US1818594A

US1818594A - Shoe

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Publication number: US1818594A
Application number: US442329A
Authority: US
Inventors: James E Williams
Original assignee: ROBERT FRANK WILLIAMS
Current assignee: ROBERT FRANK WILLIAMS
Priority date: 1930-04-07
Filing date: 1930-04-07
Publication date: 1931-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1948-08-11

Description

Aug-11, 1931 J. E. WILLIAMS SHOE Filed April 7; 1950 FIE E Patented Aug. 11, 1931 FUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES E. WILLIAMS, OF SPRING CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT FRANK WILLIAMS, SPRING CITY, PENNSYLVANIA metal foundries.

SHOE

Application filed April 7, 1930. Serial No. 442,329.

This invention relates to shoes provided with side portions of elastic fabric, and specially adapted for the use of molders in This invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts of the shoe as hereinafter fully described and claimed, the quarters being formed of relatively small pieces of leather and being united by an overlapping strip at the heel, thereby enabling the shoe to be manufactured at less expense than heretofore, and being more comfortable for the tendons at the back of the ankle of the wearer.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side View of a shoe constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ankle portion of the shoe, showing the spring catch open and engaging with the overlapping coupling strip. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one quarter with the coupling strip attached to it. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the other quarter. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the coupling strip, showing a modification in which the strip is formed in two pieces. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the adjacent portions of the quarters and a coupling strip, showing a modification in which the strip does not extend to the top of the ankle porshoe are of tion of the shoe. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the top of the coupling strip and the reinforeing piece.

The sole 10, upper 16 and heel 12 of the any approved make. Two

quarters

14 and 15 are provided, and the upper 16 in front of the ankle is preferably formed of a single piece of material. Side portions 17 of elastic material are secured between the upper and the front portions of '40 the

quarters

14 and 15. The lower parts of the two quarters have their adjacent edges placed in abutment with each other and united by an overlapping coupling strip m, 18, as shown in Fig. 3. This strip prefer ably extends from the heel to the ankle por tion of the shoe, and is straight and sub stantially Vertical upon one side edge 19.

The other side edge 20 is straight and parallel to the side edge 19 at its lower part where it overlaps the usual stifiener 13 in-v to the

quarters

14 and 15 about the level of j the top of the stiffener 13, which is indicated by a dotted line in Fig. 1. The upper part of the strip 18 above the stiffener 13 is not secured to the quarter 15, and the two quarters also are not secured together above the stiffener 13 and the stitches 24. The top of the strip 18 is of about the same width as its bottom part, and its edge 25 is inclined inwardly towards its straight edge 19 from its top to a notch 23 formed in the strip a little above the stiffener 13, and is then curved around to join onto the top of the side edge 20. This permits the upper part of the strip and a part of the quarter 14 to form an outer flap Which can be folded back, and it permits a part of the other quarter 15 to be folded outwardly, so that the foot can be inserted in the shoe with great facility. 1

Slots 26 are formed diagonally in the top portion of the quarter 14 and strip 18, and a piece of leather 27 is secured to thecorner portion of the strip 18, which projects be yond the quarter 14, to reinforce the strip.

,Stitches 28 surround the slots, and secure the quarter 14 and the piece 27 to the top part of the strip.

An inner flap 30 of soft material is secured to the inside surface of the quarter -15to project over the adjacent edges of the quarters at the back of the tendons of the ankle of the wearer.

A spring-pressed hook 31 is secured to the quarter 15, and engages with the slots 26. This hook is substantially the same as that shown in Patent No. 1,533,287, issued to me on April 14, 1925, and operates in the same Way.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the coupling strip 18 is made in two pieces sewed together, as it is sometimes preferable to make the upper slotted part of it of a different quality of material from the lower part which is stitched to both of the quarters. The lower part is preferably made of ample breadth, and is made of more flexible material than the slotted flap so that the bottom edge of the lower part can be crimped and secured under the bottom edges of the quarters.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the strip 18 has no upper part, and extends only from the shoe heel to about the level of the top of the stiffener 13. The quarter 14 is extended to form the whole of the outer flap having the slots 26 in it, and to take the place of the upper part of the strip.

hen the hook of the fastening device is inserted in one of the slots and is closed, it draws the ankle portion of the shoe snugly around the ankle of the wearer, and stretches the elastic side portions a little. This prevents any splashes of molten metal from getting into the shoe around the ankle of the wearer, and the single spring fastener permits the shoe to be removed from the foot expeditiously in case of an accident.

What I claim is:

1. In a shoe, an upper, two quarters, elastic side portions secured between the quarters and the upper, an overlapping strip having one side portion secured to one quarter for its full length and having the lower part of its other side portion'secured to the other quarter with its upper part forming a flap, said strip having an inclined outer edge and a notch at the outer side and lower part of the flap, and a fastening device secured to one quarter and engaging with the said flap and operating to contract the ankle portion of the shoe upon the ankle of the wearer.

2. A shoe as set forth in claim 1, the said overlapping strip being formed of an upper part and a lower part secured together, and the lower part being formed of more flexible material than the upper part and having its bottom edge secured under the bottom edges of the quarters.

3. A shoe as set forth in claim 1, the said strip having a reinforcing piece secured to the inner side of the slotted corner portion of it which projects beyond the quarter and. forms a part of the outer flap.

4. In a shoe, an upper, two quarters, elastic side portions secured between the quarters and the upper, an overlapping strip secured to one quarter for its full length and having the lower part of its other side portion secured to the other quarter with its upper part forming a flap, said strip having an inclined outer edge and a notch at the outer side and lower part-of the flap and said strip having inclined slots in its top portion, an inner flap secured to the inner side of the said other quarter and project-