US1838720A

US1838720A - Wearing attachment for footwear

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Publication number: US1838720A
Application number: US445705A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry F Tschirgi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-04-19
Filing date: 1930-04-19
Publication date: 1931-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 1948-12-29

Description

Dec. 29, 1931. H. F. TSCHIRGI 1,838,720

WEARING ATTACHMENT FOR FOOTWEAR Filed April 19, 1950 fave/770K flurry f Bab/1:91

- the user, and that may Patented Dec. 29, 1931' HARRY r. 'rsonrner, or ron'rLAnn, onneon' AR-rive ATTACHMENT non roo rwnan Application filed. April 19,

My device is primarily intended for use by lumbermen, loggers, Alpine climbers, wood men, and others. It consists primarily of a body element detachably attachable to the shoe, or boot, of the wearer and having adjustable means associated therewith for fixedly positioning the same upon the shoe, or boot, and having means for detachably re leasing the same from the footwear when not in use.

T he primary object of my device is to provide a metallic attachment that may be dotachably attachedto footwear and that may be manually released, when desired, and removed from the footwear when occasion requires.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a simply constructed device that may be carried upon the person of be secured to the footwear when occasion demands without delay and without any other facilities for attaching the same other than that provided upon the device itself.

A still further object of my device consists in providing a device that may be carried in the pocket and that may be detachably attached to the footwear. The device will remain fixedly positioned upon the footwear until it is released therefrom.

Heretofore it has been the general custom in devices of this kind to make the calks integral with the footwear, which required the changing of the footwear when buildings,

- hotels, homes, depots and other places are entered. This, many times, is not practicable and where a long hilreis required to be made it necessitated the party making the hike to use hob-nailed shoes with which they are not accustomed to wearing. In many instances the footwear does not fit the wearer of the same. 7

Through the use of my new and improved device the same may be attached to the shoe, or boot, to which the user is accustomed and which may be removed as required for any purpose. I

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of 'guidewaysinto which the slide 1930. Serial No. 445,705.

parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification. I

In the drawings: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective, side view of a shoe illustrating one of my new andfimproved devices disposed thereupon. a

V Fig. 2 is an inverted, plan view of the shoe illustrating one of my newand improved devices disposed thereupon. 'Fig. 3 is a side view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 2, and illustrating the same removed from the shoe. v

Fig. 4 is a side view of a shoe, illustrating a modified form of device disposed thereupon, r a

Fig. 5 is an inverted plan viewof the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, perspective, top plan view of the toe end of the device illus' trated in Fig. 4 and in Fig. 5. i

Fig.7 is a fragmentary, sect1onal,side View of the attaching end of the heel portion of the device, the same being taken on line 7- of Fig. 4,1oolring in the direction indicated.

Like reference characters refer to like parts'throughout the several views.

I preferably form my device of a body element 1 having a toe engaging recess 2 disposed atthe toe end of the device. The recess is preferably formed by the upward formingof the forward end of the device as illustrated at 3 andjhaving a reverse ledge l disposed thereupon and rearwardly extending therefrom. The distance between the ledge Aand the body eleme ntof the device is.

substantially thethickness of the sole of the shoe. The. distanceis so provided in order that'thetoe end of the sole may be made to engage directly within therecess 2. Ears 5 and 6 are formed at the rear end of the body element. The ears are so shaped as to form

bars

7 and 8 are made to engage. A reactingelement 9 is pivotally disposedabout a supporting pin 10. The free ends element are made to pass through ears 13'" 11 and 12 of the reacting loo and 14 that outwardly extend from the

fastening slides

7 and 8. Each of the slides have upturned ends as illustrated at 16 in Fig. 1 and a ledge 17 is disposed upon the outer ends of the fastening slides to engage about the sole of the footwear just forward of the heel 18. The reacting element maintains the slides in intimate contact with the sole of the shoe at all times. The slides are disposed rearwardly sufiiciently to engage substantially at the narrowest portion of the sole to thereby maintain the device fixedly upon the sole of the footwear. Calks 19 are removably disposed within the body element.

sole in which The device may be made as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, ,6 and 7 wherein the body element 20 ismade of hardened metal material having calks 21 formed integral with the body element and outwardly extending therefrom. A toe engaging recess 22 is formed at the toe end of the body element. The device has locking

resilient bars

23 and 24 hingedly secured to the rearward portion of the body element, the same being secured to the body element by any suitable fastening means as by

rivets

25 and 26. Each of the

fastening bars

23 and 24 has a recess 27 disposed in its outer end adapted to pass about the sole of the footwear with a return ledge 28 terminating the free end of the bars. A hook 29 may be made to engage the upper surface of the sole to lock the same relative thereto. When the

bars

23 and 24 arevmade toengage the outer surface of the sole and the same are stressed into placethe body element is fixedly positioned relative to the position the same may be Worn until manually removed.

A device thus made may be placed upon the footwear with ease and when the tramp has been finished the device may be readily .removed from the footwear and thrown away or placed in the pocket of the wearer.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a body element, a sole receiving recess disposed in the toe end of the .body element, guideways formed the heel end of the body element, slide bars slidably disposed within the guideways, sole receiving ends terminating the outer ends of each of the slide bars, and yielding elements for normally maintaining the slide bars in retracted position secured to the body element and enrssavzo gaging each of the slide bars at their inner ends.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a body element, .a sole receiving recess disposed within the toe end of the body element, a cut out disposed within the heel end of the body element, guideways formed at the heel end of the body element on each side of the cut out, bars slidably disposed within the guideways, upturned ends terminating the outer ends of the bars, ears disposed upon the inner ends of the bars, and spring elements fixedly secured to the body element on their one end and having their free end disposed within the ears, said spring elements adapted to normally maintain the bars in retracted position.

HARRY F. TSCHIRGI.