US1314319A

US1314319A - Shoe-heel

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Publication number: US1314319A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-08-26
Anticipated expiration: 1936-08-26

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' J. A. FORMANACK.

SHOE HEEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE) JOSEPH A. FORMANACK, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHOE-HEEL.

have invented certain new and useful ]m-' provcments in Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had io the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to heels for shoes, and particularly to heels for womens shoes that are high and of the type commonly known as French heels. French heels as ordinarily used on womens shoes are usually made of wood turned to thc required shape. The heel is fastened at its top to the sole of the shoe and has affixed to the face of its tread a lift made of leather, rubbcr, or some elastic or semiclastic substance, which serves the double purpose of reducing the noise of the heel striking on a hard substance and also making it casier for the wearer of the shoe. The treads wear out quickly and have to be replaced, and after several new treads have been tacked to the wooden heel, the heel usually breaks or splits and then it becomes necessary to supply a new one. Metal heels have been used, but it` has been found dillicult tio fasten the lift to the face of the tread so that it will be fairly permanent.

The object .of my invention is to provide a metallic heel with means whereby a lift may be easily and quickly attached to the face of the tread; and a further object of my invention is to provide a means whereby a leather or rubber lift may be cheaply and securely fastened to the face of the tread of a metallic heel without the use of glue, or any non-metallic fastening devices.

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings where similar letters are used to designate similar parts. Figure 1 vis an elevation of a shoe having a heel embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertial section of the heel shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a View of the face of the tread of the heel without the fastening device; Fig. 1L is a view of the face of the tread of the heel ready to have applied to it the lift; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are enlarged, inverted crosssections of modified constructions of the fastening devices used to hold the lift in place; and Fig. 8 is a view looking at the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application led May 5, 1919. Serial No. 294.771.

lbotom of a lift after it is in place on the Referring to the figures, A is a womans shoe which is provided with a metal heel B. The lift C is preferably made of leather or rubber and is fastened to the face of the lower part or tread of the heel B. The top of the heel is provided with nails D which are, preferably, cast with the heel and which are forced through the sole of the shoe and clenched over onto the upper surface of the soleiso as to hold the heel in place. The face of the tread is provided with a oove E which is substantially semicircu ar in shape so as to follow the contour of the face of the tread. This groove terminates at the points F short of the front of the heel, and it is` preferably, provided with one or more bridges G. H and J are wings which are preferably cast onto the ends of the bridges G and project upwardly as shown in Fig. 3, so as to allow a wire K to be placed in the groove E. The bridges ,G are so formed that when the wire K is in place and resting thereupon the wire is thereby prevented from contacting with the sides or bottom of the groove. After the wire K has been put in the groove the wings H and .T are hammered down so as to close over and onto the wire and thus hold it in place. The groove E is formed with a rounded roof which merges into the upper ends of the outer and inner faces, L and M respectively, of the groove. conform to the shape of the face of the tread of the heel and is then applied thereto and nails N are driven through the lift into the groove E to one side of the wire K so that as the nails are forced through the ends thereof will contact with the rounded roof of the groove, or with one side and the roofl of the groove, and be bent and made to hook over the wire K. Fig. 5 shows the groove E made with both sides Haring outwardly toward the face of the tread; while Fig. 6 shows the groove made with the outer side flaring outwardly and the inner side substantially vat right angles to the face of the tread, and with the roof rounded; and Fig. 7 shows the groove formed with a rounded roof but with both sides substanti ally at right angles to the face of the tread. In every case the wire K is to be held spaced away from at least one side of the groove and e150 from the bottom thereof, so that The lift C is eut to the nails may be driven into the groove on one side of the wire and be made to hook over the top of the wire. In order that the lift may Ibe held securely in place it is preferable that the wire shall be so spaced from the bottom of the groove that the nails in passing around the wire will tend to depress the wire from the roof of the groove. The grooves shown in Figs. 5 and 6 make it easier for the Workmen to apply the lift C, since the nails need not be driven with such exactness as to location in order to make them enter the groove. The bending of the nails is done in the grooves shown'in Figs. 5 and 6 by the combined action of a side and the roof f the groove, while the bending of the nails in the structure shown in Fig. 8 is caused almost wholly by the rounded roof of the groove.

It is evident that -the size and shape of the groove together with the size and length of the wire placed therein may be varied' without departing from the splrit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire by Letters Patent, is:

l. A metallic heel for shoes having in the face of its tread a groove, a wire in said to secure groove spaced away from a side and the roof thereof, means whereby said wire is held in place, a lift engaging the face of the tread, and nails driven through said lift against the roof of said groove, saidgroove having its cross-sectional contour so shaped as to cause said driven nails to be bent and hooked over said Vwire. f

2. A metallic heel for shoes having in the face of its tread a groove with -a rounded roof, a wire in said groove spaced away from a side and the roof thereof, means whereby said wire is held in place, a lift-engaging the face of the tread, and nails driven through said'lift against the rounded roof of said groove whereby the same are bent'and hooked over said wire.

3. A metallic heel for shoes having in the face of its tread agroove with inclined sides and a Arounded roof,.a wirev in said groove spaced away from the sides and the roof thereof, means whereby said wire is heldin place, a lift engaging the face ofthe tread, and nails driven through said lift against a side and the roo-f of said groove whereby the same are bent and hooked over said wire.

4. A 4metallic heel for shoes having in the face of the tread a groove with a rounded roof, a wire in said groove, bridges across and a rounded roof, a wire in said groove,.

bridges across said groove -whereby said wire is held away from the sides and the roof of said groove, wings on said bridges whereby said wire is held in place, a lift engaging the face of the tread, and nails driven through said lift against a side and the rounded roof of said groove' whereby the same are bent and hooked over said wire.

6. A metal body having a groove in one face, a wire in said groove spaced away from a side and the roof thereof, means whereby said wire is held in place,- a nonmetallic covering for said face, andv nails driven through said covering against the roof of said groove, said groove having its cross-sectional contour so shaped as to cause said driven nails to be bent and hooked over said wire. I

7. A metal body having in one face -a groove with a rounded roof, a wire in said groove spaced away from a side and the roof thereof, means whereby said wire is held in. place, a non-metallic covering for said face, and nails driven through said covering inst the rounded roof of said groove a a wereby the same are bent `and hooked over said wire. Q

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH A. FORMANACK.