US1728763A - Shoe-ornament mounting - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. 17,1929

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JACOB KATZMAN Ann JOSEPH Krrms, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, As-

SIGNORS T FRENCH BEADING & NOVELTY 00., A oonronA'rIoNl or PENNSYLe VANIA SI'IOlEl-ORNAMENT IIEOUNTING Application filed August 17, 1928. Serial 'No. 300,212.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in shoe ornament mountings, and it relates more particularly to a novel shoe buckle support adapted for quick and readily detachable mounting of ornamental shoe buckles upon ladies shoes, particularly of the slipper style, when it is desirable to mount an ornamental shoe buckle upon the vamp of the shoe.

The object of our invention is 'to provide a detachable mounting or support which may be quickly and securely attached to the vamp of a shoe or slipper, without sewing or without perforating, nicking, or in any way marring the vamp of the shoe as by prongs or the like projecting into the vamp.

A further object of our invention is to provide a readily detachable shoe buckle mounting or support which may be clamped onto the vamp of a shoe without the aid of any additional fastening means and to which the shoe buckle in turn may likewise be detachably secured in a quick and easy manner,and likewise without the aid of any sewing or any permanent fastening means.

A further object of our invention is to provide a shoe buckle support or mounting of the character stated, which may be simultaneously firmly and securely clamped to the vamp of the shoe and to which the shoe buckle is likewise firmly though detachably secured by a single manual operation, and whereby the detachment of the shoe buckle fromthe shoe buckle support or mounting of our novel construction automatically releases said shoe buckle support from the vamp of the shoe, thereby greatly facilitating' the removal of both shoe buckle and support from the shoe or slipper.

With the above objects in view, our invention consists of a certain novel combination of a shoe buckle mounting comprising a lower, generally horizontal base adapted to fit beneath the edge of the vamp of the slipper, a generally upright member carried thereby for supporting the shoe buckle and having a pair of generally upright channels for the reception of a securing and clamping slide, and a spring clamp member carried by said upright member and extending from the upper extremity thereof to the lower base portion and beingoperatively juxtaposed thereto, and a securing and clamping slide adapted to be received in said pair of generally upright channels and adapted to engage the bar of the shoe buckle thereby to secure the shoe buckle to the upright sup{ port and also simultaneously to depress the spring clamp member so as firmly to clamp the vamp of the shoe between the same and the lower, generally horizontal base portion.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention we have shown in the acompanying drawings oneform thereof which is at present preferred by us, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be under stoodthat the various instrumentalities of which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described. Referring to the drawings in which like reference characters indicate like parts Figure 1 represents a generally perspective View of an ornamental shoe buckle (shown in dotted lines), having the conventional,

rear vertical bar, (shown in solid lines), whereby the shoe buckle may be aflixed or mounted upon a shoe.

Figure 2 representsa perspective View of the securing and clamping slide.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of our novel shoe buckle support with the securing and clamping slide removed therefrom. i

Figure 4 represents a vertical median section on line 4-4 of Figures 2 and 3, of a shoe buckle support embodying ourinvention, shown in operative relation to the vamp of a shoe or slipper with the [clamp still Open. a it Figure 5 represents a similar vertical median section with the clamp closed and firmly secured to the vamp of the slipper.

Figure 6 representsa perspective view illustrating the manner, in which the shoe buckle is supported upon a slipper by the buckle support or mounting embodying our invention.

In carrying out our invention we preferably form the two separable and coacting parts of the shoe buckle mounting of a suitable sheet metal, preferably of a resilient or spring-like metal. The main or body portion of our novel shoe buckle mounting (shown detached in Figure 3) is preferably formed of a single integral and continuous piece of resilient sheet metal and comprises the generally upright supporting member 7 having its two opposed upright edges turned outwardly and back upon itself, thereby to form a pair of opposed, generally upright and slightly convergent channels 8; The lowermost portion 9 of the supporting member 7 below the lower ends of the channels 8 is bent rearwardly slightly, as indicated particularly in Figures 3, 1 and 5, and then continues forwardly in a laterally extended-base member 10. The angular relations of the base 10, the generally upright supporting member 7 and the intermediate or connecting portion 9 are such as to bring the base 10 in alignment with the normal lay of the vamp of the slipper and to position the upright supporting member 7 to a slightly rearwardly inclined angle at which it is desired to mount the shoe buckle 11.

The base 10 is adapted to be positioned immediately beneath the edge 12 of the vamp 13 of a slipper, indicated in Figures5 and 6, and serves as the lower stationary jaw of the clamp by which the novel shoe buckle niount= ing is secured to the vamp of a slipper.

The sheet metal of which the buckle support for mounting is formed, is somewhat narrowed and bent back upon itself at the upper horizontal edge 14 of the upright supporting member 7 as indicated in Figures 8, d and 5; the narrowed and downwardly extending portion 15 forming a resilient spring clamping arm being normally positioned at a slight angle and in spaced relation to the upright supporting member 7 and being capable of a deflection towards said upright supporting member 7 in the direction of the arrow 16.

The lower end of the spring clamp arm 15 is widened and bent rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to the spring clamp arm 15 so as to form a movable and resiliently supported clamping jaw 17 upon the lower extremity of said spring clamp arm 15 and in spaced and operative relation to the lower stationary clamping jaw 10 and extending generally parallel thereto, as indicated particularly in Figures 3, 4 and 5.

The securing and clamping slide 18 is like wise formed of sheet metal having slightly downwardly convergent edges 19 corresp onding generally to the convergence of the channels 8 and being adapted to slide into said channels so as to lie generally flush against the spring clamp arm 15, as indicated in Figures 4 and 5.

A shallow outwardly projecting channel 20 is provided in the center of the slide plate 18 for the reception of the bar 21 of the shoe buckle; said shallow channel 20 being of a depth slightly less than the thickness of the bar 21, so that the latter may be firmly held between said slide plate 18 and the spring clamping arm 15, when said slide plate and spring clamping arm are assembled in operative relation to each other. The bar 21 is secured to the shoe buckle in spaced relation thereto by the offset terminal members 22 which may be riveted or otherwise permanently secured to the rear of the buckle 11.

In attaching or mounting a conventional shoe buckle 11 upon a slipper 23 by means of our novel shoe buckle support or mounting, the main member, shown in Figure 3, is placed upon the vamp 13 of the slipper, with the edge 12 of the vamp disposed between the lower stationary jaw 10 and the upper movable and resiliently supported jaw 17, respectively, while the same are in the open or unclamped position shown in Figures 8 and a. The shoe buckle 11 and the securing and clamping slide 18 are then assembled with respect to the upright supporting member 7, in a manner indicated in Figures a, 5 and 6, with the bar 21 of the shoe buckle seated in the channel 20 of the slide 18, and with the slide 18 in turn positioned within the channels 8. The slide 18 is then forced downwardly with respect to the channels 8 and also with respect to the spring clamping armv 15. As the slide 18 is forced down in the channels 8 it rides over and upon the bar 21 and the spring clamping arm 15 and gradually depresses the latter in the direction of the arrow '16, by pressure transmitted through said bar 21, thereby closing the jaws 10 and 17 of the clamp below and above the vamp of the shoe, respectively, and thereby firmly clamping the novel shoe buckle support of our invention onto the vamp of the slipper. V

The edge of the vamp of a slipper is generally finished of? with a narrow tape 2% sewed onto the vamp, giving slightly thickened edge portion.

The novel clamp construct-ion embodying our invention is especially well adapted for firmly securing the shoe buckle support to the vamp having this slightly thickened edge or taping.

As the slide 18 is forced downwardly in the channels 8 it not only rides over and onto the spring clamping arm 15, but it also firmly engages the bar 21 ot the buckle, clamping the latter frictionally between the shallow channel portion 20 of the slide 18 and the spring clamping arm 15 and thereby also firmly and securely attaching the shoe buckle 11 to the support, as indicated in Figures 5 and 6.

Our novel shoe buckle support or mounting possesses the advantage over devices made heretofore for this purpose, in that it is .capable of quick and ready attachment and detachment to and from the vamp of a shoe without in any way marring or injuring the vamp of the shoe or slipper, and without leaving any possible markings thereon whatsoever.

Our novel shoe buckle support or mounting possesses the further advantage, in that the same means by which the support is detachably clamped to the vamp of the shoe, the buckle is likewise detachably affixed to the support.

The novel device of our invention is adapted, moreover, to buckles of any size, shape or form having the usual conventional bar, and regardless of the length of the bar (within practical limits).

We are aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential. attributes thereof, and we therefore desire he present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe buckle support comprising a generally upright body portion having a lower stationary clamping jaw extending generally transversely thereto, a movable clamping jaw carried by said generally upright body portion in juxtaposition to said stationary clamping jaw, and means for simultaneously securing the bar of a conventional shoe buckle to said generally upright body portion and for actuating said movable clamping jaw in operative relation to said stationary clamping jaw, thereby firmly to clamp the vamp of a shoe therebetween.

2. A shoe buckle support comprising a gen erally upright body portion having a lower stationary clamping jaw at its lower end, having a spring clamping arm extending downwardly from its upper end and having a pair of opposed, generally upright spaced channels, a movable clamping jaw carried by the lower end of said spring clamping arm in spaced and operative relation to said stationary clamping jaw, and a securing and clamping slide adapted to be received within said opposed channels and to ride over and upon said spring clamp arm thereby to actuate the same.

3. A device of the character stated, comprising a pair of opposed clamping jaws adapted to grip the edge portion of a shoe vamp or the like, and means extending and "5'. A device of the character stated comprising a pair of opposed' clamping jaws; one of *saidijaws being resiliently mounted with respect to the other, a' slide carried by said device and adapted to engage and se cure an ornament to said device when in a locking position and thereby also to coact with said jaws, through. said ornament, to urge said jaws into, and retain'the same in a closed or clamping position relative toeach other.

6. In a device of "the class described, a gripping member, means extending generally transversely thereto for detachably securing an ornament to said member-and meansactuated by said ornamentsecuring means, for detachably securing said. memher to the vamp of a shoe.

7. In a device of the class described, a grip-' ping member comprising a plate having its ends bent to form downwardly convergent channels,the lower end of said plate forming a clamping jaw, a spring arm formed on top of said plate and bent to form a complementary jaw, means slidable in said channels for securing an ornament to said plate and simultaneously gripping the jaws together.

8. In a device of the class described, a plate, an integral extension in the bottom thereof forminga gripping jaw, a frontal plate integral with the first mentioned plate and yielding with respect to the latter, said frontal plate having an extension at its lower end forming a complementary jaw, channel members formed on said first mentioned plate extending forwardly of said frontal plate and means slidable in said channel members for securing an ornament thereto and simultaneously gripping the jaws together.

9. In a device of the class described, a plate having its lower end bent angularly and widened to forma gripping jaw, a frontal plate formed integral with the top of said first mentioned plate and bent to yield with respect to the latter, the lower end of said frontal plate having a widened angularly bent extension formed thereon providing a complementary jaw, and means for detachably securing an ornament to said plates, said means coacting with said jaws to retain the latter in closed clamping relationvto each other.

10. In a device of the class described, a plate having its lower end bent angularly and widened to form a gripping jaw, a frontal plate formed integral with the top of said first mentioned plate and bent to yield with respect to the latter, the lower ends of said frontal plate having a widened angularly bent extension formed thereon providing a complementary jaw, channel members formed integral with the marginal edges of said first mentioned plate and projecting torwardlypf said frontal plate and means slidable in said channel members for securing an ornament thereto and simultaneously gripping said jaws together. I

11. A shoe buckle support comprising a body portion, operatively juxtaposed clamping jaws, movable with respect to each other, carried by said body portion transversely thereto, a separable plate slidably en-gageable with said body portion adapted to engage the back bar of a shoe buckle, thereby to secure the buckle, and to operate said opposed jaws in clamping relati-onto each other.

- 12. In a device of the character stated, a gripping member, means for detachably securing an ornament to said gripping mem her and means actuated by said ornament securing means and through said ornament, for causing detachable engagement between said gripping member and the vamp of a shoe.

13. A device of the character stated, comprising a pair of opposed clamping jaws adapted to grip the edge portion of a shoe vamp or the like, and means for detachably securing an ornament to saiddevice, said means coacting with said jaws, and through said ornament. to retain the same in closed or clamping relation to each other.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JACOB KATZMAN. JOSEPH KIPNIS.

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