US1319049A

US1319049A - Shoe-heel

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Publication number: US1319049A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 1936-10-21

Description

J. DEMIRJIAN.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED mac. n. ma.

1,319,049. Patented Oct. 21,1919;

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SHOE-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

Application filed December 11, 1918. Serial No. 266,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DEMIRJIAN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Elyria, county of Lorain, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions. 1

My invention relates to shoe heels, particularly to an article of that, nature formed of rubber or a composition which will serve as a leather substitute. More particularly, my invention relates to a shoe heel which Wlll compensate for the tendency of the wearer to wear out one side of the heel faster than the other side. -Also, my invention relates to a shoe heel Which is reversible, and also detachable, whereby the heel may be used for the shoe of either foot or changed from one shoe to the other to give satisfactor service upon the second shoe even if it will not give such service or has outlived its usefulness with reference to the opposite shoe.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of the various forms in which the principle of the invention may be applied.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved heel;

Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the breast side, taken from the plane indicated by line II-II, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation taken from the plane indicated by line IIIIII, Fi 1' Fig. represents a Vertical section in the median plane, as indicated by the line IVIV, Fig. 1, showing, also, by means of a double set of slots the reversibility of the heel;

Fig. 5 represents a rear elevation of the said heel applied to the usual heel lifts of a shoe, a suggestion of the latter also being shown, theheel lifts being trimmed to provide a substantially flat lower face in a horizontal plane for the rubber heel;

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section in the median plane of the parts as shown in Fig.

5, and as indicated by the line VIVI, in the said figure.

Fig. 7 represents a rear elevation of the said heel applied to the shoe heel lifts of a Shoe, slmilar to the view shown in Fig. 5 except that the shoe heel lifts have not been trlmmed, so that the effect is to provide a heel deeper upon that side which the wearer is accustomed to wear down faster.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which similar reference characters denote the same parts in the several figures, the body portlon of my improved shoe heel is indicated by the ordinal 1 and is adapted to be secured to the usual heel lifts 6 of the shoe 7, by means of the nails 3, driven into and through the pockets 2. 7 It will be noted that my improved heel is of increased thickness upon one side, the side of greater thickness being indicated by the ordinal 4 and the side of lesser thickness by the ordinal 5. As indicated by the line 14, Fig. 1, the upper and lower faces of the heel are divided into two

portions

8 and 10, respectively. The portion 8 is sub stantially plain-from the line 14 to the side face 5 of lesser depth and said face 8 is substantially parallel with the central horizontal plane of the heel. Said portion 8 is provided along the side face 5 with a slightly raised marginal edge 9. The portion 10 is concave from the line 14 to the side face i of greater depth. The marginal flange 9 and the concavity of the portion 10 provide a close gripping fit for the shoe heel l to the ordinal heel lifts, when the heel is applied. Along said central median plane from the rear to the breast face of the heel, the upper and lower faces gradually approach each other as indicated in Fig. 4. The breast face of the heel is also rounded and the amount of the curvature of the same from the center to either vertical breast edge is denoted by the ordinal 13, Figs. 4 and 6.

The upper and lower parts of the body portion 1 lying respectively above and belowthe horizontal planes containing the breast corners of the side 5 of lesser depth, are equal in size and alike in form, as plainly shown in Fig. 4. In other words the heel is symmetrical about its central horizontal plane.

It will be evident from the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing,

that I have provided a suction heel which may be spread and secured tightly up against the ordinary heel lifts, as indicated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, said heel being attachable to the shoe of either foot, the thickest Side of the heel being used either upon the inner or outer part of the shoe as the requirements of the wearer dictate. It is also evident that by simply reversing the heel a shoe may be made to give longer service; or by removing the heel from one shoe, after the same is of less service on that shoe, by reason of one side of the heel becoming unduly worn, and securing it upon the other shoe, that this latter shoe will be reinforced on that sidewhich will give the wearer the most eficient use. .Of course, it follows that the exchange of both heels, if occasion requires, would remove from each shoe a heel which possibly is of very little service upon that shoe and replace it with a heel which will give satisfactorv service.

Referring particularly to Figs. 5 and 7, it is evident that in Fig. 5 the ordinary heel lifts have been so treated, or possibly have become so worn, as to enable the lower face of the heel 1 to lie in a substantially horizontal plane when my improved heel is applied to the shoe; whereas, in Fig. 7, the heel 1 has been so applied, possibly to a new shoe, as to provide a heel which is of considerably greater depth upon that side which the wearer is prone to wear down faster than upon the other side where the wear is considerably less.

Referring particularly to the shape of the curved line 14 in Fig. 1, it will be noted that the concave portion 10 includes from the rear to the front of the heel all of that portion of the heel which is subject to the greatest wear. In other words, this portion is of considerably greater width at the rear of the heel than at the breast or front side.

What I claim is:

1. A shoe heel comprising a body member whose thickness is of a gradually decreasing amount from one side face only to a vertical substantially longitudinal plane, one side face being materially deeper than the other, equal amounts of said body portion lying respectively above and below the horizontal planes containing the upper and lower breast corners of the side of lesser thickness.

2. A shoe heel comprising a body member formed of a gradually decreasing thickness from the rear to the breast edge in the median vertical plane and of gradually decreasing thickness from one side face only to said plane.

3. A shoe heel comprising a body member formed of a gradually decreasing thickness from the rear to the breast edge in the median vertical plane and of gradually decreasing thickness from one, side face to said plane, said body being of substantially equal thickness from the other side face to said plane.

4. A shoe heel comprising a body member formed with concave upper and lower faces, saidbody member being of a gradually decreasing thickness from the rear to the breast edge in the median vertical plane and of gradually decreasing thickness from one side face to said plane, one side face being materially deeper than the other.

5. A shoe heel comprising a body member formed with concave upper and lower faces, said body member being of a gradually decreasing thickness from .the rear to the breast edge in the median vertical plane and of gradually decreasing thickness from one side face to said plane, one side face being materially deeper than the other, equal amounts of said body portion lying respectively above and below the horizontal planes containing the upper and lower breast corners of the side of lesser thickness.

6. A shoe heel comprising a body member whose thickness is of varying amounts from one side face to a vertical substantially longitudinal plane, said body member being of substantially equal thickness from the other side face to said plane.

7. A shoe heel comprising a body member whose thickness is of varying amounts from one side face to a vertical longitudinal substantially median plane, the upper and lower faces bein concave for said distance, said body memer being of substantially equal thickness from the other side face to said plane.

8. A shoe heel comprising a body member of a gradually decreasing thickness from the rear to the breast edge in the median vertical plane and one of whos side faces is materially deeper than the other, equal amounts of said body portion lying respectively above and below the horizontal planes containing the upper and lower breast corners of the side of. lesser thickness.

9. A shoe heel comprising a body member whose thickness is of a gradually decreasing amount from one side face to a vertical substantially longitudinal plane, the upper and lower faces being concave for said distance, said side face being materially deeper than the other side face, the body portion being of substantially equal thickness from the last-named side face of said plane.

10. A shoe heel comprising a body member whose thickness is of a gradually decreasing amount from one side face to a vertical substantially longitudinal plane, the upper and lower faces being concave for said distance, said side fac being materially deeper than the other side face, the body portion being of substantially equal thickness from the last-named side face to said plane, the upper and lower faces being parallel for said last-mentioned distance.

11 A shoe heel comprising a body member being of substantially equal thickness from the last-named side face to said plane, the upper and lower faces being formed with 10 a slightly raised marginal flange adjacent said last-named side face.

Signed by Ine,this 7th day of December, 1918.

JOHN DEMIRJIAN.