US1371941A - Shoe-fastener - Google Patents

Description

J. R. SMITH.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED IuLYzI. 1920.

1,371,941, Patented Mar. 15,192I.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

A'TTORN EY J. R. SMITH.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY-27. 1920.

l'ltl. Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Smih..

reTnrfe-FFlc- 'JERRY a. SMITH, or carence, ILLINoIs.

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Specicaticn of Letters Patent. l Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application led July 27, 1920. Serial No. 399,235.

To all whom z't'may concern:

Be it known that I, JERRY R. SMrrH, a

the strips are formed with humps' lliv'adja-V cent which are notches 12.

citizen of the United States residinr at .The numeral 13 desi ates the t0n e y Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of \\vhich may have its vloweldnd secured wigtill-` Illinois, have invented new and useful Iml rovements in Shoe-Fasteners, of which the ollowing is a specification. l

This invention relates to devices for clos. -ing the meeting edges of shoes, boots, Vor the like, and has for its object the provision of `novel fastening meansdesigned to avoid the use of buttons and button-holes, eyelets and laces, or other similar devices.

An important and more specific object is the provision of a shoe fastenerv which includes strips secured upon the meeting edges at a shoe opening and an elastic tongue carrying hooks arranged in spaced relation and engageable with said strips, the strips being furthermore provided with notches within which certain of the hooksmay be engaged for forming a lock to prevent displacement of the parts.

An additional object is the provision of a securing device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture,

highly efficient in use, easy and quick to fasten, and a general improvement in the art.

-With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in, the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shoe equipped with my fastening device, showing the shoe in closed position,

Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the shoe in open position,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view,

Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view,-v

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the .ton e,

1g. is a detail perspective view of one of the strips, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the hooks. Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates a shoe and B designates the meeting edges of the opening therein. f

In carrying out my invention I provide metallic strips l0 which are secured upon the edges B and these strips are channeled longitudinally, as shown. At their upper ends .with the hooks in .one

to permit the insertion of 1s deslred to close the shoe or'fastening it in the shoe in the usual-manner and which has Lits upper end formed with a tab 14\ serving as a handle. This tongueis formed of elastic material and carries two Asets of hooks l5 which are arranged at' intervals series in spaced rela# tion to the hooks of vthe other series, the hooks belng arranged with their bills 16 extending toward one another. 'In the use of the device. it will be seen that when the shoe is in open position, that 1s ready to be sllpped ontothe foot of the wearer, the tongue 13 is in its lowermost positlon soA that all the hooks 15 will be disposed toward the lower ends of the strips 10 so that the edges B may be pulled apart a foot. When it is merely'necessary that the operator grasp the tab 14 and pull the tongue 13 upwardly,

as clearly shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the hooks 15 will slide upwardly along thestrips 10. Owing to the' elasticity of the tongue,l the strips 10 will be drawn together closing the shoe. When the tongue is pulled upwardly, as far as possible, the uppermost hooks 15 will be pressed outwardl over-the humps 11 and will then snalp into t e notches 12 and consequently hold t e tongue in such upper position and. prevent downward slippiIg. p

rom the foregoing description and a study of the drawings itwill be apparentl that I have thus provided a sim ly constructed and easilyl applied vshoe astening device which is easily operated and which will be not only secure in its holding action 'but which will be prevented from casual displacement. A v

While I have4 shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, itl 1s of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: v

1. In combination with the meeting edges of a shoe opening, a fastening device comprising a pair of strips secured upon said I meeting edges und formed-With channels, an

elastic tongue secured :1t its lower end Within the shoe, and a, plurality of spaced hooks carried by the tongue and slidably engaging said strips.

2. In combination with the meeting edges of a shoe opening, a fastening device comprising a pair oi' strips secured upon said meeting edges and formed With channels, an

elastic tongue secured at its lower end Within the shoe, and a plurality yof spaced hooks carried by the tongue and slidably engaofing said strips, said strips being formed at t eir upper ends with humps and notches toserve as locking means for the up ermost hooks.

In'testimony whereof l ai x my signature.

JERRY R. SMITH.

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