US2331768A

US2331768A - Footwear

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Publication number: US2331768A
Application number: US429521A
Authority: US
Inventors: Feifer Harry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-02-04
Filing date: 1942-02-04
Publication date: 1943-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1960-10-12

Description

H. FEIFER Oct. 12, 1943.

FOOTWEAR Fil ed Feb. 4. 1942 INVENTOR. fiarv y Fg'jer; BY

Patented Oct. 12, 1943 UNITED STATES harem OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relatesto footwear, and particularlyto shoes that are characterized as sandals that are worn at beaches and similar situations. Such sandals are required to be of light weight and made of inexpensive materials, and hence are unduly pliable, for which reasons and their particular uses they need to be reinforced, in

order to maintain their parts in requisite form and in proper fitting condition upon the foot. Owing to the grounds on which they are used and the crowded situations, the sandals are often subjected to severe jolts and strains or are stepped upon, with consequent injury to the shoe or hurt to the wearers foot, which disadvantages are inherent in the sandals made heretofore Among the principal objects of the invention are to provide a shoe of the above type which will remedy the aforesaid disadvantages, and be conveniently and economically manufacturable, salable at low cost, strong, durable, improved, and of enhanced reinforcement and appearance.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the sandal embodying the improvements constituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sandal shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional front elevation of the sandal, in an enlarged scale, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The sandal I comprises a sole 2 and an upper 3, the marginal region 4 of which has its undersurface bearing upon the upper surface of the corresponding peripheral region 5 of the sole 2, Fig. 3. Directly upon and along the edge of the upper 3 is located a cording B, and a binding band! envelops the said cording and passes around the

edges

8, 9 of the upper and sole respectively and bears upon the undersurface I 0 of sole 2, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3. A

line of stitching ll passes through both margins I I2 of the band I as well as through the upper 3 and sole 2, thereby strongly binding thecording 5, and efficiently securing the upper 3, sole 2 with all of the aforesaid parts in assembled state.

By virtue of the aforesaid jointure of the upper 3 with the sole2 and cording 6 the wearers foot is at all times maintained at a requisite distance from the

edges

8, 9 of the upper and sole, as well as from said cording, providing a gap [3 between the cording and upright portion l4 of the upper, and this circumstance taken with the specified location of the cording 6, which thus acts as a bumper, efliciently protects the foot against lateral impacts of any kind. The assembly also functions to strengthen and reinforce the shoe and its parts, and prevents deformation thereof,

while incidentally the elevated state of the cording 6 with its envelopment by the band I and the low situation of the stitching line H, below the cording 6, which is thus concealed from norma] view below cording 6, greatly enhance the improved and general appearance of the shoe when it is worn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: A shoe having the combination of a sole, an upper having the underside of the marginal portion thereof facing the upper side of the marginal portion of said sole, a cording located above said sole and marginal portion of said upper and providing a gutter between said cording and the upright adjoining part of said upper, a binding band enveloping said cording, the edges of said upper and sole, and the marginal underside of said sole, and a stitching located below said cording and at the bottom of said gutter passing through both lateral margins of said binding band, the said upper, and the said sole.

HARRY FEIFER.