US1662814A

US1662814A - Shoe

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Publication number: US1662814A
Application number: US183849A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred James
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-04-14
Filing date: 1927-04-14
Publication date: 1928-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1945-03-20

Description

March 20, 1928. 1,662,814

J. ALFRED I SHOE Filed April 14. 1927 Patented Mar, 28, 1928.

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JAMES ALFRED, OF BBGCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

Application filed April 14, 1927. Serial No. 183,849.

The object of this invention is to provide means within the heel portion of a shoe to adjustably support the wearers heel at different heights and inclinations, relative to e the out-sole and heel, so that the location of maximum pressure of the wearers foot on the shoe bottom may be varied, and other useful ends attained. 01 the accompanying drawings forming 30 a part of this'specification, I Figure 1 shows partly in side elevation, and partly in section, a portion of a shoe embodying "the invention. Figure 2 is a top plan view, showing the i portion 01"" the insole shown by Figure 1, andadjustable supporting means associated therewith, the shank stiffener being shown by dotted lines,

Figure 3 is a view similar to a 'portlon of Figure 1, showing a difierent adjustment.

Figure e is a section on line 4.-4 of ,F1gure 3. w V

Figure 5 shows in perspective the heel plate shown. by the preceding figures,

2 Figure 6 shows in perspective, and sepa-' rated fromeach other, the membje'is of one i of the ad ustable supports; anda portion.

of theshank stiffener extension hereinafter described, a. portion of the'.heel plate being shown.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The insole has a fore portion 12, a shankportion 13, and a heel portion 14 The insole is preferably split horizontally from its heel portion through the shank portion, to form a flap 15, whose chief function is to cover the adjustable heel plate hereinafter described, and bridge the space between said heel plate and the shank portion of the insole. The fore portion 12 and the shank portion 13 may be permanently attached in a welt shoe by inseam stitches, connecting a lip there'on with the welt 16 and upper 17 of a delta shoe, or'it may be otherwise attached. Tlie heel portion 14 isofiset downward from the shank portion 18, as shown by Figures.

1 and 3, during the lasting operation, to form a recess under the heel plate hereinafter described, a last being employed having a protuberance on the heel end of its bottom.

The outsole here shown includes a fore portion 18, a shank portion 19, and a heel portion 20; The usual or any suitable heel 721 may be attached to the heel portion of the tension 24, projecting under the heel portion 1 14 of the insole, and preferably formed as medicated by dotted lines in Figure 2.

25 designates a heel plate which supports the wearers heel and. is located above the heel portion 14. The heel plate is formed to enter the above-described recess and is preferably dished, to conform to the bottom of the wearers heel, and is supported by a plurality of adjustable supports, each composed of a nut 26, fixed to the shank extension 24, and a standard 27, which is a screwthreaded 'bolt extending through anprifice in the heel portion 14 of the insole, and ongaged with the nut 26. Each standard 27 has a shoulder 28 (Figure 6) at-the upper end of its threaded portion, and a reduced head. 29, projecting above the shoulder and into a closely fitting orifice 30 (Figure 5) in the heel plate 25, the head being provided with a screW-drivenengaging slot 31. U

The nuts 26 are preferably inserted in sockets formed in the heel portion 2(l'ol the insole. and, if desired, in a lift of the heel 21. The lieel plate 25 bears on the shoulders 28, so tha, when the standards 27 are raised or lowere' by their rotation in the nuts 26, the heel plate is correspondingly raised or lowered. The length of the nuts 26 and standards 27 is such that the heel plate may be considerably raised as'shown by Figure 1, and considerably lowered as shown by Figure 3, provision being thus made for shift ing 'thefwearers weight forwardly on the shoe bottom by raising the heel plate.

I prefer to employ three of the adjustable supports, one being at the rear portion of the heel plate, and on the longitudinal median line thereof, while the other two are at the forward portion of the plate and at opposite sidesof the median line, a threepoint support being provided. By raising I may be imparted to the heel plate, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3. By rais ing the standard 27 of one of the forward supports without adjusting the other, standards, a transverse inclination may be imparted to the heel plate, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4. By adjusting each of the standards 27, the heel plate may be maintained horizontally, either above the shank portion of the insole, and spaced from the bottom of the recess, as shown by Figure 1, or depressed into the recess, as shown by full lines in Figure 3.

The flap 15 is provided with orifices 32 (Figures 1, 3 and a) whichcoincide with the heads 29 of the standards 27, when the flap is in position to cover the heel. plate. The thickness of the flap is preferably somewhat greater than the projection of the heads 29 above the shoulders 28, so that the flap prevents the heads from touching the bottom of the wearers heel or stocking. The flap bridges the space between the forward end of the heel plate and the upper surface of the shank portion 13 of the insole.

It will be seen that the insole, the shank stifiener 23, attached to the shank portion 01'. the insole and having the extension 524-, and the internally threaded nuts 26, fixed to the extension, constitute a unit whiclrniay be engaged with the insole and incorporated therewith in the shoe before the threaded standards 27, and the heel plate 25 are up plied. I

The heads 29 of the standards are preferably enlarged or upset at their upper ends, as shown. at 29 (Figures 4: and 6), to inseparably engage them with the heel plate 25, so that the plate cannot be separated from the standards, and the standards are freely rotatable in the orifices 30 of the heel plate. After the shoe is otherwise completed, the standards 27, thus engaged with the heel plate, are engaged with the nuts 26.

I claim: y Y

1. A shoe comprising, in combination, a

- bottom including an ontsole and a full length insole fixed to the outsole, the heel portion of the insole being depressed below the shank portion thereof, to form a recess below the foot-containing space in the shoe, a shank stiffener fixed in the bottom below the insole, the stiffener being curved to conform to the shank portion of the insole and having an extensionconforming to the heel portion thereof, a plurality of nuts fixed to the shank extension and embedded in the heel portion or" the bottom, a heel plate formed to enter said recess, a plurality oi screw-threaded standards inseparably errgaged at their outer ends with the heel plate, to rotate therein, and, extending through the heel portion of the insole into the nuts, the outer ends of the standards being termed engage a serew driver, and a iii a connected with the shank portion of the insole, and formed. to cover the heel plate, said .tlap Toe ing provided with screw-driverreceiving openings coinciding; with the outer ends or": the standards, the arrangement heingg such that the standards support the heel plate and flap at a plurality of points, and are vertically adjustable, so that the heel plate and flap may be maintained horizontally, either elevated above the shank portion of: the insole, and spaced above the bottom or" the recess, or depressed into the recess, the flap bridging the space between the forward end of the heel plate and the shank portion of the insole.

In a shoe, a full length insole, a shank stitlene attached to the shank portion of the insole, and lni'vinp,- an extension projecting under the heel portion thereof, a heel plate located above the heel portion oi the insole, and a plurality of adjustable supports for the heel. plate, each including; an in crnally threaded nut fixed to the shank ension and adapted to bear on the heel portion of the shoe, and an externally threaded standard adjnstably engaged with the not, said standards extending through the heel por tion of the insole, and supporting the heel plate, the height oi the heel plate being: a riable by rotation. of the standards, there being three of said supports, one supporting the rear portion. of the heel plate. and loeated at the longtndinal median line thereof, while the others support the forward portion of the plate and are located at opposite sides of said median line, the arrangement being such that said supports may be ad justed to impart either a longitudinal or transverse inclination to theheel plate.

In testimony whereoi I have allised my signature.

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