US1286558A - Shoe-support. - Google Patents

Description

V. DI MAGGIO.

SHOE SUPPORT.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 19. ms.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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SHOE-SUPPORT.

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" Applicationi filed March 19,

To all whom itmayconcern: j j

Be it.kno-wn that I, Vmonnzo DI MAGGIO,

a subject of the Kingwof Italy, residing at New York, in the countyof N ew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains 'to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device forsupporting boots and shoes while being cleaned and shined, and it has for an object to provide a device which is adjustable so that all parts of the shoe may be easily cleaned and shined, and which when not in use, the device may be swung against the wall or other support so as to be out of the way.

A further object of this invention is to provide simple means for obtaining the desired adjustment of the shoe supporting portion to snugly grip the shoe.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification, appended claims and drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in one position while being used,

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional. view therethrough as on line 22 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises broadly a shoe support having the three major parts:-a bracket attached to a stationary object, a shoe last carried by the bracket and. a turret mounting between the bracket and shoe last to permit said last being swung to any desired position.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the wall plate having ears 11 formed thereon to receive a pintle 12 to which the arm 13 is pivotally mounted. One of the cars 11 may have slots 14 formed therein to receive the head of a pin 15 which is movably carried by the arm 13. 'By raising the pin 15, the head is disengaged from one of the slots 14: and then this arm may be swung to any of the desired p0- sitions and locked by allowing the pin to fall and have its head engage in the selected slot. The arm 13 is of a length suflicient to permit ready access to the last which it sustains.

The last comprises a heel section 16 and a toe section 17. The heel section has a tubular head 18 formed thereon which constitutes a guide for the shank 19 of the U- shaped head 20, from which the toe section 17 depends. One of the faces of the shank Specification of Letters r atent.

Patented Dec. is, rare.

1918. Seria1 No. 223,435.

19 may be provided with a ratchet'face21 with which spring a member 22 engages. This spring has a finger piece 23 formed thereon so that the spring may hedisengaged from .the ratchet 21 when itis desired to slide/the stem 19 intothe tubular head 18. Aften a shoe has been. placed uponthe sec tions 16 and 17 the shank 19 may be gripped by the handof a user and drawnforwardly until the shoe is securely gripped. The spring 22 will thenthold the two sections, 16 and 17 in the desired spaced relation until manually released.

To permit the shoe support being turned so that all portions of the shoe are easily accessible, a turret mounting is interposed between the free end of the arm 18 and the shoe support. This comprises a bolt 23 which passes through the arm 18 and receives a thumbnut 24 on the threaded end thereof. 1 This bolt has a shoulder 25 formed thereon entering a recess 26 in the underface of the arm 13 and a head 27 which engages with the flange 28 formed upon a collar 29.

This collar is attached to the tubular head 18 by screws 30 passing through ears 31 formed on the side of the head 18. The spring 22 is securely held in place by being clamped between the head 18 and the collar 29, but it is evident that this spring may be held in any of the .present well-known meth ods. By manipulation of the thumb-nut 24 the bolt-head 27 will release its frictional engagement with the end 28 to permit the shoe support being turned to any desired position. Then by tightening the thumb-nut 21, it is evident that the shoe last will be retained in its adjusted position and that the brushing motion occurring in the process of shining the shoes will not displace the last or the arm 13. i

It is thought that the operation of this device is obvious in view of the foregoing and it is evident that when a shoe has been placed upon the shoe last and the parts thereof adjusted to grip the shoe, the forward portion of the shoe may be shined, and then by means of the turret mounting the last may be turned to render the heel portion. of the shoe accessible for cleaning and shining.

Having thus described this invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, and a sectional shoe form pivoted to said bracket, one of said sections being slidable with respect to the other of said sections, and a yieldable element mounted at the pivotal point of the bracket and shoe form and extending outwardly therefrom for engagement Withone of said sections for locking the same against movement toward the other section.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, a sectional shoe form carried by saidbracket, one of said sections constituting a heel portion having a socket at its upper extremity, While the other section constitutes a toe portion and has an upper U-shaped extremity Which embraces opposite sides of the bottom of said socket, the top face of said U-shaped portion being ratcheted, and a yieldable pawl engageable with said ratchet.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, a sectional shoe form carried by said bracket, one of said sections constituting a vertical heel portion having an upper right-angularly disposed socket, While the other section constitutes a toe portion and has an upper extremity bent upon itself and embracing opposite sides of the bottom of said socket, the top face of said extremity being ratcheted, and a yieldable pawl engageable with said. ratchet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 80

VINCENZO DI MAGGIO.

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