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  • Ihis invention relates to a detachable protector foruse-1with shoes which protector' is' ⁇ of" the Vsocalled safety type'.
  • The-presentinvention isdirectedto' a d'evice whicnwill not' only? comply with” such require- Inentsbntfwhichare ⁇ not subject 'to' the aforesaid objections and Vcause no" ⁇ discontent;
  • the present' inventionv provides' instep'v protectionfa's lwell as ltoe protection and vvijthoiitV Walking? interference.
  • The-presentinvention also is readily adjusted to-'amy ofithefwearer's sh'oes'and vfurthermore can bei. quickly'i-eittarchedA Vto end detached' therefrom.
  • Fig. 1 is a side elevationof ashoe (oxford type) with the invention''appliedl thereto, a'p'ortion' of the-sefnie'being'brokenl avi/ayto show certain parts. thereof'in--1ongitudinai central section;
  • Fig.- 2 is a' central transverse sectional View solei-3; toev
  • This strap' has: a; '1ongitu'dinariV series" of y'i'ioes aisfiilustrated;vr It befunderstoodi tirait ,str'pf 2 isyieldstoraccornmodate diferentiireightsi.ottoer boxes?
  • anchor pin 43 This adjusts the length of strap 31 to the instep of the wearer, and when once made need never be changed as long as the de vice is worn by that wearer.
  • Strap 31. after being so anchored, is'passed across member 30 below the same as at 45 and at the other side is turned upwardly at indented portion 38 as at 46. Its free end 41 is also provided with a longitudinal series of openings48. This end is passed linto lower band 40 as illustrated and a headed anchor 49, suitably secured to indented portion 38 is engaged inone of said openf ⁇ ings 48. Then the strap free end 41 is passed through upper band 40. This is the connection which is closed and opened for device attachment and detachment.
  • This strap preferably is of elastic material.
  • the foregoing device comprises two articulated toe and instep protecting members of great strength which have complementary adjacent curved rearward and forward edges 5l andv56 respectively, see Figs. 1 and 4.
  • This device as to the toe portion is self adjustable to the wearers shoe and is normally adjustable thereto as tothe instep portion. This device is readily attached to and detached from the wearers shoe.
  • a safety device for shoes including a metallic, trough shaped shoe toeV nesting portion, a metallic trough shaped shoe instep nestingV portion, hinge means connecting the adjacent upper edges thereof together, means extending across the toe portion for shoe toe retention, and means extending across the instep portion for device retention upon a shoe.
  • a device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole.
  • a device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the ⁇ forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermedi- I ate the ends of the toe portionland having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion.
  • a device asdened by claim 1 whereinthe third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instepportion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said 'portion and of adjustable length.
  • a deviceas defined by claim 1v wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of saidportion .and of adjustable length, and a transverse strapY secured. at Opposite ends to the sides of the 2,392,867 1 i Y instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe instep for device retention.
  • a device as deiined by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous.
  • a device as defined by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a. transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, and means having selective anchoring connection with the second strap.
  • the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said por- .tion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous, one end of the first strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and one end of the second strap having adjustable connection to the instep portion.
  • a device as dened by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous, one end of the rst strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and
  • one end of the second strap having adjustableY connection to the instep portion, the first mentioned adjustable connection being between the two straps, the other end of the first strap having a fixed anchorage.
  • the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole
  • the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length.
  • a device as defined by claim l wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to ⁇ the sides of said portion and of adjustable length.
  • a device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end ofthe toe portion, which closure is adapted -to underlie the forward end Y of the shoe sole, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention.
  • the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole
  • the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous.
  • the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion
  • the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous.
  • the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion
  • a third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps y'being continuous, one end of the first strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and one end of the second strap having adjustable connection to the instep portion.
  • a safety device for shoes including a metallic trough shaped shoe toe nesting portion, closure means for the forward lower portion thereof, a metallic trough shaped shoe instep nesting portion, and means hingedly connecting said portions together at their adjacent top edges.

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Jan., 15, 1946.
N. F. sToNER ET AL SAFETY PROTECTOR FOR SHOES Filed Aug. '11', 1944 Patented Jan. 15, 1946 "u1-sirEnI STATES 'PATE-Nr 1- NaneyF. Stoner: and Preston F.. Stoner, Indianapolis, Ind.
irppiiesiisn-Augusru, 1942i; serisrnoisissof 24 tcraims.- 01; sel-i2) Ihis invention relates to a detachable protector foruse-1with shoes which protector' is'` of" the Vsocalled safety type'.
Heret'ofore, sri-called safety shoes have' had. bniitl into them a metal'toe capr`w1'ich resists crushing@-vrl'ienia.l load Y'isavppiied"tiieretd tierejiiy preventing mashingi-of toes; However, shoesA of. this typeare loothclurnsy,`r heavy,jand.unneces sarily expensive.
Women:-v employees in heavy industries strenuously 'object Eto wearing suchv shoesand `oompu1 oirtxwearing requirements are a c'au'seoidisconen. Y l
The-presentinvention isdirectedto' a d'evice whicnwill not' only? comply with" such require- Inentsbntfwhichare `not subject 'to' the aforesaid objections and Vcause no"` discontent;
'I'hefvpresent invention-furthermore is o'irio'nsparking-type.
The present' inventionv provides' instep'v protectionfa's lwell as ltoe protection and vvijthoiitV Walking? interference.
The-presentinvention also is readily adjusted to-'amy ofithefwearer's sh'oes'and vfurthermore can bei. quickly'i-eittarchedA Vto end detached' therefrom.-
' Wheneverj desired or 'required 'the upper eX- posedL surface` ofthe devicemay berfabric'or rubpurposes this rneriiberl may' be.. loriig-itiidin'ziily" ribbed;y the ribbing having any! `desiredl aix-reinigen nientsuchias of ablredititigfciiaraoterainddiver" ing fronhinrgfei-IM l v 'Rnefi'nterior o-iztn'e member iis, newever pro vided with @rubber-like surra'feeipertio t, amd-f. tiiisisf'extended outwzairdiyf' at. tne-l side edges: t8 asatf LQiaind turned! fupwerdlyesee e: -Aisnaepf 2 l of resilient maiterielfatres'cii ene i incindesrdn imbedded; ne'aidizzimounting rivet; 2:5 Het extendsthreugiileperture 2Min member 15T-irreali? i the 'lowerA sidei edge' of` samen:A I-ereirrav the stem is eniargedr as fait y12:5: 2to: zimmerA the-strane These anehoraxges .prefereblyflieaibovefthe rshce soiel f 3 ber covered and the device furthermore. may'` be ribbed/'or suitably'wcorrugated" for', rein'forcernent purposes.L
`Other objects and features cfthe invention,
be-*set forth more 'fully hereinafter` The fuHna-tureof the invention Awilbe understood from the accompanying drawing vvandthe foiewin'gg descriptioneind claims.
Fig. 1 is a side elevationof ashoe (oxford type) with the invention''appliedl thereto, a'p'ortion' of the-sefnie'being'brokenl avi/ayto show certain parts. thereof'in--1ongitudinai central section;
Fig.- 2 is a' central transverse sectional View solei-3; toev |'4"and"upper instep portion'vv The readily detachable and attachabledevice embody= ingjg'theiinvention comprises va, `toecoveringI metalY slnelcrm-einher f5* terminating-'mits upper'edge inthe curled-portion: |'6whcn constitutes a' partof"'err'hifrige. Member Hit'm'ay, if desiredlbe'suitablydovered=^-vizth1 fabric;` f'sibri`cod^,v rubber .or the like'- and* suitablyL`` securedr VFor reinforcement 5 This strap' has: a; '1ongitu'dinariV series" of y'i'ioes aisfiilustrated;vr It befunderstoodi tirait ,str'pf 2 isyieldstoraccornmodate diferentiireightsi.ottoer boxes? v The :lowerv forwardsedge ofl itliiestoeeriorti'oini.-A tuinterior covering l1 is returned rearwardlyassetti-fl 26 and same terminatesatredgei'lfwiiicbi-liesfist below the toe'portionofthe'fsole'ft Therresuit is' a. pocket thatlnestsf'thevtoe M'f'aind* toeren-d ot'f solewlSQ Inviewxo the rubberel-ikefcnaraicteir oiipoirtionv ZGQan'd; edges: i9: aindfzli; the'device? ynot cone-j tact" the lii'oor fsofthait! sparksioannotfbergenerateft t in waiking; Y i
Rearwardly of the aforesaidftoefportioniisvthe' instep protecting; portioriiiX with ceritrevl forwardily i protecting; curveohy hinge: forming portion' 3l@E f interlo'cikingl-yeindlhirigedliyrassociatedwithv nor-iVTV tion lgwhereby thefrtee portions'. t5 endifearehingedly connected together for articulations -Portionf has itwc sideiwine'sfy, see-Fiese band 2L there is anchored to one side of nieinberi side of the member suis correspondingly inset".U
anchor pin 43. This adjusts the length of strap 31 to the instep of the wearer, and when once made need never be changed as long as the de vice is worn by that wearer.
Strap 31., after being so anchored, is'passed across member 30 below the same as at 45 and at the other side is turned upwardly at indented portion 38 as at 46. Its free end 41 is also provided with a longitudinal series of openings48. This end is passed linto lower band 40 as illustrated and a headed anchor 49, suitably secured to indented portion 38 is engaged inone of said openf` ings 48. Then the strap free end 41 is passed through upper band 40. This is the connection which is closed and opened for device attachment and detachment. This strap preferably is of elastic material.
The foregoing device comprises two articulated toe and instep protecting members of great strength which have complementary adjacent curved rearward and forward edges 5l andv56 respectively, see Figs. 1 and 4. This device, as to the toe portion is self adjustable to the wearers shoe and is normally adjustable thereto as tothe instep portion. This device is readily attached to and detached from the wearers shoe.
All of the advantages hereinbefore described are obtained therefrom and all of the before described objectionsv are Veliminated herefrom.
While the invention has been illustrated and described in great detail in the drawing andforegoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character.
The several modifications described herein as well as others which will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in this art, all are considered to be within the broad scope of the invention, reference being had to the appended claims.
The invention claimed is:
1. A safety device for shoes including a metallic, trough shaped shoe toeV nesting portion, a metallic trough shaped shoe instep nestingV portion, hinge means connecting the adjacent upper edges thereof together, means extending across the toe portion for shoe toe retention, and means extending across the instep portion for device retention upon a shoe. l
2. A device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole. A
3. A device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the `forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermedi- I ate the ends of the toe portionland having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion. y
4. A device asdened by claim 1 whereinthe third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instepportion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said 'portion and of adjustable length.
v5. A deviceas defined by claim 1v wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of saidportion .and of adjustable length, and a transverse strapY secured. at Opposite ends to the sides of the 2,392,867 1 i Y instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe instep for device retention.
6. A device as deiined by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous. Y
'7. A device as defined by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a. transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, and means having selective anchoring connection with the second strap.
8. A device as defined by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said por- .tion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous, one end of the first strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and one end of the second strap having adjustable connection to the instep portion.
9. A device as dened by claim 1 wherein the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous, one end of the rst strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and
one end of the second strap having adjustableY connection to the instep portion, the first mentioned adjustable connection being between the two straps, the other end of the first strap having a fixed anchorage. f
10. A'device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length.
11. A device as defined by claim l, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to `the sides of said portion and of adjustable length.
12. A device, as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end ofthe toe portion, which closure is adapted -to underlie the forward end Y of the shoe sole, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention.
13. A device as dened by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse stra-p secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention.
14. A device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous.
15. A device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion, the third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps being continuous.
16. A device as defined by claim 1, wherein the second mentioned means comprises a closure for the forward end of the toe portion, which closure is adapted to underlie the forward end of the shoe sole, and a transverse elastic member intermediate the ends of the toe portion and having a general direction conforming to the trough shape thereof and positioned adjacent said portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion, and a third mentioned means comprises a transverse strap at the rear end of the instep portion and secured at opposite ends to the sides of said portion and of adjustable length, and a transverse strap secured at opposite ends to the sides of the instep portion and adapted to underlie the shoe shank for device retention, the two straps y'being continuous, one end of the first strap having an adjustable connection to the instep portion, and one end of the second strap having adjustable connection to the instep portion.
17. A safety device for shoes including a metallic trough shaped shoe toe nesting portion, closure means for the forward lower portion thereof, a metallic trough shaped shoe instep nesting portion, and means hingedly connecting said portions together at their adjacent top edges. y
18. A device as defined by claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the toe portion and interiorly thereof for shoe engagement.
19. A device as defined by claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the instep portion for shoe engage. ment.
20. A device as defined by claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the toe portion and interiorly thereof for shoe engagement and resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion o-f the instep' portion for shoe engagement.
21. A device as defined Iby claim 17 wherein means is provided at each side of the toe portion and rearwardly of the fore portion and projecting inwardly towards each other and adapted to overlie a shoe sole at the adjacent edge thereof.
22. A device as defined by claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the toe portion and interiorly thereof for shoe engagement and means is provided at each side of the toe portion and rearwardly of the fore portion and projecting inwardly towards each other and adapted to overlie a shoe sole at the adjacent edge thereof.
23. A device as defined by claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the instep portion for shoe engagement and means is provided at each side of the toe portion and rearwardly of the fore portion and projecting inwardly towards each other and adapted to overlie a shoe sole at the adjacent edge thereof.
24. A device as defined Iby claim 17 wherein resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the toe portion and interiorly thereof for shoe engagement and resilient means is provided adjacent the upper portion of the instep portion for shoe engagement, and means is provided at each side of the toe portion and rearwardly of the fore portion and projecting inwardly towards each other and adapted to overlie a shoe sole at the adjacent edge thereof.
NANCY F. STONER. PRESTON F. STONER.
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