US1970152A

US1970152A - Lace tip

Info

Publication number: US1970152A
Application number: US629777A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stangler Jack
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-08-22
Filing date: 1932-08-22
Publication date: 1934-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 1951-08-14

Description

LACE TIP Original Filed Aug. 22, 1932 INVENTOR ATTORNEY .J. STANGLER 1,970,152

Patented Aug. 14, 1934 LACE Till? Jack Stangler, Comstock, N. Y.

Application August 22, 1932, Serial No. 629,777 Renewed January 22, 1934 3 Claims.

The invention is a lace that may be used for shoe strings or the like having a tip with projections extending at the end which may be bent outward to hold the lace in an eyelet or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a lace having a tip that may readily be bent outward to hold the lace in an eyelet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tip for holding the end of a lace cord or the like in a holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tip for holding the end of a lace or the like in an opening which may readily be attached to the lace.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tip that may readily be attached to the end of a lace or the like which may be bent by hand to hold the lace in an opening.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a tip for holding the tip of a lace which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these ends in View the invention embodies a tip formed of a thin piece of metal that may readily be crimped on the end of a lace or the like in which the tip is provided with extensions that'may readily be bent outward to hold the lace in an opening.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the device as it may be used in a shoe.

Figure 2 is a view showing a lace with tips on the ends thereof.

Figure 3 is a view showing a tip on an enlarged scale in which two extensions are provided at the end thereof and with the projections slightly open.

Figure 4 is a View looking toward the end of the tip with the extensions opened and showing four extensions.

Figure 5 is a cross section thru a piece of material, that may be a portion of a shoe showing the end of a lace held therein.

Figure 6 is a View showing a tip as it may be stamped from a piece of material and before it is crimped on the lace.

Figure 7 is a detail showing a cross section thru a tip fastened to the end of a lace or the like.

In the drawing the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral 1 indicates the body of the clip, numeral 2 the projections or extensions, and numeral 3 a lace to which the clip may be attached.

The body of the clip 1 may be made of a flat piece of material, as shown in Figure 6, or may be made tubular, as shown in Figures 3 and 7, or of any other shape or design. At one end of the body are the projections 2 which extend outward and it will be understood that these projections may be of any shape or design and the clip may be formed of any number of projections. It will be noted that the body 1 may be stamped from a flat piece of material, as shown in Figure 6, and then folded over or crimped around the end of a lace, 55 as shown in Figures 3 and '7, and indentations 4 may be made therein to hold the clip in place. It will be understood that any other means may be used for holding the clip to the end of the lace and also that the projections may be formed at the end of the body by any other means.

It will be understood that other changes may be made in the device without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the use of other means for providing 7 projecting pieces of material at the end of the lace that may readily be bent outward to hold the lace in place, another may be in the use of a tubular body, as shown in Figure 3, and the projections may be formed thereon by splitting the tube, as 8 shown, and still another may be in the use of the clip for any other purpose other than the lace, as shown and described.

The constructionwill bereadily understood from the foregoing description. In use the clip may be formed, as shown in Figure 6, with any number of projections extending therefrom, and this may be bent over or around a lace and crimped thereto so that it will be permanently attached to the lace, by any means desired. It is preferred to use an elastic lace when using the device for shoes and the lace may be laced in the shoe, as shown in Figure 1, or in any other manner. When inserting the lace one end may be inserted thru an eyelet 5 and the other laced thru the other eyelets, as shown, so that the free end may be placed thru an eyelet 6. When the ends are placed thru the eyelets the projections 2 may be bent outward by hand, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, and it will be noted that these projections will hold the lace in the eyelets and by using an elastic lace it will be possible to put the shoe on and oif without removing the clips. It will be understood that the clip may also be used on laces or cords of any other description and for any other purpose. The essential feature being that the clips are attached to the ends of a lace, as shown in Figure 2, and as the ends of the lace are inserted thru eyelets the projections 2 are opened to hold the ends therein. It will also be noted that the projections may be bent backward to the original position should it be desired to remove the lace.

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

1. In a clip for laces or the like, a member having projections extending therefrom adapted to be crimped to the end of a lace, and said projections extending parallel to the axis of the lace and adapted to be bent to positions perpendicular to the axis of the lace.

2. In a clip for laces or the like, a cylindrical member adapted to be crimped over the end of a.

lace with the end of the lace stopping about midway thereof, the portion of said member extending beyond the end of the lace having slits therein, and the portions between the slits adapted to be bent at right angles to the axis of the member.

3. In a clip for laces or the like, a member adapted to be secured to the end of a lace with a portion thereof extending beyond the end of the lace, said extending portion adapted to be bent outward to secure the end of the lace in an eyelet or the like.

JACK STANGLER.