US1810602A

US1810602A - Metallic shoe lace tip

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Publication number: US1810602A
Application number: US433127A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ray F Good
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-03-04
Filing date: 1930-03-04
Publication date: 1931-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 1948-06-16

Description

June 16,1931. R. F. GOOD 1,810,602

METALLIC SHOE LACE TIP Filed March 4. 1930 Patented June 16, 1931 UNITED s'rarss BAY F. GOOD, OF LYKENS, PENNSYLVANIA METALLIC SHOE LACE m 1? Application filed March 4,

This invention relates to an improved permanent metallic tip for shoe laces and the like.

Heretofore it has been found that the tips of shoe laces, which are either of wire which is wrapped about the end portion of the lace, or are of resilient sheet metal bent to engage the lace, soon become lost or mutilated so that much difiiculty is experienced in passing the end portion of the lace through the eyelet of a shoe or the like.

One object of the invention is, therefore, to provide a lace tip which will not become separated from the lace and which cannot be easily mutilated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character employing wires of various lengths which are bent to form a substantially conical tip, which wires are surrounded by a protecting cover.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lace tip which will be a sealed un t when in operative position.

Still further objects of the invention not specifically mentioned in the foregoing, will appear during the course of the following descript-ion.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tip in position upon a lace.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showingthewires extending through the lace and before being bent. v

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the wires bent and twisted to form a conical skeleton.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side elevation showing the protecting cover'before being bent to shape.

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the complete tip.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a portion of a conventional lace such as is employed in connection with shoes, corsets, and the like. The edges of the lace are turned inwardly upon themselves and meet to form a substantially conical end portion 2.

193Q. Serial No. 433,127.

Extending through the conical end portion of the lace and disposed at angular relations to each other are resilient wires 8, 4 and 5 which are of different lengths, the wire 3 being slightly longer than the wire 4 and said wire 4 being slightly longer than the wire 5. As clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings, the wires are bent forwardly past the end portion2 of the lace and the free ends of such wires are twisted together, or, if desired, the ends ofthe wires may simply overlie each other and need not be twisted together. As the wires are of different lengths, a substantially' conical skeleton will be formed, and, furthermore, as said wires are in engagement with the lace, it will be impossible for the skeleton to become detached from said lace as long as such lace is intact.

Surrounding the skeleton and the end portion 2 of the lace is a resilient sheet metal protecting cover 6 which is bent and pressed into conical shape with a relatively small opening formed in the outer end. 1 I

The wires 3, 4 and 5, as well as the cover 6, are preferably coated so that solder will adhere more effectually thereto and after the cover is applied the device is dipped in solder, which is preferably of a relatively low melting v point so that burning of the lace will be prevented. The solderis permitted to circulate about the skeleton between the strands of the skeleton as well as between said skeleton and the cover and also to adhere to the fabric of the lace, thereby effectually anchoring those parts in assembled unitary relation, while any looseness between the parts will be prevented, and the tip formed into a solid'unitary structure. Furthermore, the solder will form a coating externally of the cover permanently uniting the longitudinal edges of the cover at the seam therein. Thus it can be readily seen that a lace tip has been provided which will be permanent.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the class described including, in combination with a lace, a skeleton anchored thereto, said skeleton comprising a plurality of strands, and p a cover for said skeleton.

2. A device of the class described including, Mn

in combination with a lace, a skeleton anchored to said lace, a cover for said skeleton, and means uniting said skeleton and cover as a unit.

3. A-deVice of the class described including, in combination with a lace, a wire extending through the lace and bent to form a skeleton, protecting means embracing the skeleton, and means uniting the skeleton and protecting means as a unit. I

4:. A device of the class described including, in combination With a lace, a wire extending through the end portion of said lace-and bent to form a skeleton, a protecting cover surrounding the skeleton and the end portion of the lace, and means uniting said skeleton with said cover and filling the cover, v

5. A lace tip including, in combination With the end portion of a lace, a plurality of Wires of different lengths extending through said end portion of the lace and bent to provide a forwardly disposed conical skeleton, protecting means for the skeleton, and means uniting the skeleton with said protecting means as a unit.

6. A lace tip including, in combination with a lace, a conical skeleton engaging the lace, a conical protecting cover for said skeleton, and means anchoring the skeleton and cover as a unit.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RAY F. GOOD. [L.s.]