US1922058A - Ornamental heel - Google Patents

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g- 15, 1933- c. MILLER El AL 1,922,058

ORNAMENTAL HEEL Filed May 21, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 15, 1933 PATENT OFFICE ORNAMENTAL HEEL Charles Miller, Long Island City, and Maynard Lieberman, Bronx, N. Y.

Application May 21, 1930. Serial No. 454,233

5 Claims.

This invention relates to the shoe art and deals more specifically with a method of finishing and ornamenting heels of ladies shoes. In our copending application Serial No. 414,820, filed December 17, 1929, we have disclosed in detail the process and apparatus for coloring celluloid covered heels of ladies shoes to match any desired color, such as, for example, the color of the upper leather of the shoe to which the heel is attached. This application is a continuation in part of our aforesaid copending application, and comprehends an extension of the principles outlined in our aforesaid application and an application of them to the problem of ornamenting celluloid covered heels.

In its broadest aspect this invention comprises the use of a stencil cut out with a pattern of the desired ornamental design to be applied to the heel; and the application of the coloring material over the stencilheld in position on the heel, whereby the ornamental design is applied.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 shows an ornamented shoe heel and Fig. 2 shows a similar shoe heel with a stencil still adhering to it.

As a specific example of the method involved herein for ornamenting a celluloid covered heel, we take a sheet of celluloid such as is at present used in the coating of wooden heels for ladies shoes, dip the coating in a suitable organic solvent such as butyl acetate or acetone, for example, whereby to render the same pliable and tacky. It is understood, of course, that the desired pattern may be cut out of the celluloid coating either before or after the coating is shaped to the heel, preferably before; and the thus treated celluloid sheet is applied to the celluloid covered heel to be treated whereby to contact smoothly and intimately therewith. Of course, if it is desired to apply a design which occupies only a small portion of the surface of the heel, the stencil or coating need not necessarily cover the entire surface of the heel but may be of just sufficient size to insure proper application of the design at the desired point. However, we prefer in all cases to utilize a stencil which is identical in contour with and completely covers the heel.

to which it is applied, except perhaps at the breast face of the heel. We next apply a coating of a suitable organic solvent such as butyl acetate or acetone, as is more fully set forth in our aforesaid copending application, whereby to I render the celluloid covering of the heel, as distinguished from the celluloid stencil, sufiiciently tacky to receive the coloring material. We next spray, or otherwise apply, a coating of the coloring material of the desired color and shade over the stencil with the result that the desired design is applied to the heel. It remains now only to remove the celluloid stencil which may be easily accomplished by pulling the same off the heel. 0 We have found in practice that the use of a celluloid stencil gives highly desirable results and thatthe same stencil may be used repeatedly in this process.

It will be understood that the present invention is not limited to the use of any particular material for the stencil nor for any particular composition of organic solvents or dyeing material. We have found as a practical matter that the materials disclosed in our aforesaid copending application for rendering the celluloid tacky and also for coloring the celluloid as desired are practical and give highly desirable results. Reference is made to our aforesaid copending application for the composition of solvent and coloring materials used. Also the methods of spraying disclosed in our copending application are utilized in practicing the present invention, but we may also apply the chemicals to the heel by painting or dipping. I

There are several alternatives to the use of the celluloid stencil as herein described, such as for example, tinfoil or any other thin pliable metal which may be suitably cut and conveniently applied to the celluloid covered heel to permit the color design to be applied with satisfactory sharpness and uniformity. We have also found that stencils stamped out of upper leather or certain woven fabrics of sufficiently compact texture to prevent the passage of the dye therethrough may also be used with equal facility.

Insofar as we are aware of the state of the art we are the first to apply ornamental designs to heels for ladies shoes whereby to produce the desirable result of having an ornament upon a heel which may be suitably chosen to match or harmonize with any ornament on the shoe, or even any ornament or article of clothing of the wearer. We therefore do not intend to be limited 100 to the details of the present disclosure but shall claim this process and resulting article broadly.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. The method of ornamenting a celluloid covered heel which comprises applying a stencil to said heel, applying a coating of a solvent for celluloid to render the same tacky and then ap- 2. The method of ornamenting a celluloid covered heel which comprises rendering a. celluloid stencil pliable and tacky by applying a solvent for the celluloid, shaping said stencil to the curveture of said heel, and causing the stencil and heel to adhere to each other due to the tacky condition of the stencil, spraying a coating of coloring material through said stencil, and removing said stencil.

3. The method of ornamenting a celluloid covered hee which comprises to said heel, spraying, a. coating of a solvent for celluloid to render the some tacky and then spraying a. coating of a coloring material through said stencil while the celluloid is tacky, and removing said stencil.

4. The method of ornmnenting celluloid covered heels which have been attached to shoes, which comprises the steps of rendering the contacting applying a stencil 7 surfaces of the heel and a stencil tacky whereby to cause the some to adhere to each other, applying a solvent for celluloid over said stencil to render the same tacky, spraying a, coating of a coloring material over said stencil while the celluloid is tacky, and removing the stencil.

5. A method of ornamenting celluloid covered heels ich have been attached to shoes, which comprises the st his the contacting feces of the heel e stencil to adhere to each other due to the tack nature of one of said so ...ces, applying a solvent for celluloid over said stencil to re .der the some tool: applying a

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