US2179027A - Stocking protector - Google Patents

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m STOCKING PROTECTOR Filed Nov. 23, 1957 -INVENTOR. H R .TAY LOR ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES STOCKING PROTECTOR Harry R. Taylor, Portland, reg., assignor of onehalf to Buford V. Bridgewater, Portland, Oreg.

Application November 23, 1937, Serial No. 176,064

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to foot wear and particularly to a stocking protector.

The main object of this invention is the construction of an exceedingly simple and efficient form of stocking protector adapted to be inserted in a shoe around its upper margin for the purpose of protecting the stocking while the shoe is being polished.

The second object is the construction of a device of the class described which will be economical to manufacture, easy to insert in the shoe and easy to remove therefrom.

The third object is to construct a device of the class described which will lend itself to use as an advertising medium.

I accomplish these and other objects in the manner set forth in the following specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of the preferred form of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the device used in an ordinary form of oxford.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the device used in connection with what is known'as the tie-shoe.

Fig. 5 is a plan of an accessory used in connection with the tie-shoe. r

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device itself formed in a wearing position.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown a V-shaped body member Ill of cardboard or other suitable material having the convex outer corner II and a concave inner. corner l2. Radial slots l3 may be formed near the ends of the curved portion l l to facilitate fitting the device to the foot of the wearer. The ends I4 ma be squared as shown or rounded.

In Fig. 5 is shown a tongue l5 which is used in conjunction with the body member l0 when tie-shoes are being polished. When the ordinary oxford I1 is beingpolished the body member Ill alone is suflicient. i

The operation of the device is as follows:

Before commencing the polishing of a shoe, while it is being worn, the shoe black first slips the body member In into position shown in Fig. 3 or if a tie-shoe I6 is worn, he first inserts the tongue 15 as shown in Fig. 4 and then proceeds with the polishing operation.

i It will be noted that the upper edge N3 of the body I0 is kept above the upper edge I9 of the shoe H5 or I! leaving a suflicient protecting area which will prevent the stocking 20 from becoming soiled.

It must be understood that the exact details l terial employed therein may also vary according to the requirements without departing from the spirit of this invention.

I claim:

l A stocking protector of the. class described consisting of a strip of fiat flexible material having two elongated ends normal to each other and characterized by having the junction of said ends curved in the manner that the shapes of the inner and outer edges thereof are substantial ly identical.

2. A stocking protector of the class describe consisting when completed of a strip of flat flexible material the opposite ends of which are normal to each other and the intermediate portion I of which is curved in a manner to join said ends with a rounded corner whereby the inner and outer edges of said strip are substantially identical in shape.

HARRY R. TAYLOR.

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