US1502429A - Shoe tongue - Google Patents

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c. M. HADDOX v SHOE TONGUE Filed Feb. 27 1924' WITNESSES IN VEN TOR I I aMIaddox,

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A TTORNE YS Patented July 22, 1924.

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' siaon TONGUE.

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Application filed February 27, 1924. SerialNo. 6535;504.

certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Tongues, of which the following is a specification.

- sists in the constructions, combinations and 1 may be secured to the tongue of the shoe My invention relates generally to improvements in shoe tongues, more particularly to shoe tongues having means whereby they may be retained in place between the edge portions of the upper of a shoe, and it conarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive attachment adapted to be readily applied to the upper end portion of a shoe tongue and adapted when in applied position on a shoe tongue to engage with a shoe lace in such manner as to hold the shoe tongue against slipping down in the shoe or to one side and to prevent the tongue from being wrinkled or crumpled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tongue supporting attachment of the character described which will be hidden from view by the side portion of the shoe upper when the attachment is in applied position on the shoe tongue and which will not cause discomfort to the wearer of the shoe.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a shoe having the tongue thereof equipped with an attachment embodying the inven tion.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view showing the tongue and the attachment thereon,

Figure 3 is a relatively enlarged vertical section along the line 33 of Figure 2.

As is well known, the tongue of a lace shoe is secured at its lower end to the shoe Vamp and extends upwardly on the instep of the foot of the wearer in position to be overlapped by the adjacent edge portions of the shoe upper. The shoe tongue is made of pliable leather. In a shoe in which the edge portions of the shoe upper are connected by a lace in the usual manner, the

tongue is likely to slip downward or laterally and to be twisted, wrinkled or crumpled," particularly if the lacing should be loosened,-if the tongue shouldr not have been sewed "to the vamp so that 'it' will normally extend straight between the edge portions of the upper or if the wearer of the shoe should have a weak ankle, causing means I twisting or other movementof the foot in the shoe. When the tongue has been displaced, the shoe is not closed-between theedge portions of the upper. -Moreover, the displacing of the tongue-permitsthe lacing of the shoe to press against the foot of the we'arerandto cause discomfort.

An attachment embodying the invention and then engaged with the laceiofla' shoe to hold the tongue securely in position. Figure 1 illustrates a shoe, designated 1, provided with the usual tongue 2 which is secured only at its lower end and is adapted when in extended position on the instep of the foot of a wearer to be overlapped by the edge portions 3 of the shoe upper. The edge portions 3 of the shoe upper are provided with eyelets 4 through which a lace 5 is threaded, the end portions of the lace being adapted to be tied together when the lace has been drawn taut to hold the edge portions 3 in overlapping relation to the tongue 2.

The shoe described so far is ordinary in construction and may vary considerably in details from the shoe which is illustrated in Figure 1. The shoe may be a high shoe and in fact the invention is particularly well adapted for use in holding the tongue of a high shoe in place, as will be understood from the following:

An attachment embodying the invention comprises a slightly elongated strip or tab ner portion of the tongue. Tabs 6 may be secured upon both the upper corner portions of the tongue, if desired.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. When the shoe is fastened, the tongue is arranged in extended position on the instep of the extended position and v will be prevented :from gslipping downward Y on ,the instep :or laterally underneath one "of the edge po'rfoot theftongne will be smooth and will be in position to be overlapped by the edge portions of the shoe upper when such edge portions have been secured by means of the lace 5. One end portion of the lace is threaded thron'gh 'the eyelet7 of the tah'before I being inserted through one of the eyelets (preferably the .ffttpperha iof 'the adjacent edge portion of the :ashe lPPB- :ObV 91 y e he e P ,{tionsgof the lace have been tied together so hgtliatthfeglace 'istaut, one otthe edge por- :ftionsfiyofthe shoe upper will overlie the the sametime, the itongneg2 1 will be retained V tions ofthegshoe upper and also from becoming wrinkledvor twisted.

Obvi0usly,1-i11y invention issusceptible of .xieinbodiinent in 1 forms other than that illus- ,'-trated inv the accompanying drawings and I therefore consider'as my own all "modifi- V l i' 1,502,4 29

cnredaa t oneend to a lateral edge portion of saidto'ngue adjacent to the upper end of the tongue, said strip having an eyelet adjacent to its other end, said eyelet being adaptedto permit ofthe threadingof the lace pfthe shoe therethrough. v I I 2. The combination with thet'on'gne' of a lace shoerof a relatively short and narrow J strip of pliablematerial secnred'at one end to the tongue adj aeentto a lateral edgeand the upper end of the tongue, said strip having an eyelet adjacent to its other end through which the lace of the shoe maybe threaded, said strip also being'adapted'to be completelyoverlapped by an edgep'or'tion of the shoe upper when the lace has been tied.

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