US1952613A

US1952613A - Arch support

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Publication number: US1952613A
Application number: US678560A
Authority: US
Inventors: Myer S Silver
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-07-01
Filing date: 1933-07-01
Publication date: 1934-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 1951-03-27

Description

March 27, 1934. M. s. UER 1,952,613

ARCH SUPPORT Filed July l, 1933 n( 16 rmmly Y. bi1/ffm'.

Patented Mar. 27, 1934 oil-*Fics UNITED STATES P 5 claims.

This invention relates to arch supports adapted to be worn inside of a shoe, and more particularly to suoli arch supports in which the supporting element may be adjusted to the correct position.

Devices of the above character are designed to correct or alleviate trouble due to the falling or displacement of the metatarsal bones of the foot, and in order to secure satisfactory results, it is necessary that the support be located at exactly the correct position to suitthe particular requirements of each'individual wearer.

' The object of the present invention, therefore, is to devise an arch support of this character,

' comprising a pad or cushion having means by which it may be readily adjusted to the foot of the Wearerbefore beingplaced in the shoe,

and when once adjusted, will be locked in position so as to indennitely retain the adjustment.

With the above general object in view, aswell as to improve upon the details of construction of such devices, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an inverted plan view of my improved arch supporting device;

Fig, 2 is a longitudinal section substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, my improved device is in the nature of an insole made up of a lower layer consisting of an outside sheet l of woven material or the like, and a superposed sheet 2 of buckram or the like, coeXtensive with the sheet 1 and secured thereto by adhesive or otherwise, and an upper layer 3 of soft fiexible leather or similar material secured to the lower layer, as by means of a marginal series of stitches 4. The buckram imparts the necessary stiffness to the insole.

At the rear or heel portion A of the insole, the layers may be cemented together, but adiacent the forward end B of the insole, the two layers are spaced apart to provide a pocket 5, as shown in 2, this pocket being completely closed by the stitching 4.

Adjustably held within this pocket is a yielding pad or cushion 6 preferably made of soft resilient material such as sponge rubber. and also preferably being of curved and tapered form, as shown in the drawing. The soft rubber is preferably secured at its iiat or lower side to a base '7 of thin leather or the like.

Formed in the bottom layer 1 of the insole adjacent the center of the pocket 5 is an elongated opening 9, made to receive my improved fastening or anchoring device for the pad. As shown in the drawing, this comprises a U-shaped rivet or staple 8 penetrating and permanently attached to the base 'l of the pad, as shown in Fig. 2, and a sheet metal clip 10 passing through this staple and extending at right angles to the length of the opening 9. The ends of this clip are wider than` the middle portion thereof, so that when. the staple has been placed over it and riveted in position, the clip cannot escape from the staple. The clip 10 is of relatively thin, exible metal such as brass, and has punched up from each end thereof sharp pointed prongs 11, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The method of assembling the device is as follows. The clip 10 is first secured to the base 7 of the pad by means of the staple 8, as described. The pad is then placed upon the lower layer of the insole and the clip 10 is passed through the opening 9, it being understood that this clip may be folded or bent into V-shape for this purpose, somewhat as illmtrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The upper layer 3 is then applied to the lower layer of the insole, thus enclosing the pad in the pocket, with the clip or anchoring device 10 projecting out through the opening 9 in the lower layer.

This anchoring device thus constitutes means which may be readily grasped with the fingers in order to shift the position of the pad 6 in the pocket. The elongated opening 9 permits a maximum amount of adjustment longitudinally 9 0 of the insole, and also an adjustment transversely7 of the opening 9.

In practice, the insole is fitted to the foot of the wearer by being applied thereto so that the heel portion A registers with the heel of the A95 foot. The pad 6 is then adjusted to the correct position and the end portions of the clip 10 bent over into contact with the lower layer l of the insole and the prongs 11 pushed in and caused to penetrate this layer. These prongs thus posilOO tively engage the insole at each side of the opening 9, and serve to lock the pad in adjusted position. When the insole is then placed in the shoe, the pressure of the foot serves to maintain the engagement of the prongs 11 with the insole and T105 thus prevents any possible slippage or movement or the pad.

In order to insure that the insole itself will not shift its position after being placed in the shoe, I preferably provide means for permanent- 1,10

ly securing the insole in place. As shown in the drawing, this means consists of one or more, preferably two, thumb tacks 12 inserted in the lower sheet 1 with their heads between that sheet and sheet 2 and their points projecting out the bottom side oi the insole. I have found the ordinary and well known thumb tacks entirely suitable for this purpose because of the large area of their heads which when mounted between the two sheets of the lower layer prevents twisting or bending of the points of the tacks. The buckram serves as a stii backing for the heads of the tacks. The insole is carefully placed in position with the heel portion tting the heel portion of the shoe and is then secured to the shoe by means of the tacks 12.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided an improved means for adjusting an arch supporting pad and for positively locking it in adjusted position before it is inserted in the shoe, and it is thought that the many advantages of my invention will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, without further discussion.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising an insole having upper and lower` layers secured together at their edges to provide a pocket between said layers, a yielding, non-removable pad adjustably held within said pocket, one of said layers having an opening therein adjacent said pad, and an anchoring device attached to said pad and projecting through said opening, said anchoring device having means positively engaging the insole adjacent the said opening to lock the pad in adjusted position.

2. A device of the class described comprising an insole having upper and lower layers secured together at their edges to provide a pocket between said layers, a yielding, non-removable pad adjustably held within said pocket, one of said layers having an opening therein adjacent said pad, and a flexible anchoring device attached to said pad and projecting through said opening, said anchoring device having portions adapted to be bent into positive engagement with the insole at the sides of said opening to lock the pad in adjusted position.

3. A device of the class described comprising an insole having upper and lower layers secured together at their edges to provide a pocket between said layers, a yielding, non-removable pad adjustably held within said pocket, the lower layer having an opening therein adjacent said pad, and an anchoring device attached to said pad and projecting through said opening, said anchoring device having means positively engaging said lower layer near said opening and held in such engagement by the weight of the wearer, to maintain the pad in any position to which it may be adjusted.

4. A device of the class described comprising an insole having upper and lower layers secured together at their edges to provide a pocket between said layers, a yielding, non-removable pad adjustably held within said pocket, the lower layer having an opening therein adjacent said pad, and an anchoring device attached to said pad and projecting through said opening, said anchoring device having prongs adapted to penetrate the lower layer near said opening to hold the pad in adjusted position.

5. A device of the class described comprising an insole having upper and lower layers secured together at their edges to provide a pocket between j.Y

said layers, said lower layer comprising an outer sheet and a superposed sheet of stiffening material and being provided with an opening communicating with said pocket, a non-removable pad adjustably held within said pocket, an anchoring device attached to said pad and projecting through said opening, said device having means positively engaging the insole adjacent said opening to lock the pad in adjusted position, and a plurality oi thumb tacks mounted between the two sheets of said lower layer with their points projecting through said outer sheet for securing said insole in adjusted position in a shoe.

MYER S. SILVER.