US1298156A - Innersole for shoes. - Google Patents

Description

.1. C. ARLIDGE.

INNERSOLE FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.11.19|B.

Patented Mar.

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. c' (44 rfa/M WILLIAM J. C. ARLIDGE, 0F BARNARD, NEW YORK.

INNERSOLE FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed January 17, 1918. Serial No. 212,349.

Tc ail whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, ViLLrAM J. C. AR- Linen, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Barnard, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Innersoles for Shoes, of which the following is a specication.

The present invention relates to an inner sole for shoes, and more particularly to an inner soie for use in what is known as the welt shoe where the welt and the upper are stitched to a rib formed on the under surface of the inner sole. It is an object of this invention to provide an inner sole which may be made from inexpensive materials, as distinguished from pure leather, while at the same time providing a rib on the inner sole which will be strong and durable, and at the same time providing a square shoulder for abutment by the underturned edge of the upper. Another object of the invention is to provide an inner sole which will have a stifened heel and a shank portion, and a iexible toe portion.

, To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an inner sole constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the inner sole with the under layer removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the inner soleJ showing the upper and under lower soles, the 'stitfening` device and rib forming device;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line f1-4, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through a. shoe employing the present invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate the body portion or upper layer of the inner sole, said body portion, in this instance, comprising two parts, part 1 being formed, in this instance, from leather board and extending throughout the heel and the shank portion of the inner sole. and also partially on to the sole portion, while the remaining or toe portion 2 is, in this instance, formed of burlap and extends throughout the main portion of'the sole portion of the inner sole, the rear portion 1 being beveled at l so that a substantially continuous surface is provided for engagement with the foot of the wearer. A thin piece of leather, fabric or other material 4 may cover the upper face of the sole after the latter has been embodied in the shoe.

Upon the under side of the body portion of the inner sole a rib forming device is arranged. This rib forming device in this instance is formed from a strip of canvas, one face of which is provided with cement, the strip being folded to provide two laps 5 and 6 and a laterally turned portion 7. The two laps are not only held together by the cement, but are secured by stitches 8, while the laterally turned portion is cemented to theLody portion of the inner sole, that is, to the portion l and the portion 2. One free edge of the strip or the edge at the fold 5 abuts thc body portion `of the inner sole and tends to heid the rib forming device upright'.

Over the body portion of the inner sole, as well as over the rib forming device, a layer 9 of canvas or other suitable textile material is cemented, so that the rib to which the upper 10 and the welt 11 are secured comprises four folds, two in the rib forming device and two in the fabric layer 9. Furthermore, this rib presents a substantially square corner in which the under turned edge of the upper may be received, so that there is no space or opening between the upper and the rib.

In 'order to stillfurther strengthen the rib, stitches 12 are passed through the body layer 1-2, the flange 7 on the inner side of the rib forming device, and the layer 9A These stitches are so arranged that they are not interfered with by the machinery which attaches the upper to the inner sole, and at the same time the strain is received by the stitches in such a direction that the liability for breaking is reduced to a minimum.

The shoe is otherwise constructed like an ordinary welt shoe having the 'outer sole 13 secured to the welt 11 with the cork or other filling 14 between such outer sole and the inner sole. 4

An inner sole constructed in accordance with this invention is inexpensive to manufacture, as it does not require any leather. The rib to which the upper is secured is formed so as to provide a square shoulder on the outer side, and it is so constructed that a strong and durable structure is provided` The toe portion of the inner sole is flexible permitting the shoe to accommodate itself The device as a children as it is Strong and inexpensive.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire n to secure by Letters Patent is l. Any inner sole comprising a body layer, a rib forming device made of a strip of fabric folded to provide a rib, one edge of said device bein turned inwardly and laterally and stitche to the body while the other edge abuts the sole body directly beneath the rib and on the outer side of the laterally turned edge, and a fabric layer cemented to and covering said body layer and said rib forming device.

2. An inner sole comprising a body layer, a rib forming device made from a strip of fabric .folded to provide a rib, the two laps 20 vided with a ,beveled end and also having a -iexible toe portion of textile material, a secyond layer of textile material cemented to the under side of tlie body layer, and a rib forniing device stitched to the under side of the body layer between the layers and extending i onto both the stili and the flexible portions of the body layer.

WILLIAM J. C. ARLIDGE.

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