US1967914A

US1967914A - Shoe and method of making the same

Info

Publication number: US1967914A
Application number: US589777A
Authority: US
Inventors: Troy Seymour
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-01-30
Filing date: 1932-01-30
Publication date: 1934-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1951-07-24

Description

July 24, 1934. s. TROY SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Jan. 30, 1932 INVENTOR BY ATTORNEY Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Seymour Troy, New York, N. Y.

Application January 30,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to shoes and a method for making them, and, more specifically, to slippers, pumps and the like which have a relatively low opening for receiving the foot.

In general it is an object of this invention to provide a method and product resulting therefrom of the character described which is simple and economical of construction, which can be expeditiously and conveniently manufactured and assembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shoe which shows neither stitching nor tape along its upper edge.

Another object is to provide a shoe, the upper of which extends over the upper edge and hides all means for securing the upper to the Other objects of the invention will lining. in part be nection with the accompanying which drawing, in

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of a portion of the shoe shown in Fig. 2 taken along Fig. 3 is a cross-section the lines 2-2; and

of an upper, a lining and a binding tape at one step in the process of making the shoe shown in Fig. 1.

The appearance which a shoe presents is an important feature in the marketing and sale of footwear. It is highly desirable that the struc tural elements be hidden from View and that in as details which look simple and neat as far are not purely decorative are concerned. The present invention supplies a shoe wherein the outer firmly secured to the covering,

known as the upper, is lining by stitching immce diately adjacent the rim surrounding the ankle, but which, nevertheless, shows no stitching either inside or outside. ing tape is used in Furthermore, although bindthe shoe construction, it is merely to be folded sham edge within the shoe to wear against hoisery.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in 1932, Serial No. 589,777

the drawing the upper 11 of the shoe 10 extends over the edge or topmost rim 12 and is so stitched to the lining 13 that although a seam is visible on the inside of the shoe, the stitches are completely hidden. In the building of the shoe .60 a lining 13 is secured between the upper 11 and a binding tape i l by stitching 15 along a common edge, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper is then drawn up and over the common edge and brought down on the other side until it is again parallel 65 and in contact with the lining except for that portion bent over the common edge as shown in Fig. 2.

The binding tape 14, which is preferably used to impart a certain desirable stiffness and formretaining property to the upper edge of the shoe, is thus shown to be positioned between the upper and the lining, and hidden from view by the enveloping fold of the upper. It will be apparent that the surfaces of the upper and the lining which are to be seen in the completed shoe must have been face-to-face during the stitching so that when the upper is drawn or folded over the top in the manner described, these surfaces may be exposed. If desired, an adhesive in the space 16 may further unite the inner lining and upper and a canvas stiffener or interlining of the usual type may be employed.

In a shoe made by the above process the stitching and tape are entirely invisible. There is no 85 outward bulge of tape. The final product is simple, smart and attractive.

Since certain changes in carrying out the above process, and certain modifications in the article which embody the invention may be made without departing from its scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting I sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shoe, in combination with an upper and. 1 5 a lining a binding tape stitched to said upper and said lining, said parts being so arranged and the upper being so folded as to hide from View all of said stitching and all of said binding tape, and means also completely hidden from view by said positioned and held against relative movement that the upper extends partially within the inner portion of the shoe, the lining of the shoe and every means of attaching the lining to the upper being completely invisible when the shoe is worn.

SEYMOUR TROY.