US1557393A - Emergency sole - Google Patents

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occ. 13,1925.

B. L. ABRAMS EMERGENCY SOLE Filed July 21, 1924 non Patented @et i3, 19225o iran star BARNET L. ABRAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EMERGENCY SOLE.

Application led July 21, 1924. Serial No. 727,268.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BARNET L. Animals, a citizen of the United ivtates.a and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Emergency Soles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in foot-wear particularly in the soles thereof, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide an elastic attachment for the soles, ,so-called emergency-sole, particularly well adapted for use by farmers, truck gardeners and other persons living in camps or residing at a considerable distance from a cobbler or shoe-makers shop.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an emergency-sole which can readily be attached to any shoe without the aid of machinery and thread.

A further object of the invention 'is the provision of an emergency-sole which can be conveniently carried along and used if emergency so requires.

`With these ends in view the novel emergency-sole consists of a pad of plastic mate* rial preferably rubber to which a stitfening plate preferably made of metal is secured by vulcaniaing or otherwise, provided with means for readily attaching the pad to the shoe to cover the broken or otherwise damaged original sole thereof.

rl`he invention furthermore relates to an emergency-sole pad provided with suitable stitlening means ensuring the lholding of nails or other fastening means for securing the emergency-sole to a boot or shoe.

rfhese and other objects of my invention and advantages thereof will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming amaterial part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe equipped with an emergency-sole constructed according to the invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view7 partly broken away to show the interior construction.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of a stiifening and holder plate used in the construction of the emergency-sole- Figure 4f is a cross-section on line l-w of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modied form of emergency-sole, and

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sect-ion on line 6--6 of Figure 5.

rlhe emergency-sole or shoe-attachment of the construction illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and fi comprises an elastic pad 10 to which is vulcanized or otherwise secured a metal plate 11 having a plurality of comparatively large openings l2 presenting substantially the appearance of a grating and also provided with a plurality of larger and smaller holes 13 and 14 respectively along its outer margin and the longitudinal bar 15 and cross-bars 16 forming the grating.

Along its outer edges the plate 11 is equipped with a plurality of marginal prongs or teeth 17 adapted to be bent over and to firmly engage the welt 18 of the shoe or boot, while the inner end edge of the plate is provided with a plurality of smaller teeth 19 and is adapted to be bent upon itself to engage with its teeth the end of the shoe sole. Nails 20 or similar suitable and customary fastening means may be driven through the pad 10 and the plate 11 into engagement with the shoe sole and to be clinched at their inner ends as shown in Figure 4f.

rlhe modified form of the emergencysole illustra-ted in Figures 5 and 6 consists of a rubber pad 21 to which is vulcanized or otherwise secured an inner 'stiening plate 22 provided with a plurality of larger and smaller nail holes 23 along its marginal edges or on its longitudinal bar 2st or cross-bars 24. The outer contour of the pad is shaped to conform to the shape of the customary shoe-sole.

It will be understood that the nails used are of larger diameter than the holes in the plate and will therefore, when drivenu home bulge the plate around the nails so that the latter are lirmly held by their frictional engagement with the plate and not liable to Work out.

The operation of my device and the manner of its use will be completely and readily understood without further explanation from the above description and the drawing, particularly Figure 1 thereof7 and it will be clear that any suitable means may be used to secure the pad to a sole, and that changes may be made such as fall within the scope of the appended claims without deviating from the scope and spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. An emergency-sole comprising an elastic pad, stittening means secured thereto, and means on said stitlfening means for permitting an attachment of said emergen cy-sole by bending said means around the outer edge ot said sole to form a rim for the same outside of the edge portion ot said sole.

2. An emergency-sole comprising an elastic pad, a metallic, perforated st-itlening means having a plurality ot' openings there in secured to said pad, and a plurality ot holding means on said stitliening means 'for allowing a ready attachment ot said emergency sole to a piece of toot-Wear said holding means being so disposed, that they form the outer edge of the sole when bent into holding position.

3. An emergency-sole comprising a pad having substantially the shape of a shoesole, a perforated stifening plate vulcanized in said pad allowing fastening means to be passed through the pertorations in said plate into the shoe-sole to secure the emergencysole thereto, and means on said stit'fening plate for readily attaching and irmly securing the Whole to a shoe.

e. An emergency-sole comprising a pad of elastic material, a perforated stiilening plate secured in said pad allowing nails to be passed through the perfor-ations in said plate into the shoe-sole and to be clinched therein, and a plurality of prongs formed along the outer margin of said plate adapted to be bent upon the Welt of the shoe for securing the Whole thereto.

5. An emergency-sole comprising an attachment pad of rubber, a metal stiening plate secured therein, said plate having a plurality of Wide openings therein to form a grating having longitudinal and cross-bars provided With perforations. allowing fastening means to be passed through these perlforations, marginal prongs formed on the stitlening plate, and teeth formed at its end adapted to be bent for enO'agement with the shoe sole for firmly holding the emergency sole thereto.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, July BARNET L. ABRAMS.

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