US2541020A

US2541020A - Method of making moccasin sock-type slippers

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Publication number: US2541020A
Application number: US95104A
Authority: US
Inventors: Israel I Arnold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-05-24
Filing date: 1949-05-24
Publication date: 1951-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1968-02-13

Description

Feb. 13,

1!. R. ARNOLD METHOD OF MAKING MOCCASIN SUCK-TYPE SLIPPERS Filed May 24, 1949 INVENTOR. mg; I Mflw Zq/ Patented Feb. 13, 1951 METHOD OF MAKING MOGCASIN SUCK-TYPE SLIPPERS Israel I. Arnold, Newtonville, Mass.

Application May 24, 1949, Serial No. 95,104

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to foot wear, and more particularly to slippers of the moccasin type, in which a sock and a soft sole are combined in one.

In the present invention, a soft sole of the normal slipper size has attached to it, a border strip which is turned upward from the sole and to which is attached the edge of a sock.

One of the chief features of the present invention is the method by which the sock is attached to the assembled sole and turned strip. The border strip is sewed to the sole along the peripheral edge with the edge of the sole and that of the strip in face to face contact and the seam running through both edges. The sock is then stitched to the other edge of the border strip by through stitching along the sole of the sock by an over-cast stitch such as may be made by an over-cast stitching machine.

It has been found that by this method of manufacture, it is not necessary to perforate the strip in advance and further the stitching may be uniform around the whole border strip even though the strip may be formed of a separate heel and vamp section as is sometimes preferable in construction.

The present invention will be more fully described in the specification set forth below .when taken in connection with the drawings illustrating an embodiment of the same, in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the slipper.

Figure 2 shows a detail of the same, and

Figure 3 shows a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In the drawings, the sock slipper comprises a sole 1 which may be of some soft leather such as kid or lamb with a soft wool inside such as a shearling sole. The sole 1 is cut out or stamped out to the size desired and to it along its peripheral edge is attached a flat strip 2 which may be of the order of to 2" in width and extending all around the periphery of the sole. The strip 2 may be composed of two pieces 3 and 4, stitched together along the edges 5 and 6. It is useful to make the strip of two or more pieces since otherwise it would be very long and therefore would have to be cut out of a very long piece of material. The border strip 2 is preferably of soft leather and is stitched to the sole providing sufficient flexibility so that it may be turned upwards actually forming the lower part of the upper or vamp of the slipper. The strip 2 and sole l are attached together in a continuous edge to edge relationship by stitching l which should be through stitching between the stri and the sole, with the stitching showing only on the inner surface of the slipper which of course is covered by the sock which will presently be described.

The stitching 1 passes through the edge both of the strip 2 and the edge of the sole and may be ordinary stitching or of an over-cast type to while stitching.

bind the edge of the strip flat with the sole piece. The sock 8 of the desired size is then assembled in alignment with the edge of the sole of the sock in aligned contact with the edge strip 2. This is shown in Figure 1, where the edge 9 of the sole of the sock and the edge of the strip 2 are together all around the free edge of the strip 2, that is the edge which is not attached, in Figure 2. The over-cast stitching I0 is used to attach the sole of the sock to the edge or rim of the strip 2. This over-cast stitching as indicated in Figure 3, passes through two thicknesses II and I2 of the sole edge of the sock and through the strip 2 in stitching which goes through the strip as indicated at i 3 and loops over .the top rim of the strip as indicated at 14.

By using an over-cast stitch in this way, it is not necessary to perforate the strip 2 so that the over-cast stitch will show at a regular interval in a uniform pattern without regard to the junction such as 5 and 6 where the strips are sewed together. An added advantage of the stitching in this manner is that the strip is sewed tightly and no large holes are necessary other than those made by the needle in pulling through the stitching thread. The stitching It may be yarn of desired thickness and may also provide contrasting colors for an attractive effect in the manufacture of the article.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

A method of making a slipper of a moccasin type with a sock combined, which comprises first uniting a sole with an unperforated border strip in an edge hem all around the sole forming an upwardly projecting flange and then stitching a sock to the other edge of the strip around the top of the flange by holding the margin of the upper of the sock adjacent the periphery of its sole in face to face alignment with the upper face edge of the strip and stitching the sock and strip together with an over-cast stitch passing twice through the sock and over the edge of the strip whereby the unperforated border strip is pierced ISRAEL 1. ARNOLD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the GreatBritain July 23, 1936