US1750712A - Heel lift - Google Patents

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March 18, 1930. B.-G|Low1Tz 1,750,712

HEEL-LIFT Filed Aug. 16, 1928 jail I Tag T:T 5

Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES BEN-TAKEN GILOWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T SAMUEL PATENT OFFICE THAU, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEEL LIFT Application filed August 16, 1928.

The invention relates primarily to lifts adapted for attachment to the heels of ladies shoes, the object being to provide a lift having new and improved attaching means which permits of the quick and easy application of the lift and allows an old one to be readily removed and replaced with a new one.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a lift showing one form of construction.

Fig. 2 is a front end view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the lift attached to the heel.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lift-attaching plate.

In the drawings, denotes a heel lift preferably formed of rubber, although any other desired materials could be employed instead of rubber. The upper side of the lift 15 is preferably somewhat concave as at 16.

Embedded in the lift 15 is a small attaching plate 17 having a multiplicity of openings 18 in which the rubber or other material may key. The front end 19 of this attaching plate is in the form of a relatively narrow neck whose front extremity is bent upwardly and provided with an upstanding flange 20 to abut the breast of a shoe heel 21, this flange being formed with an openin 22 to receive an appropriate fastening 23 for securing it against the breast of the heel. The attaching plate 17 and the lift 15 are formed with alined openings 24-25 to receive a central attaching nail or screw 26, and the outer end of the opening 25 need not be as large as the head of the fastener 26, when the heel is formed of rubber or other elastic material. The flange 20 by lying against the breast Serial No. 300,024.

upon which said ends may be cut off in accordance with the width of the heel to which the lift is to be applied.

The invention is simple and inexpensive, may be easily manufactured and marketed to sell at small cost, may be easily applied either to new or old shoes, and will be generally efficient and desirable.

The details disclosed may be considered as preferred, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, variations may be made.

I claim':

1. A heel lift, an attaching plate secured to said lift, said plate and lift having alined fastener-receiving openings, and an upstanding relatively long and narrow flange on the front end of said plate adapted to abut the breast of a shoe heel, said flange having free horizontally projecting ends adapted to be cut off in accordance with the width of the shoe heel.

2. A heel lift, an attaching plate secured to said lift, said plate and lift having alined fastener-receiving openings, and an up standing relatively long and narrow flange on the front end of said plate adapted to abut the breast of a shoe heel, said flange having free horizontally projecting ends and spaced vertical scores on the front sides of said ends providing weakened lines on which said ends may be easily cut off in accordance with the width of the shoe heel.

3. A heel lift, a relatively small centrally disposed attaching plate embedded in said lift and having a forwardly projecting re- The ends 27 duced neck whose front extremity is turned. upwardly, and a horizontally elongated relatively long and narrow flange integral with the upturned neck end and projecting horizontally in opposite directions therefrom to abut the breast of a heel, said projecting ends of said flange having vertical scores providing weakened lines on which said ends may be easily cut ofl in accordance with the width of the heel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

BENJAMIN GILOWITZ.

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