US1529526A - Heel - Google Patents

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March 1o. 1925. 1,529,526

G. J. WINTER HEEL Filed March 5, 1923 'f l ATTORNEY;-

Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

y GEORGE J. WINTER, orl Burraro, NEW'IroRK.

HEEL.

Application medinmn 5,. 1923.= serial No. 623,014.

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE J. VINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented newjand useful Improvements in Heels, of which the fol-` lowing is a specification.

My present invention pertains to .heels of the cushion or resilient type and it` contemplates the provisionlof a heel vthat isineXpensive to produce, durable in construction and one that eliminates the expensive washers at present employedy in heels now on the market.

The invention further contemplates,l the provision of a lower or outer lift for the heel that may be easily attached and as readily removed from old as well `as new heels. v Y .1

The invention further contemplates the provision in a resilient heel of a construction so arranged thatthe cushion or rubber tread portion-of the heel will-not shift at any time and notwithstanding thegfact that said tread portion when worn at a certain point may be removed and replaced on the opposite shoe heel it is so att-ached to f the lower lift that casual displacement of the tread portion is precluded.

The invention-*further contemplates the provision of a cushion heel so constructed and arranged that but a slight amount of rubber or analogous material is employed but notwithstanding this fact the tread is not robbed of its resiliency.

Other objects and advantageous characterist-ics of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which--V` Figure l is a perspective view of the body portion of my novel heel.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the lower Figure 8 is a perspective view of the cushion tread portion of the heel.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the heel as assembled.

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5 5 in Figure 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Similar numerals of reference designate f drawings. Thebodygportion .lr-of. my .novel heel is constructed of .leather or 'other similar ma- `terial and is provided-with the chamber 2,

. :corresponding parts in alltheviews ofthe wiwhich provision is made inthe interest.. of

w cheapness and lightness.

' Thelower leather lifty 3 of the heel is preferably formed as a separateunit for a the said heel lift 8 is provided withthe cut out portion 4 and surrounding thel cut out Iportion 14 are-nailvholes 5,.thr`ough the mef 1 diumof which the lift orheelportion 3 may `be securedvto the body portion l by means' of nails 8 that pass through the holes 5 land nenter-atfthe markings'on the body portion I. 'f' It will be manifest that the markings on .the body portion l are madefor 'the purposeof guiding the'repair man in order that lla-smooth fit may be made when'the'lower `lift '3 is placed face to face with the lower portion of the body incident to driving the nails Shome. This lift Vis also, if' desired, .r cemented to thea bottom of. the portion l prior to driving thev nails. p

.The .tread 6,4-isl provided 'with Y .portion 7 .thatentersthe opening 4'of`t-he .,rlift Band it 'will benoted that the lo-wer or tready portion of vtheimember 6 istapered from theV center toward the edges in order to increase the durability of said tread and cause same to wear evenly throughout and it will further be noted that the raised portion 7 is slightly decreased in depth so as to produce a slight intervening space between the lower end of the body portion l and the inner surface of the raised portion whereby resiliency of the heel at the bearing point is assured.

`When it is desired to equip a heel having the hollow chamber 2 with my novel improvements, the lower surface of the body portion l is marked with the nail guides and the lower leather lift having the nail holes 5 is placed on the body portion and the nails 8 driven through the lift into the body portion. The tread of resilient material is then cemented to the removable lower lift where it is prevented from shifting as well as being lost, not only by the cement but also by the raised projection 7 entering the cut out portion 4 of said lift. The lift being slightly increased in thickness in comparison with the projection 7 purpose hereinafter set forth in detail, and

increases to an appreciable extent the resiliency of the tread vas Well as the heel as a Whole.

Manifestly the tread portion 6 as Well as the lower lift 3 may be manufactured as separate and distinct elements and because of this provision the said elements maybe sold to a Shoemaker and attached to any form of heels at present inthe market. Moreover, they may be changed from one heel to. another in veW of Ythe Yfact `that `many persons run their heels down at certain points and therefore the life of the heel is materially lprolonged.

The heel and especially the removable lift and treadI arevinexpen'sive to produce for the reason that they consist of but .very

' thin elements and when necessary to' discard old lifts and treads itV isnot incumbent* to purchase the expensive and com-V initially Vstrike the ground andbecause ofl this fact and the further fact thatV no Washers are employed the Vlife of the heel is prolonged and the lightness as Well" as cheapness thereof will be readily apparent,

and the cost of productionby the elimination of approximately vsixteen Washers 'fromf thel heel is material. l

vMy novel improvements are adapted for use in connection more particularly with heels at present on the market and the idea of my invention is to place on sale a heel 6' of rubber or other resilient material having the raised portion 7 andthe lift 3 having the opening 4. Regardless of the con.

difficult to produce in the base of a heel a i chamber to receive the projection "7.

Having described 'my' inventlon, 4what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s i A resilient heel comprising a main body po1tion,"fo1'1ned of VWood or other similar material and tapered toward its lower end, a lift nailed on the lower surface of the body portion vand formed of leather'or other similar material andzzhaving an aperture in the direct center thereof; said aperture being cut so as tol produce a Wall that vrests parallel With respect tothe straight Wall of the lift and further being' cut to follow ,the contour ofthe remaining' outer edge ofthe lift, a tread of resilient material cemented or otherwise securely retained on the lift anda resilient projection formed in the upper surface of the lift and of a shape to snugly rest in the aperture'of the lift vbut slightly less thick than the lift;

saidvtread surface 'being convex. f

In testimony WhereofI have hereunto set my hand in presence of 'two subscribing` Witnesses. Y ff GEORGE` J. WINTER.

lVitnesses l i FLORENCE M. SoUT'r, AALICE E. ALDRICH.

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