US1465343A - Shoe - Google Patents

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Aug. 21, 1923.

Patented Aug. 21, 1923.

-ETE ST ISAAC H. CASE, OF INORTHMOOR, MISSOURI.

SHOE.

Application filed March 16, 1922. Serial No. 544,083.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC H, 'CAsE, a'citi zen of the United States, residing at Northmoor, in the county of Platte and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to shoes and one of the objects thereof is to provide a shoe which may be readily put on and taken oil without the necessity of unlacing or unbuttoning it.

The shoe has the general construction of that type commonly known as a Congress gaiter; that is, one in which the upper of the shoe is provided with an elastic web or webs which allow a sufficient expansion of the upper to permit the introduction of the foot into the shoe or the removal therefrom.

Such shoes have long been in use but they are subjected to considerable criticism because .of the unsightly appearance of the elastic web in the sides of the upper portions as well as the fact that the webs soon lose their elasticity and cause the top of the shoe to present an untidy apparatus.

My invention contemplates the provision of means whereby all of the virtues of a socalled Congress gaiter may be retained without the objections heretofore noted and in carrying out my invention I provide covering flaps for the sides of the shoe so that the elastic is not visible,-the flaps havmg means for securing them together so that the upper will present an'unbroken surface to View and in order to preserve the usual appearance of the conventional type of shoe as to design or style, I may provide lacing or buttons in such a manner that the shoe will have the appearance of being a laced shoe or a buttoned shoe while, as a matter of fact, it will strictly be a Congress gaiter shoe or one in which the webs provide for the introduction of the foot.

The novel construction of my invention will be apparent by reference to the following description in connection with the ac companying drawings, in which-- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe con structed in accordance with my invention,

' the side flaps beingspread apart to show the method of applying them. i

Fig. 2is a perspective view of a shoe constructed in accordance with my lllVBiltioi, showing the flaps fastened together, an

Fig. 3 is a rear View of the shoe with the flaps fastened together.

The shoe in it general essential details may conform to the conventional type of shoe and in the present instance I have shown the shoe 1 with a lacing 2 at the front, with the usual tongue so that the shoe will have the appearance of a laced one. The sides 3 and 4 of the upper are provided with elastic webs 5 and 6 which conform to the type of shoe commonly known as the Congress gaiter.

The webs can be stretched so that the foot may be introduced into the shoe in a manner well understood. In order to camouflage the webs I provide side fiaps 7 and 8. These may consist of the same material as the vamp or upper portion of the shoe, the free edges being cut out from the material along the lines 9 and 10 and the webs are then sewed at the points 9 and 10 and to the inner walls of the sides, as at 11 and 12. Therefore, when the side flaps 7 and 8 are brought close to the sides of the shoe, an unbroken appearance is presented, as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 2.

Since cutting the flaps from the same material as the vamp will necessitate the flaps terminating short of the rear of the shoe, I provide a supplemental flap or extension 13, which may be sewed to the end of the flap 7 and the flap 13 may be provided with fastening devices 14 to engage complementary fastening devices 15 on the flap 8, as clearly seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

When the shoe is put on, the flaps can be brought close to the sides of the shoe and the fastening devices 14: and 15 caused to inter-engage so the shoe will have the appearance as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The flaps which cover the webs 5 and 6 not only obscure the webs but they also constitute reinforcements or bracing flaps because when they are folded around the shoe and fastened in place, all of the strain is taken ofi the webs and put on the flaps 7, 8 and 13. Therefore, liability of the elastics in the web being stretched to their elastic limits and breaking will be eliminated.

This obviates the objection dstfially raised j: to this tjpeof shoe. In this Way the elastics will be preserved for a considerable longer period than would be ordinarily the case Where the elastic is put under strain at each step taken by the wearer.

It will be apparent that the device can be easily applied and removed by 'disasso'ciating the fastening devices 14: and 15, and stretching the elastie 'suflici'entl'y" to allow the introduction r removal of theffoot 'ofithe f wearer, and that the; desired result can be.

accomplished in'an inexpensive manner.

What I claim and desire to seoiii'e 'by'Letters-Patent is:

A shoe comprising a vamp having a'd erticaifpoi'tion on each sidecut away; leaving With side spaces formed by the cut-away portions, elasticsE=t0nnected to the edges of the cut-away portions, the cut material in 2' the vamp constituting rearwardly extending ,flaps, the free edges of which are adjacent to the frontedgeszof the back portion of the Vamp so that theflaps villooverthe elastics, and a suppl'eiiiehta'l fiap "secured to one of the 'iarwardi "expandingflaps and hav- "iiig" ihean's "for. enga ement" with the free .ejdg' of the" other flap;

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