US1720168A - Creeper for boots and shoes - Google Patents

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July 9, 1929. H. s. COBURN CREEPER FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Filed April 4, 1927 "'25 f'prises--asheet metal body-member l `'0 upstanding Patented July 9, 1929. fit" 1 f 11mm s.coBURN, or MA'niim,

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invention :relates to creepers -forattaclnnent to. boots or shoesand it has for its opj'ect ttoprovide an improved ldevice of this CBJSS.""--=' "5-"`,'-"" mi 5 To'this' end I haveprovided an improved creeper for boots'and shoes having the peculiar features of construction and mode of operation-setffo'rth in the following description, the lnovel features of the invention being particularly pointed out and defined 'in thefclaimsat theclose thereof.

AUInthe;accompanying drawings: 'fr f 1f Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved 'Creeper illustrating the manner in which it I Vis appliedto aboot or shoe.

IJFigure 2' is 1a `bottomplan view 'creeperlshownv in Fig. 1. A 'Y i f vPF-'gare37s aftop planview, lpartly broken away ati itsfopposite-ends, `ofthe' Creeper showndn'fFigsl and ff Figure 4is a section on line 4-'4 of Fig. 1. Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of FigQ. i Figure 6 is a section on line6-6 `of Fig. 1. VA55-herein shown my improved Creeper com- 1 having integralfside iiapsQf-Q providing ways, upon the top side of the member 1,- =for adjustable sheet metal end sections Sand 4. Each end Imember or section Sand `4 ismade at the of .the

v -middle of its. inner end portion with aspiring :tongue having a tooth AG adapted to occupy one of aseries of slots 7 provided inLthe body member l.' 'Ihese spring tongues fitl iatv'vise against the top side of the body member lex- 35 :cept .thatitheyare provided, .intermediate their ends, With an upwardly bowed loop 4'or eye 8y providing -for the' insertion'therein of a pointed toolv by means of. whichthe Ytongue may-be liftedl to disengageits tooth '40 fromthe body plate lrwhen the end lmember i-orqsectionof whichgitforms part sfto be ,adjusted lengthwise ,of bodyfmember 1.

At its outer end each end member orisection Band 4 is made withan upstanding abut- "f45-ime'11tearr'9 each formed with a slot ,10 to receive theihngeeye 11 of asheetlmetalc link 'membery .12. That is,the eyef11 is 'an extension ofthe sheet metal link 12and is' wrapped around, and -pivots on, the cross-bar of; ythe ear 9 that bordersthet'opof the 'i 'lvf' "'H'" i. -Each i1ink'12 carriesi a wireleverA 131 ful- .,crumedvat .14; 14 and formed with a 'centrical- 1y disposed loop 15 which :constitutes one armo-fthe llev e1';. The other arm or arms,

1927. serial No. 180,717.`

of the leverare constituted by-theend's to which the reference characters'l3-are applied and these ends are adapted toengage thetop side ofthe projecting edge of a vsole s' as shown in Figsl and 4.` t At its middle the member -12 is made with a longitudinal slot through which the loopx15 of tlielever 13 extends so that onearm of the lever isupon the outside of the member and the other arm thereof,to`gether witlrits' trunnions 14, 14, are disposed uponthe op- Vposite side of the "member 12.' -`".lhese- trunnions 14, 14 which serve as the fulcrum -for the lever are*4 rotatably :mounted .in bearings provided upon brackets 16, 16 made with U- shaped. portions embracing the fside :bars 17 Iof they member 12. These-brackets 16, or ara ther their U-shaped portions,extend around the inneriedges ofthe side bars .17' andfare fyieldingly pressed Kagainst said-inneredges `75 'by the spring'loopvv 15. Theinner-edgesfof the side bars lare serrated or notched to faiiord soeketsto receive cross-barsf18, Figs. 4 and 6provided at the middle ofthefU- shaped Ibody portions of the brackets 16 -whereby said brackets-are normally locked against, movement endwise on'tlie side bars :1T-of the member 12.

VThe loop arm 15 of one of the levers 13 has fastened to its middle onel end of aspring 19 whose opposite end is fastened-toa Shook 20 tliat-separably engages the middle portion Eofthe loop arm 15 of the-other lever 13. .Vhen the creeper is to be applied to aboot Yor- `shoe the brackets .16 are adjusted on the side bars 17 of the member 12 so as to position the same appropriately to the thickness of the lsole and so that when the Vloop arms 15 are swung yinwardly into position OIL-.top of the shoe, as shown in Fig.. 4, the levers 13 en- .95 gage the top side of the opposite edge porytionsohthe sole and-firmly clamp the latter `between 'saidlevers and ythe base `portion or portions 'of Ithe creepentv The -spring 19 is ,made ofsuch' length that afterthe loop arms 100 Y15 areswung down into position toward the ftoplof the shoe it isnecessary tostretch the spring 19 to engage the'hook 20 `with 'the opposite loop armd so that-.when the creeper .isdn positiononthefshoe the stress ofthe-105 spring-19 pulls upon the-loop-.arms lthe'reby maintaining them in gripping engagement with thej edges of the sole. i i When adjusting the bracket 16 on the side .bars 17,Said brackets are -first `disengageduc journal brackets slidabl embracing the side bars ol said links and a justably interloclred with said toothed edges, said brackets supporting the fulcrums of said levers, each lever 5 being made from Wire and resiliently compressible laterally to disengage said brackets from the side bars oi said link.

7. A Creeper for boots and shoes comprising a sheet metal base member to lit against 10 the tread side of the sole; means connected With the ends oi said base member to extend across the top of the shoe to hold the base member in position; zig-zag perpendicular Walls upon the tread side of said base meniber, one near each end thereof, and a resilient 15 pad occupying a position between and supported laterally by said Walls.

Signed by me at Boston, county of Suiolk and State of Massachusetts, this 25th day of March, 1927.

HIRAM s. coBURN.

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