US2669035A - Lightweight boot having constricting tie - Google Patents

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Feb. 16, 1954 J. .1. MARX 2,669,035

LIGHTWEIGHT BOOT HAVING CONSTRICTING TIE Filed July 27 1951 INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1954 invennen reldts approxiinateiy ankl h 1 n isny'ss tstie rsr tlieatt1re"6f" lad i. are s'oil'ight in nature that they b on and ear'fie'din a ladyfs pii'rs yet they preteen-onset omy fb'rtnefadys shci's; beta fof'tlie ank epn rnonspr ianynireenyinpack"vvnerespwsnmg is: inter apt to takeplace. These ladies boiits ir' rsftr'ieatea k adcbidifigtdtlie process disclosed in application Seria1 No. 84;952, filed April l, 19%), tor Rubber Footwea'rfi" new" Patent Nuinb'eii 2617258; g'YaTnted November n 12152"; sharper-waned Serial No. 130,504gfiled December 1,1949; for Rubber Boot? Since abanlidned.

One of the problems wi'i-ich is solved by" the laiiys 'boot- 'o'f this invention is' that ofith-diffioiflty of drawing the boot over the foot aifid shoe. I i-"the? ankle-portion of an=ordineiry boot issimieienny loos"so that the boot-is easily di'aiyfr over the feet and shoe, then the-fitabout-ttfe ankle s n-stems sloppy but the ankle efivelopi-h'g sleeye teiid :tb wrinkle and fall downlake a lbhs-sock. material is not wasted, however sin Ii dn the otlier hand, the fit o ver -the nine enbe desfi itied iaiifteti efiitoiit ncn is Snusi then it is dimeuieror tlid -la dy to 2'5 generalist; pull the bodt on. i i-id 9: 6k

Due to the light nature of the latex film from t ed; it is not practical lga .,..,, eei einve ted. rgm=- net anther new or the best spehtiyely a fll 'afi'd Flt e which the boot i's'"fabri b'oo't where these t vvdfiapsrife'etf tlie rubber ms or cbifiinient to use ladiiigsbuckles, nsaers dr terial is cut onti'circularly toi'relieveit'df'stresses ethenheayi 'fasteningssuchfis df convehtitfiially 3T) causedibi 'st e e The tw h k d'fi ps HI employed for high shoes, boots and galoshes, and II comprise splash guards which are designed and further, the necessity of manipulating any to protect ladies stockings, the back one being type of tightening or fastening device adds perhigher than the front one. The back flap, in ceptibly to the inconvenience to the wearer of the addition, serves as a convenient handle to assist article, particularly if manual operations in the in slipping the boot on. vicinity of the feet are diflicult or arduous for the The lower port f the boot, that t wearer, as often happens in cases of arthritis and shoe envelope, indicated at l2, may be made in obesity. different styles to conform to diiferent shoe The present invention solves this difficulty by h p as desired. The sleeve p r i n of h b ot. providing a simple rubber tie which may be dis- 40 indicated at l3, which rises from the shoe enposed in any location about the ankle section of velop i e fi n y large irc mf y the boot. The rubber tie, itself, comprises a linear so that the boot can be pulled Over a Shoe yrubber band which has two fiaredends. This tie s extra material is gathered, in the tance is passed through spaced apertures in the ankle shown, at the front of the boot by a tie, indicated portion, the length of the rubber band and the generally at It Will be understood, however, spacing of the apertures being such as to provide that the tie may be placed in any position around a. gathering action. The flared ends take the the sleeve; the position being dependent p place of knots to prevent the band from sliding the styling desired. For example, ties may be through the apertures. Therefore, the unre- 'placed on the two outer sides of a pair of boots, stricted circumference of the ankle portion of or even at the backs if desired. In the preferred the boot may be sufficient to permit the boot to embodiment, the tie comprises a rubber lineal be put on very easily, yet the gathering provides band portion I5 and a pair of flared ends l6. The a snug fit about the ankle and otherwise improves ends may be confi ura d as desired for different the appearance of the boot. The boot stretches styling efiects, as long as a shoulder portion such more easily because of the gathering due to the as the one shown at I! is provided between the 3 relatively narrow lineal band portion l and the flared ends.

The rubber tie is threaded into place as shown in Figure 3. Two pairs of apertures 18 are cut through the latex material, in this instance at the front, with the pairs being spaced apart a suiiicient distance so that when the tie I4 is in place as shown in Figure 2, the excess material of the sleeve is gathered in a pleat between them. The amount of material so gathered is dependent upon the spacing of the shoulder portions I l of the ties, this distance being substantially less than the distance between the outer apertures of each pair l8 to provide a snug fit. When the material is gathered, the lineal band portion [5 of the tie is relaxed, however, when the boot is pulled over a shoe, it is only this portion of the boot that is stretched. The sleeve material between the pairs of apertures being gathered, simply unfolds. This condition is shown in Figure 4.

It will be appreciated that the resistance to stretching ofiered by the relatively thin band I5 is very slight when compared by the resistance offered by the boot material. Thus, by making the sleeve portion of the boot large enough to slip over a shoe without binding, and utilizing the tie disclosed, the boots of this invention are quite easy to put on and take off; but, at the same time, when on, fit the ankle of the wearer snugly. Besides these utilitarian features, the boots of this invention are susceptible to many modifications in styling. The boots are quite attractive with the gathered pleat located at the front as shown; but in addition to this, by utilizing the principles of the invention, pleats of other types may be formed at other places, and thus, this, in combination with different configurations for the upper end of the sleeve, makes possible an endless variety of. styling changes. Also, as has been suggested above, the flaps at the two ends of the tie may be cut in different shapes as desired.

Having described my invention, I claim:

In a light-weight boot made of stretchable material, said boot having an ankle protecting sleeve which is sufiiciently large circumferential'ly to slip over a shoe without binding, a tie for said sleeve adapted to gather said sleeve to provide a snug fit about the ankle of the wearer, said tie 7 being made of readily stretchable elastic sheet material configurated to provide a band portion terminating in fiared end portions, said flared end portions providing shoulders at the respective ends of said band portion, said sleeve having two pairs of apertures spaced apart circumferentially, the two most distantly spaced apertures of the respective pairs of. apertures being spaced apart a distance substantially greater than the length of the band portion of the tie when said tie is unstretched, the respective apertures being no greater in diameter than the width of said band portion when the sleeve portion of the boot is unrestricted but of sufiicient diameter to permit a flared end portion of the tie to be forcibly threaded therethrough upon stretching of the sleeve material to enlarge the apertures and upon stretching a flared end portion of the tie lengthwise to decrease its width, said tie being threaded through both pairs of apertures and disposed with the flared end portions thereof exposed outside of the sleeve and with the shoulders at the respective ends of the band portion adjacent the two most distantly spaced of the apertures of the respective pairs to prevent the flared end portions from being withdrawn through the apertures upon stretching of the band portion incident to the slipping of the boot over a shoe.

JOE J. MARX.

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