elevation of the improved slipper: Fig. 2 is a rear plan View with the bottom sole partly detached to show the details of construction and means for securing the upper and inner sole.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view cut along line 3'- 3 of`Fig. 2.

Fig. 4f isa broken away sectional View cut along line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. -5 is an enlarged detailed sectional view showing the blind stitch for attachingA the leatherlayer to the bottom sole.

Figs. -6 and 7 show modiedlforms of the invention more fully hereinafter explained. Referring in'particular to the drawings, the improved slipper consists of the bottom sole 10, the heelll, the soft inner sole 12 and the upper or'vamp 13, all suitably assembled and secured oneto the other in the manner and by the means hereinafter more fully described.

The inner sole consists preferably of a soft cushion comprising a. .molded pasteboard layer 14 on which is superposed a layer 15 of cotton, wool. orffeltfor the like soft padding material. The latter is covered over and held to -the pasteboard layer 14 by a piece 16 of muslin or satin or any other like material, by means of thestitches-'l g thus forms a neat padded cushion presenting an artistic inside finish and affording great comfort to the wearer.

To maintain the sole of the slipper in its as clearly shown lin Fig. 2. The inner sole ioo i The upper 18 is made preferably of a i stiiieued piece of muslin or satin V.20 preferably of the same color as that of the cushion cover 16. to harmonize artistically therewith. lt desired, an extra outside layer shown at24. When the inner sole and upper have been assembled and securely put ,together, this leather layer 22 is stitched thereto by a blind stitch shown in detail in Fig. 5, taken through the vamp at the bottom of the cushion.

The improved heel- 11 comprises a block.

of wood 25 of suitable size and shape and having a strip of leather 26 attached at the bottom thereof. To give the slipper a neat appearance, I preferably provide the Vheel with a covering color as 16 of the cushion. The heel is further recessed at the top as at 24, so that the 4heel portions of the layers of the inner sole may be countersunk therein so that .they botvtom edge of the .cushion is flush with the.

top of the heel.

As will be clear from the drawing, the top of the heeland the recess thereinare made on a bias, so that when the inner sole is'attached thereto, the heel, or

rear portion thereof slants downward. This bias given to the sole at the heel portion thereof is extremely advantageous in that it prevents the pressure of the wearers Afoot from causing the heel to rotate -about the lower base edge thereof and thus force the slipper to slip forward, a difficulty which has hitherto been encountered in most slippers of the kind herein described.

In manufacturing the improved slipper, the inner sole is first made up by taking the desired size of molded pasteboa'rd Sole 14, cementing the shaped liber board 19 thereon together with the shank 18 embedded therein. The bottom leather sole 10 is then held in position underneath the inner sole as thus far assembled with the tongue 29 extending under the rear or heel portion. The rear or heel portion of the lsole as thus far assembled is then fitted over the heel 11, and

several nails 30 are driven through said heel portion into the heel, making the holes 31 in the incompleted sole and heel. The nails are then pulledout, the sole removed from the heel, and the nails a ain forced through the .holes in the sole. evcral small pieces of leather 32 are then cemented over the heads of the nails to keep the latter from being forced up and tol prevent discomfort to the wearer. The padding 15 is then superimposed on `the sole and the cushion is completed by stretching the covering 16 over the` padding and underneath the pasteboard layer, providing the in-turned border 33 l"through which the stitches 17 are then taken 27 of like material and curely lfastens the heel to' the sole.

the order in which the various steps,

i as hereinbefore described. The material cut to form the upper 13 is then stretchedover a last and underneath the inner-sole, thus providing the inturned portions 34. The stitches 21 are .taken through said in-turned portions of the upper and the border 33, thus securing the upper to the inner sole, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. `The bottom leather sole 22 is then'secured preferably'by a blind stitch 35'taken through the portions 34 of the upper and the bottom of the cushion and formed by again forcing the needle through the opening thereby, and then lslanting 1t so as tocatch another contiguous portion of the material, as clearly shown at 36 of,Sai d figure.v This gives a neat finish to the'slipper, tle'stitches attaching the bottom sole to the body of the slipper being hidden from View.

The slipper is then turned wrong side up with the nails sticking up, and the heel fitted on by means of the holes 31 Aalready made therein. A slight hammering then course,

outlined above are taken maybe varied without departingessentially from the novel features of the process and construction, as disclosed herein. l

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of construction in which after the slipper has reached the stage' shown invFig. 2, with the bottom leather sole as yet unattached, a shaped leather layer 37 .1s secured to the in-turned portions 34 of the upper by means'of the.

stitches 38, thus affording a smooth surface to which the bottom leather sole' 10 may easily be glued or cemented by the cementing means 39.

In the modifica ion shown in Fig. 7, the invention is adapted to a more 'expensive workmanship of boudoir or toilet slipper in already made which the heel portion of the lower'leather v sole does not rest on the top of the heelv underneath the rear of the inner sole, but passes around the front face of the heel as at 40 and thence underneath the woodenv block between the bottom thereof and the leather strip, clear from the figure, is correspondingly modified and extended at the ,top as at 42.

vides a neat, comfortable and shapely boudoir or toilet slipper vin which the inner sole'is a It'will now be clear that this invention pro-- as shown at 41. As will be the shape of the heelv soft cushion, the body-of which is. secured to the upper of the slipper by stitches which are hidden from view and the, rear portion of which is secured to the -heel by nails or the like means driven 'therethrough and also hidden from view by the cushion itself.. The stitches not only accomplish the purpose of securing the inner sole, but at the same time hold the upper-to Vthe vamp and these, to-

gether with lthe nails, supplant the method 130.

' through the rear portion of the cushion andJ heretofore iised of cementing the inner sole to the bottom sole with Which so much difiicult has been had as hereinbefore explained.

aving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent i. in a slipper, the combination of a Soie,

a heel attached thereto, an upper attached` to said sole, an inner cushion on said sole, said upper having in-turned portions passing underneath said cushion, said cushion having a border on the rear face thereof,

and attaching means passing through said iii-turned portions and said border to secure the cushion to the upper, and means passing the heel to positively hold the cushion to the heel.

2; A slipper comprising a sole, a heel attached thereto, an inner cushion on said sole,

an upper attached to. said sole, said upper being formed frombne shaped piece of material and having in-turned portions passing underneath said cushion, said cushion having a border on the rear face thereof,

said border and in-turned portions being Vadapted to receive stitches therethroughwhereby the cushion is positively secured simultaneously 4With the forming. of the upper, and means passing through. the rear portion of the cushion and the heel to posi.vr

tively hold the cushion tothe heel.

3. In a s1ipper,a sole comprising a molded layer, a correspondingly shaped layer held thereon, a shank embedded in the last mentioned layer, padding material superimposed on said layers, a covering for said' MAX GUSTIN.

Witnesses:

IsADoR lLooxs'riizm, JOSEPH S. GUs'nN.