US1368971A

US1368971A - Fastening for laced shoes, boots, or other articles

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Publication number: US1368971A
Application number: US338187A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred D Ross
Original assignee: ARTHUR BOBBE
Current assignee: ARTHUR BOBBE
Priority date: 1919-11-15
Filing date: 1919-11-15
Publication date: 1921-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1938-02-15

Description

, A. D. ROSS.

FASTENING FOR' LACED SHOES, BOOTS, 0R OTHER ARTICLES APPLICATION FILED Nov. I5. I9I9.

1,368,971, Patented Feb.'15,1921.

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, ATTORNEY l ALFRED D. ROSS, 10F NEW YORK,

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Be it known that I, ALFRED D. Ross, citizen of the United States, and resident of N ew York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fas tenings for Laced Shoes, Boots, or @ther Articles, of which the following is a specification.

'Ihe object of my invention is to produce a hook and eyelet used in the lacing of shoes, boots or' other articles in which the hook projects away from the eyelet and is turned under, so that itlies in aplane substantially parallel with the planeV of the shoe upper. The hook is also provided with-a contracted portion forming a boss at the Y downward Abend thereof so that the lace meets no sharp corners and can easily pass with free play when the hook is placed in angular alinement on the shoe upper.

2ther advantages to be derived from the use of this hook on shoes are that there is absolutely no possibility of skirts, trousers, or other clothing catching on or in the hook,

because of its smooth, rounded surface,

which eliminates such possibility; and further,-that the shoe can be laced with far less eort, and in considerably less time than by the present method used, especially on ladies shoes.

Figure l is a perspective view of a shoe intended for womens wear showing the angular relation of the hooks and the lacing through the same.

1ilig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the slice upper, enlarged to show the lacing and hooks in order to illustrate 'the invention. rilhe eyelets usually located underneath the outer upper are indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective vieW of the complete hook and eyelet before it is inserted in the shoe'upper.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detailed section enlarged for the purpose of showing 'the action of the lace against the boss or contraction as hereinafter explained.

In the figures, 1 is the shoe upper having inserted therein an eyelet 3, preferably in the manner shown in Fig. 4, that is it is punched through an intermediate strip 4 lying between the outer layer 5 of the upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

` Application filed November 15, 1919. Serial No. 338,187.

and thestrip of leather lining 6 covering the extremity of the upper. It will be observed that this construction enables the inner lining of the upper to be entirely free from eyelet perforations and consequently prevents stockings from being' worn or torn as a result of the action of such perforations on the stocking at these points. The hook 2 protrudes through the outer upper and has the following characteristics: It rises at 7 at substantially right angles to the plane ofthe upper mouth of the eyelet, and is here slightly indented at 8, so as to more substantially strengthen that part of the hook, This forms a concave surface facing outwardly away from the eyelet, and turns at'substantiall-y right angles to form face 9 lying substantially parallel with the plane of t ie outer upper. The turned under portion 10 of the hook is provided with a boss or portion 11, curved inwardly and contracted, and forming a seat against which the lace slides. It will be noted that this turned under portion is turned toward the face of the upper in a slightly diagonal position, so that the hook end rests on a plane with the upper.

The lace is brought under the hook and into its proper place by a slight pull against portion 1l of the hook. The hooks are preferably placed at substantially 60 angles to the top of the upper, as shown. In sliding through the hook, the lace cannot be torn or injured by any of the surfaces which it may pull against, for the projections S and 11 have no corners to tear it. In Fig. 5 the action of the lace against the boss is shown, a result of the angular relation of the hook, upper, and lace. rlhe angular rew lation of the various parts of the hook are calculated to retain the lace most securely and prevent accidental detachment, without the usual resultant wearing of the lace. The construction of the hook is such that, while it requires absolutely no effort in lacing, it is still quite impossible for the lace to come out of place, unless deliberately pulled through and out of the hook. In unlacing,

the lace is pulled out, as if from an eyelet.

The hook and eyelet is especially adapted for womens shoes although it may be used on other shoes, boots or any article employing this class of lacing, such as gloves, corsets, traveling bags, etc.

Having claim is: Y

l. A hook and eyelet for laced shoes or described my invention what I l other articles comprising an eyelet anda hook having a portion extending directly upward from one side of the upper rim of the eyelet, and bent at anangleto form Jche upperace of the hook lying in a plane substantially` parallel with the face of thefshoeznpperV and the upper rim of the eyelet, and then turned downward toward the l:face of the upper:

2. A hook and eyelet for laced Shoesor other x.articles Vcomprising an eyelet and a hook having a portion extending 'directlyY upward'from one side of theupper rim of the eyelet, and bent at an angle to form the upper face of thehook lying in a plane subl vstantially parallel with the faeeof the 4Shoe upper and the upper rim of the eyelet, and then turned downward toward .the face of the Upper, such hook being placed -at an angle of lsubstantially sixty degrees to the top of the shoe upper, and havinga contracted boss at points where thehook bears against the lace.

3. A hook and eyelet :for laced shoes or other articles comprising an eyelet restingV in an interlining strip between the Vouter Shoe'V upper and an inner lin1ng,an'd,a

hook having a portion I extending directly upward 'from one side of the upper rim of the-eyelet, and bent at an angle to form the upper' face-.0f the'rhoogk lying in agplanesubstantially parallel with the face of the shoe upper and the upper rim of the eyelet, land :.thennfturnedrdoavnward:toward the face of the upper.

.4. Alhook and eyelet for laced shoes'or other articles coxnprising an eyelet resting in an interlining strip between the outer top 'of l`the shoe upper, and having acon- Y tracted bossntpoints where 'the vhook bears against thez lace. A'

`Signed at vrNew "York, [inv 'the ,county of' NewYork and'State ,oflNew' York, this 11th day of November, Afl). 1919. Y i

Y .ALFRED n'aoss;