US2058215A

US2058215A - Shoe

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Publication number: US2058215A
Application number: US42173A
Authority: US
Inventors: Costanzo Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-09-26
Filing date: 1935-09-26
Publication date: 1936-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1953-10-20

Description

patented Oct. 2 0, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 snor:

Joseph Costanzo, New York, N. Y. Y Application September 26,1935, Serial No. 42,173 3 Claims. (Cl. 36-18) This invention relates to shoes and more particularly to shoes known in the trade as turn type shoes.

The principal object of the invention is the production of a shoe of exceedingly durable and simple construction which may be cheaply manufactured and which will conform more readily to the contour of the foot of the wearer and be more comfortable than other shoes at the present time manufactured and sold.

A further object of the invention is-the production of a shoe which will closely fit or hub the arch of the foot of the wearer and which will not sag or lose its shape at the place known as the shank of the shoe, and at the parts adjacent to said shank.

A further object of the invention is the production of a shoe having a construction permitting the utilization of a shank of exceedingly narrow dimensions to thereby enhance the appearance of the shoe.

To accomplish the purposes of the invention, among other things, I preferably dispense with what are known as the shoulders in the sole of the shoe at the shank portion thereof and for an appreciable distance extending from the shank toward both the heel and forward portion of the sole and sewing the lower edge of the upper of the shoe directly to the edge of the sole at the places just referred to, said sewing being effected in a new and improved manner to provide an exceedingly tight and strong juncture between the upper and the sole. The edge of the sole at the shank and adjacent portions thereof is also preferably, but not necessarily, bevelled inwardly to produce a joint between the upper and the sole at this point which will be smooth and of pleasing appearance and in which the juncture between the parts will be scarcely discernible.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel shoe hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing showing a practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the shoe (partially in section) showing the invention with the parts reversed.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the shoe turned right side out.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sole per se on a smaller scale.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is across-section on the line 66 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 1-1 Ufa? Fig. 515 a. horizontal section on the line the upper portion at 2, which may be of'one or..1 0

more thicknesses of materiaLand an exceedingly thin shank portion 'of the sole at 3. The upper may be made of leather or any other suitable 'material and, as ordinarily, may be decorated according to taste, but these features form no part l ti of the present invention. The forward portion of thesole and heel'of the sole are provided as ordinarily with shoulders 4, formed in' the leather, while the edges of the shank 3 per se are unshouldered and said unshouldered portions 20 extend for an appreciable extent toward the heel and forward portion of the sole and approximately intermediate the points on the indicated drawing at A and X on either side of the sole and they then merge into the shoulders 4. These un- 5 shouldered portions are also preferably bevelled inwardly as indicated at 5 although the bevelling need not necessarily be employed to properly practice the invention. The sole is also provided except at the central part of the shank portion 3, 30

with conventional channels 5 adjacent the shoulders 4.

At the heel portion and forward end of the sole the lower edge of the upper is secured to the sole by stitching 6, this stitching passing 35 through the lower edges of the upper and through the shoulders 4 and channels 5'. This method of securing an upper to a sole is a conventional one. At the places (A and X) between the end of the shoulders and the shank 40 per se, however, the lower edge of the upper is stitched directly to the bevelled edges 5 through the channels 5 by stitching 6. At the immediate or central part of the shank portion the shoulders 4 not only' are eliminated but the 45 channels 5' as well and a secure and strong union between the upper and sole is obtained by stitching the lower edge of the upper on one side to the bevelled edge of the sole and through a notch or other anchoring part or device I 50 stitching with the stitching just described which 55 has been made on the opposite side. In other words, each bevelled side 5 of the shank of the sole is stitched to a lower edge of the upper 2 as well as to the notch 1, the stitchings which are indicated at 8 and 8 being interlocked with each other, the channels 5' having been eliminated at this point (adjacent the notch) as will be understood from the foregoing description.

From the stitchings at the shank 3 just described it will be apparent that the stitching 8 on one side between the shank and the upper and the juncture between the parts on that side are not dependent for their support or durability on the stitching 8' and the juncture between the parts on the other side, although inasmuch as the said stitchings are interlocked with each other after passing through the notch 1, each stitching reinforces and strengthens the other. This manner of attachment between the upper and the sole produces an exceedingly durable and strong joint between the upper and the shank and the portions adjacent to said "shank 'while allowing the shoe to conform to the configuration of the foot of the wearer and at the same time giving'comfort to the wearer and preventing the shoe irom falling or becoming displaced from its normal shape at this portion. It

will be understood that after the upper is attached to the sole in the manner just described the upper is reversed so'that the stitchings are hidden from view and the shoe may then be finished in any way desired.

Various modificationsrmay of course be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:

1. A shoe having an upper portion and a sole notch.

portion formed with a shank of relatively narrow width and having a downwardly extending notch therein and inwardly bevelled edges, said upper portion being secured to said shank at both bevelled edges thereof by stitchings each passing through said upper portion, bevelled edge and notch and. interlocked one with the other at the point of said notch.

2. A shoe having an upper and a sole formed with a shank of relatively narrow width and having a notch therein, the edges of said sole being provided at its front and rear parts with shoulders merging with unshouldered portions of said sole, said upper being secured to said shoulders by stitchings and said unshouldered portions being secured to said upper by stitchings, said last-named stitchings each passing through said upper, shank and notch and interlocked one with the other at the point of said notch.

' v 3. A shoe having an upper and a sole formed with a shank'of relatively narrow width and having a notch therein, the edges of said sole being provided at its front and rear parts with shoulders merging with unshouldered portions of said sole centrally thereof and channels on said sole adjacent its edge with its ends terminating at points adjacent the ends of said notch, said upper being secured to said sole, except at its shank, by stitchings passing through said shoulders and-channels and the shank being secured to said upper by stitchings each passing through said upper, shank and notch and interlocked one with-the other at the point of said JOSEPH COSTANZO.