US2071783A

US2071783A - Fur trimmed overshoe

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Publication number: US2071783A
Application number: US43016A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ernest W Dunbar
Original assignee: Cambridge Rubber Co
Current assignee: Cambridge Rubber Co
Priority date: 1935-10-01
Filing date: 1935-10-01
Publication date: 1937-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1954-02-23

Description

Feb. 23, 1937. E, w DUNBAR 2,071,783

FUR TR IMMED OVERSHOE Filed Oct, 1, 1935 Patented Feb. 23, 1937 2,071,783 FUR TRIMIVIED OVERSHOE Ernest W. Dunbar,

Cambridge 7 Hudson, Mass, assignor to Rubber 00.,

Cambridge, Mass, a

corporation of Massachusetts Application October 1, 1935, Serial No. 43,016

4 Glaims.

This invention relates to overshoes and is more especially concerned with that type of rubber overshoe worn by the women.

Considerations of appearance and style often 5 make it desirable to trim footwear of this type with fur. It is also preferable from the standpoint of convenience to avoid the use of fasteners onsuch footwear. Usually the latter object can be readily accomplished in overshoes of ankle l heighth or lower, because of the fact that the upper of the shoe is made partly or wholly of rubber and therefore affords the stretch and elasticity necessary to hold the shoe on the foot while still permitting it to be easily taken off or 16 put on again. But when a fur trimming is stitched or otherwise secured to the margin of the upper the elasticity of this portion of the shoe necessarily is sacrificed. The present invention deals more especially with these con- 20 siderations. It aims to devise a fur trimmed rubber overshoe, preferably devoid of fasteners,

which can be put on and taken off with the same convenience as the usual untrimmed rubber overshoe.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an overshoe constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, with parts cut away in order better to show certain details of con- 35 struction, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shoe without the trimming.

The main body of the shoe shown may be made by any convenient or suitable method, the con- 40 struction illustrated comprising a rubber sole 2, a heel 3, and an upper 4 made of sheet rubber combined with a suitable lining fabric. In this particular shoe the upper is made in two sections joined together by a back seam 5, Fig. 2, and

45 a front seam 6. The rubber of course possesses an inherent stretch and elasticity and the lining material should have a degree of stretch suited to the requirements of the particular design of shoe in which it is used. In order to give the 50 ankle height required, while still facilitating the operation of putting the shoe on and taking it off, the shoe is provided with front and rear portions 1 and 8, respectively, which projects considerably above the level of the intermediate side 55 portions of the upper. In other words the sides are notched as shown at 9 and HLFig. 3, while both the front and rear portions rise substantially above the level of 'these notched sections.

A similar shape has been used in rubber footwear heretofore. 5 The fur trimming is applied in two sections.

The rear section, indicated at I2, starts at the notch 9 on one side of the shoe and runs around the margin of the upper to the notchill at the opposite side. This section is stitched to the 10 edge portion of the upper and naturally limits severely the elasticity of this part of the shoe. However, by leaving the front portion of the upper untrimmed with fur and cutting this part of the upper centrally from the top down into the instep, as shown on IS, the natural elasticity of the upper material in the forepart of the shoe is made available in producing the desired stretch necessary to facilitate putting the shoe on and. pulling it off, and in addition the portion of the instep at opposite sides of the slit [3 are permitted to spread much more than otherwise would be possible and thus affords increased room for the entrance or withdrawal of the foot.

In order to give the shoe the appearance ofhaving a completely fur trimmed upper, a second strip of fur trimming I4 is sewed to the upper edge of the tongue l5. The top of this tongue is made considerably wider than usual so that it extends almost from the notch 9 to notch Ill and this entire edge is trimmed with fur. Consequently the two fur sections l2 and M at the back and front of the shoe cooperate to simulate closely the appearance of a shoe with its upper edge fully trimmed with fur. At the same time the entire portion of the shoe in front of the notches 9 and I0 is left with its normal elasticity and stretch, since none of the fur trimming is attached to this part of the upper. The tongue I5 is desirably secured to the upper only at its lower 4 end, being otherwise entirely free from the upper, so that it does not reduce or restrict the elasticity or extensibility of the forepart of the upper. This may conveniently be done by slitting the lining at H, Fig. 2, and extending the lower end of the tongue through this slit so that the upper rubber ply of the tongue will be united to the rubber ply of the upper during the vulcanizing operation. Normally the fur of the section l4 overlies the upper edge of the slit l3 and partly conceals it.

Preferably a front piece iii of rubber, molded to imitate fasteners, is secured centrally to the instep portion of the shoe where it contributes to v the attractiveness and general design of the shoe.

The invention thus produces an overshoe which is substantially as convenient to use as the ordinary untrimmed overshoe and which, in addition, has the added attractiveness and the increased warmth furnished by the fur trimming.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:-

1. A rubber overshoe'having an instep portion and being provided with a fur trimming extending along the upper margin of the rear portion of the upper of the shoe from one side of the upper around the back portion to the opposite side, a tongue in said shoe, said tongue underlying said instep portion and being secured at its lower portion thereto and free at its upper end, and. a separate piece of fur trimming secured to the upper margin of said tongue and cooperating with the previously mentioned trimming to give the effect of an upper completely trimmed with fur.

2. A rubber overshoe having an instep portion and having an upper provided with relatively deep notches in the opposite sides thereof and having front and rear portions projecting substantially above the level of said notches, a strip of fur trimming secured to the margin of said upper and extending from the notch on one side of the upper to that on the other side, a tongue in said shoe, said tongue underlying said instep portion and being secured at its lower portion thereto and free at its upper end, and a separate piece of fur trimming secured to the upper margin of said tongue and cooperating with the previously mentioned fur trimming to give the efiect of an upper completely trimmed with fur.

3. A rubber overshoe according to preceding claim 1, in which the upper of the shoe is centrally slit from its upper edge to a point in the instep portion of the shoe and the trimming on said tongue partly conceals said slit portion of the upper.

4. A rubber overshoe having an instep portion, and being provided with a fur trimming extending along the upper margin of the rear portion of the upper of the shoe from one side of the upper around the back portion to the opposite side, a tongue in said shoe underlying said instep portion and secured at its lower portion thereto and free at its upper end, said tongue being shaped to provide an upper margin extending completely across the instep portion from a point at one side of the shoe to a point at the other side of the shoe, and a separate piece of fur trimming secured to the upper margin of said tongue and cooperating with the previously mentioned trimming to give the effect of an upper completely trimmed with fur.

ERNEST W. DUNBAR.