US1727586A

US1727586A - Stocking protector

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Publication number: US1727586A
Application number: US288113A
Authority: US
Inventors: Condon Kate
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-06-25
Filing date: 1928-06-25
Publication date: 1929-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 1946-09-10

Description

Sept. 10, 1929. K. CONDON STOCKING PROTECTOR Filed June 25. 192 8 Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES'PA'TENT OFFICE.

KATE cannon, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOCKING rno'rncTon.

Application filed June 25,

Tig. 1 is a perspective view of the stocking protector of my invention as worn on the leg;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the stocking protector; and

a Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stocking protector.

The heel and toe portions have always been the most vulnerable parts of stockings and subject to greater wear and injury than any other parts of this article of wear. Theproblem of protecting those portions of the stock ings became of even greater importance in view of the wider use of sheer, thin hose that became established within recent years, particularly in view of the much greater cost of such stockings as compared with those worn in years past.

In order to reduce the damage to stockings at the heel and toe portions, various types of protectors have been proposed in the past but none have found a wide use because, as made heretofore, they either detract from the appearance of the stocking as worn in modern low cut shoes or fail to fit properly and sit in place on the foot.

My invention provides an improved stocking protector which has a firm, close fit on the foot, sits thereon firmly and permits slipping on the stocking over the foot without becoming curled and displaced, and yet covers only the relatively small portions of the foot at which the stockings are subject to damage at the toe and heel portions thereof.

As shown in the drawings, my improved r protector comprises a knitted fabric form ing a heel portionor'socket 1 adapted to fit the heel portion of the foot, a toe portion or socket 2 adapted to fit over the toe portion of the foot, and a narrow intermediate portion 3 connecting the heel and toe portions. As seen 1928. Serial No. 288,113.

in thedrawing,the intermediate portion 3 is of much narrower width than the portion of the foot which it underlies, this bein particularly indicated in Fig. 1 and in *ig. 3,

the latter figure having the width of the foot indicated by dotted lines 4. The heel and the foot portions 1 and -2 have the edges or contour so shaped that when the protector is on the foot, and the cut-out slipper as now worn placed thereover, the foot protector will be entirely covered by the shoe and no single portion thereof willbe seen from the outside.

In a protector of the type shown in the drawing, it is of extreme importance to have.

the toe and heel portions fit snugly on the foot while the stocking is slipped thereover because much annoyance is experienced if the portions of the protector slip from place or curl and require adjustment in pulling in place after the stocking has been placed on the leg. Very often it is almost impossible to' make the adj ustment and the curled or misplaced portion of the protector will exert pressure on the foot and cause hurt and abrasion thereto. The shaping of the protector, as shown in the drawing, avoidsthe above mentioned difliculties because the narrowintermediate portion of the protector exercises a pulling action on the edges 5 and 6 of the toe portion and the edges 7 and 8 of the heel portion so as to fit snugly and in place on the foot and stay there without slipping while the stocking is pulled thereover. In order to secure such a snug fit the fabric constituting the protector is so knitted that the edge portion of the protector along the lines 5, '6, 7 and 8 is somewhat shorter than the adj acent portions back of the edge so that the edge portion fits somewhat tighter on the foot than the other portions of the'protector. This prevents curling of the edges and secures a tight and correct fit of the protector although the area covered by the rotector is limited to only small portions of the foot. In the preferred construction, the edge portions 5 and 6, 7 and 8 of the protector are of somewhat reinforced fabric, for instance, by putting an additional splicing thread along the selvage edge of the protector in order to secure the tensioning of this portion of the protector y when placed on the loot as explained above.

In other words, I make the protector so that when placed on the foot the main portion of the protector over the toes 2 and the heels 1 will stretch more readily than the portion at the edges 5, (3, 7 and 8, the portions of greater tension being indicated by the multi-' ple lines along said edges.

' The additionaltensioning of the edges of the protector may also be obtained by knit ting the loops forming the edges somewhat closer than the remainder of the fabric so that when placed on the foot the edge portion ofiers more resistance against stretching than the other portions'of the fabric, thereby hold-- ing the protector. in place.

By the use of the foregoing protector, runs of the threads in the silk stockings as now in vogue are prevented since'the protector is worn'against the skin eliminating contact of the nails of the toesv with the stockings and I elastically pulled towards the narrow sole portion and held tightly against the foot preventing curling or dis lacing of the protector and wrinkling of the abric. A nice fit is thus secured without impairing the appearance of the stockings as worn in modern shoes.

The invention is not limited to the precise details as shown and described above but I desire that the appended claims be given a broad construction commensurate with the art of the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a fabric stocking protector comprising a toe portion adapted to underlieand engage over the toes when worn, a heel portion adapted to underlie the heel and engage the,

rear and'sides thereof, and a narrow sole strip connecting the toe and heel portion, said sole strip being of less width than the part of the foot which it underlies, the edges of the toe Lama of the toe and heel portions of the protector being drawn into snug engagement with the foot by normal tension of the sole s'trip when the protector is worn.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subshribed my name.

KATE CONDON.

and heel portions being shorter than the immediately adjacent portions of the fabric so that the edges of the protector firmly grip the foot when worn to avoid curling or displacement. 1

'2. A. stocking protector of knitted fabric,

a toe engaging portion having its edges shortened and reinforced, a heel engaging portion.

having its edges shortened and reinforced, a

narrow sole strip adapted to underlie the instep connecting said toe and heel portions, sald sole strip being of less width than the part of the foot which it underlies, the edges