US1528301A

US1528301A - Heel of boots and shoes

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Publication number: US1528301A
Application number: US743564A
Authority: US
Inventors: Phillips Violet
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-10-14
Filing date: 1924-10-14
Publication date: 1925-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 1942-03-03

Description

Mar. 3, 1925.

. v. PHILLIPS HEEL OF BOOTS AND SHOES F iled Oc t. 14, 192

vviolet Phillips rm/Mfrs Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

VIQLET I!JI-IILJJIIPS, 0F NORWICH, ENGLAND.

HEEL or BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed October 14, 1924. Seri-alNo. 743,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VlLOLE'l PHILLIPS, a British subject, residing at 25 Camberley Road, Norwich, inthe county of Norfolk, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heels of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to the heels of boots and shoes, and it consists in an improved method of and means for securing a toppiece or tread-piece on a Louis or like wood heel so that not only can such toppiece be very readily detached and replaced by another but the securing means serve to strengthen or reinforce the heel to prevent it breaking across at its narrowest part, as heels of this kind very often do in use.

In accordance with my invention two or more holes are bored vertically in the body of the heel, and a vertical groove is formed in the breast of the heel; a rigid metal plate is secured upon the inner face of the toppiece; pins which are adapted to fit slidably in the aforesaid vertical holes are rigidly mounted in the said plate; and the said plate is formed with a lug which projects upwards fro-m its front edge and is adapted to fit in the aforesaid vertical groove. The contour of the said plate may correspond to that of the toppiece, or a smaller plate may be employed. In the latter case the plate may be partially surrounded by a ring of aluminium or other metal of approximately horseshoe shape, or it may be fitted in a shallow recess formed in the inner face of the toppiece so that its face is flush with the said face of the toppiece. The aforesaid pins and lug serve to strengthen the heel besides ensuring stability and accurate fitting of the toppiece on the heel, and the toppiece is firmly secured in position on the heel by inserting a locking pin into a hole formed transversely in the lug and a hole formed in alignment therewith in the body of the heel. If desired, two vertical lugs may be formed on the plate and two grooves in the heel breast, the said grooves being a short distance apart; and a staple may be employed instead of pins as the locking member.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan View of a woo heel ready to receive the detachable toppiece shown and 3 in plan and elevation relarger scale, a locking pin and a tool for.

extracting same, hereinafter referred to.

Referring to the drawing: A is a wood heel in the body of which holes a are bored vertically to receive metal pins Z2, two of which are mounted rigidly in a steel plate C which may correspond in contour to the contour of the toppiece but is shown as 'T- shaped. The said plate is secured upon the inner face of the toppiece and is formed with a lug 0 by bending upwards at right angles the end portion of the stem of the T; and it is shown as let into an aluminium plate (Z the contour of which corresponds to that of the toppiece. Two of the four pins 1) shown in the drawing pass through the plate a? into the toppiece B. The lug a fits into a vertical groove 0 formed inthe breast of the heel, and the toppiece is secured in position upon the heel by engaging a lockin pin f in a hole formed in the said lug and in a hole 9 formed in alignment therewith in the body of the heel.

As already indicated, a staple may be employedv in place of a locking pin, in which event two holes are formed in the lug and corresponding holes, which may diverge or converge, are formed in the heel to receive the legs of the staple.

I may employ a locking pin formed as shown in Fig. 5 with a screw-threaded bore h, and provide a simple tool j, shown in Fig. 6, for extracting the said pin when it is necessary to remove the toppiece, but an ordinary pin or a screw may be employed, the head of such pin or screw being preferably countersunk in the lug; and, in order to counteract any tendency of the said pin to enlarge the hole in the heel in wear, I may secure a strip of steel 71 in the bottom of the groove 6 in which the lug c fits, a hole being bored in the said strip to register with the hole in the lug.

\Vhat I claim is z 1. A method of securing a detachable toppiece on a wood heel of the Louis type and at the same time reinforcing the heel to prevent it breaking across at its narrowest part, consisting in forming a vertical groove in the breast of the heel and a plurality ofvertical holes in the body of the heel, securing upon the inner face of the toppiece a rigid-metal plate formed With a lug which projects upwards from the front edge of the plate and is adapted to fit in the aforesaid vertical groove in the heel breast, mounting rigidly in the said metal plate pins adapted to fit slidably in the aforesaid vertical holes in the body of the heel, and inserting a locking pin into a hole formed transversely in the aforesaid lug and a hole formed in alignment therewith in the body of the heel.

2. The combination with a treadpiece for a WOOdllGBl, of a rigid metal. plate secured upon the inner face ofthe treadpiece, a plurality of pins rigidly mounted in the Said plate and adapted to fit slidably in vertical holes formed in the body of the heel, and a lug formed on the said plate at its front edge, adapted to fit in a vertical groove in then-breast of the heel and in which VIOLET PHILLIPS.