US297156A - Boot or shoe - Google Patents

Description

1:'. PACKARD. BOOFL1 OR SHOE.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. n22, 1884.

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- BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,156, dated April 22, 1884-.

Applicationflod February 18, 1584.

, To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED PACKARD, of Brockton, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in` Boots or Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciiieation, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its obj ect to strengthen the edge of a button-hole piece of a button boot or shoe, and prevent the button-hole slits from being torn out or through the outer edge of the button-hole piece, and at the same time provide the same with a better-appearing edge.

In accordance with my invention I place within the turned-over or folded outer edge of the button-hole piece a piece of strong cord or other flexible stay-strip, and secure the same therein by a line of stitches, the said stitches being made between the said cord or stay-piece and the large ends of the said button-holes.V I have also provided the turnedover edge of the upper edge ofthe top part or quarter of the shoe with a strong cord or stay-piece, to obviate the employment of piping as now commonly used.

' Figure l, in side elevation, represents a button-gaiter embodying my invention, a portion of the button-hole piece and of the vamp being broken out to clearly illustrate the cord or stay-piece. Fig. 2 is an enlarged inner side view of the button-hole piece, with most of its lining omitted. Fig. 3 is a partial section of Fig. 2 in the dotted line m, and Fig. 4l is a partial section on the dotted line :r2 mi.

The vamp ct and sole b may be of any usual shape or material.

The top part, c, of the shoe, of usual mate rial and shape, has an attached button-hole piece, d, usually cut from leather and provided with button-holes o.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the outer edge of the button-hole piece d is turned over or folded upon itself, as at cl2, and in the said fold I have laid a strong cord or staypiece, f, which in practice I prefer to make of linen or iiax, but it may be of any other strong material, or of wire.

To enable the edge of the button-hole piece to be folded over the said cord and be laid smoothly, I prefer to rst cut or snip the edge (No model.)

of the button-hole piece for a short distance, as best shown in Fig. 2. The end 3 ofthe cord (see Fig. 2) may, and will preferably, in the completed shoe, be extended about the entire top of the shoe within tbeturned-over upper end of the same, as in Fig. 1, where the top part is shown as broken ont. The end 4 of the said cord or stay-piece will be extended down between the vamp and its lining a2, (see Fig. 1,) where the vamp is broken out, and it will rest there while the usual seams g, uniting the vamp with the lower end of the button-hole piece and top part, are being made, the said seams crossing over the said cord or stay-piece. rIhe lining h of the button-hole piece is stitched to it between the folded corded edge of the button-hole piece and the outer ends of the button-holes by one or more lines of stitches, as at m, one row of stitches being also made along the said cord and about the said button-holes.

The cord or stay-piece laid within theturnedover edge adds greatly to the durability of the button-hole'piece, and effectually prevents the button-holes from being torn out through the edge of the button-hole piece by any strain turned-over edge (see Fig. 4) a piping is rendered unnecessary and a very complete finish is obtained. I

I am aware that a cord has been laid between the button-piece and the lining, but not within the overturned edge of the button-piece.

I am aware, also, that a cord has been laid about the button-hole slits, and has also been extended between the outer ends of the said slits and the row of stitching uniting the main part of the button-piece with its lining. The snipped edge enables the corners to be readily turned and without forming Wrinkles.

By fastening the cord f between the vamp and its lining at the junction of the buttonhole piece with the Vamp a very firm connec tion is made, which efectually prevents the tearing of the shoe at the junction of the vamp IOO I claiml. In a vbutton-getiter7 ubutton-piece having its outer edge turned over und provided with a oord or stayepiece, the saune being interposed between the folded edge ofthe button-piece and the outer ends ofthe button -holes, substantial] y es shown, and for the purpose described.

2. A boot or shoe having a turned-over, snipped or notched and corded edge, Whereby the said edge :may be turned to forin corners Without Wrinkles, substantially as described.

3. In a. boot or shoe7 2L top piece and a but-

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