US1354936A - Shoe-adapter - Google Patents

Description

0. H. ABBOTT.

SHOE ADAPTER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 1.2, 1-920.

1,354,936. y Patented Oct. 5, 1920 narran star! PATENT OFFICE.

SHOE-ADAPTER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed June 12, 1920. Serial No. 388,629.

T 0 all fw 7mm t may concern Be it known that I, OsnonNE HEDLEY AB- Bor'r, a subject of the King of England, residing at London, England, have invented a certain new and useful Shoe-Adapter, of which the following is a specification.

|This invention relates to boots or shoes for children or other young people who are in the process of growth, and has for its main object to provide a shoe-adapter such that a boot or shoe large enough to allow for future growth of the foot, may be comfortably worn and accommodated to the foot as the latter grows.

For the sake of economy, boots or shoes as at present made are usually purchased a little too large in size, which is uncomfortable for the wearer, and as soon as they become too tight owing to the growth of the feet they have to be discarded; the present invention therefore provides for greater economy and also for greater comfort.

According to the present invention, an adapter in the form of a sock for use in a boot or shoe for the above-mentioned purpose .has an' upstanding end which may be integral or otherwise, and serves to virtually shorten the length of the boot or shoe. Thus as the foot grows, part of the said upstanding end can be cut away, or another adapter can be substituted which has an ugstanding end thinner from back to front, so that more room is provided for the foot.

The adapter may comprise a plurality of nested layers, which layers may be removed one at a time as required to allow for the growth of the foot.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement, and in the combination of parts described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of one form of shoe-adapter according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a section through a shoe showing another form of adapter also according to this invention secured therein, and A Fig. 3 is a side elevation of yet another form of shoe-adapter.

Referring first to Fig. l, the adapter comprises a sock-like portion or sock A. which may be of leather and has an upstanding end B at the toe-end, which virtually reduces the length of the sock. In that face of the upstanding end which is toward the toes of the wearer, is a cavity B1 to accommodate the toes. It will be seen that such an adapter can be placed within a boot or shoe, being fixed or not as may be convenrent, and has the effect of virtually shortenmg the length of the boot or shoel so that it can be worn in comfort although otherwise 1t would be too large for the wearer. When the foot has grown, the adapter can be removed or the upstanding end can be cut away to leave more room for the foot, and thus the boot or shoe can still be worn with comfort.

If desired, the adapter may comprise a plurality of nested layers each resembling a complete adapter, as shown at C, C1 in Figi. 2, so that as the foot grows, the layers which are separable may be removed one at a time. The adapter C, C1, as shown, is fastened in the s hoe D by means of brads D2 in the heelportion, as may bethe adapter A, B, but it will be appreciated that this is not essential.

In Figs. l and 2, the upstanding end of each adapter is shown as integral with the sockflike portion, but in Fig. 3 an adapter is illustrated comprising a sock E having an upstanding end which is formed by securing a separate part El on the end of the sock. |The thickness of the sock E diminishes gradually from the toe-end toward the heel-end.

It will be appreciated that although it has been stated that the adapters may be of leather, they may alternatively be constructed of other materials such as cork, or cork and felt, as at present in use for socks for boots or shoes.

rlhe adapter may obviously be sold as a separate article for application to any boot or shoe as required, or it may be sold as a part of the boot or shoe and secured in place as shown in Fig. 2.

lVhat l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. As a new article of manufacture, a shoe adapter comprising a sole member having at the toe end an integral upstanding portion, said sole member tapering in thickness toward the heel end. sul'istantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A shoe-'adapter comprising n combination a plurality of layers of material consisting each of a seek-like portion having an upstancling end nested one n another, sub- 5 stantially as set forth.

3.v The combination, with a shoe, of an adapter therein comprising a plurality of layers extending from the toe to the heel of the shoe, each of which layers consists of a sock-like portion having an upstanclng enel l0 in the toe of the shoe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

OSBORNE HEDLEY ABBOTT.

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