US2948964A

US2948964A - Shoe fitting device

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Publication number: US2948964A
Application number: US846438A
Authority: US
Inventors: Barcena Guillermo
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1959-10-14
Filing date: 1959-10-14
Publication date: 1960-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1977-08-16

Description

Aug. 16, 1960 G. BARCENA 2,948,964

SHOE FITTING DEVICE Filed Oct. 14, 1959 6 z 38 28 F- /4 l I""J ""Q""" Q L 6 INVENTOR.

I76. 5 QYU/LLEQAM fiAeczA/A Arne/v5 Y SHOE FITTING DEVICE Guillermo Barcena, 2318 Tremont, El Paso, Tex. Filed Oct. 14, 1959, Ser. No. 846,438

1 Claim. (Cl. 33 -3) This invention relates to a shoe fitting device, and has for an object to provide a combination foot measuring device and an integrally extending shoe horn, wherein the shoe horn provides a convenient handle when using the foot measuring device, and vice versa, wherein the shoe measuring device provides a convenient handle when using the shoe born.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shoe fitting device especially convenient for the use of shoe salesmen to simplify their task of providing a shoe measuring device and a shoe born by providing a single instrument which will readily serve both purposes, and wherein each part of the device provides a handle for the other part of the device, thereby providing a time saving and a money saving device for shoe salesmen and shoe retailers, which device may be made of many suitable materials at low cost.

In brief, this device consists of a foot measuring tape which is self-contracting and is coiled within and anchored at one end within a casing, the other end of the tape extending through an aperture on one side of the casing, with a heel support arm secured to the extending end of the tape for withdrawing the tape and measuring the foot, a shoe horn extending integrally from the other side of the casing and acting as a handle when using the tape, the casing acting as a handle when using the shoe horn.

With the above and related objects in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the shoe fitting device of this invention, the heel support arm being shown in dash line in partly extended position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views on lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the partly extending tape measure and a fragment of the casing.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts, there is shown at 10 the shoe fitting device of this invention. This device includes a casing 12 housing a foot measuring coil tape 14, preferably of the self-contracting type, which needs no spring, but which extends from one side of the casing. A suitably shaped shoe born 16 integrally extends from a side of the casing 12 opposite to the side from which the tape 14 is extended.

The casing 12 and the shoe horn 16 will be made of any suitable low cost material, such as sheet metal or high impact sheet plastic. The casing comprises a base side 18 from the two opposite edges of which extend upwardly extending

side portions

20 and 22. The shoe horn 16 extends integrally from one end of the base side 18, and from the opposite end of the base side 18, a cover side 24 extends upwardly over and down to the shoe horn end of base side 18. This cover side 24 has an aperture at 26, this aperture 26 being shaped to permit the tape 14 to extend and retract therethrough. Externally of the casing 12, the external end of tape 14 has secured thereto an upstanding heel support arm 28.

The upper surface of the tape is provided with foot measuring indicia 30 measured from the heel support arm 28 toward the casing :12. Additional measuring such as at 32 may also be provided along the other edge of the tape, and if desired still other measuring indicia may be provided on the reverse or under side of tape 14.

The other end 34 of tape 14 is anchored at 36 within the casing 12 between the

side portions

20 and 22 and is coiled within the casing 12 between the anchored end 34 and the aperture 26. A casing support screw and sleeve nut 38 extends centrally between the

side portions

20 and 22 securing the side portions together, and also providing a limiting means for the coil of tape within the casing to contract as the heel support arm end is extended for use in measuring, the shoe horn 1'6 acting as a handle while the tape is being used.

When the tape 14 is retracted within the casing 12, by merely pushing it into the casing, the casing 12 provides a handle for the shoe born for use in putting a shoe onto a foot. Thus, a shoe salesman holds the shoe horn 16 as a handle when using the tape to measure the foot, and then, when fitting the shoe on the foot, he uses the casing 12, with the tape retracted therewithin, as a handle for the shoe horn. He keeps the device in his pocket when not in use, with the assurance that he has both a shoe measure and a shoe horn always available for use with his shoe customer.

Although this invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A shoe fitting device comprising a shoe measuring selfcontracting tape, a tape casing and a shoe horn integrally extending from a part of said casing, said tape casing comprising a housing formed of a single piece of sheet material, said shoe measuring tape being coiled within said housing and having one end thereof anchored within said housing, said housing having a tape dispensing aperture at one side thereof, the other end of said tape extending through said aperture, a heel support arm secured on said extending tape end exteriorly of said housing, said shoe horn integrally extending from the side of said housing opposite to said tape aperture side, said shoe horn providing a handle for said tape casing when said shoe measuring tape is extended for use, said tape casing providing a handle for said shoe horn for shoe horn use when said tape is contracted within said casing, said housing comprising a base, said shoe horn extending integrally from one end of said base, the other end of said base extending integrally upwardly, curving toward said shoe horn end and extending downwardly to said Patented Aug. 16, 1960- of said housing, said heel support arm preventing the entrance of said extending tape end into said housing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Cort Sept. 23, 1902 Remington June 18, 1912 Clarke Sept. 12, 1933