US351817A

US351817A - Shoe-gore

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Publication number: US351817A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 1903-11-02

Description

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J. E. T AT.

SHOE ORE.

N. PETERS, PhnKo-Lxmcgrnphur. Washington. D. c.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. TREAT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,817, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed March 6, 1886. Serial No. 194,266. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

. sachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Gores; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in gores for Congress boots; and it consists of an elastic gore that is slitted more or less be-' tween its upper and lower edges, combined with a relief-gore, preferably made of com-- paratively non -elastic material-such as leather, textile or fibrous material. &c.-al-

' though it may, if so desired, be made of'the same elastic material as the main body of the gore. Such relief-goreis sewed to the expanded edges ofthe slit made in the elastic main gore, and after being so united the improved compound gore is sewed to the upper ofaboot or shoe, as usual in whatxare termed Congress boots. l By this my improved gore I obtain the following advantages: It relieves the tension or inward pressure on the, ankle joints of the wearer, it reduces the strain on the elastic portion of the gore, and thereby lengthens the life of the elastic quality of the latter, and the ad ditional middle and preferably non-elastic portion' acts as ashield to'prevent the wearing out of the gore by contact with the lower portions of the pantaloons or other garments of the wearer.

The invention is carried out as follows, .reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where Figure 1 represents a side view of the main elastic gore with its central slit. Fig.

lief-gore before it is attached to the main gore and Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of said relief-gore; Fig. 4c represents side view of the elastic and non-elastic'portions of the gore, after being united together, and Fig. 5 represents across-section of the same. Fig. 6 represents a Congress boot provided with my I improved compound gore, and Fig. 7 represents a cross-section on the line A B. (Shown in Fig. 6.)

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

A represents the main gore, made of the elastic material usually employed in Congress boots; and I make lengthwise on it a slit, a,

(shown in Fig. 1,) extending from near the top to near the bottom edge of such gore, as shown in said Fig. 1.

b represents the non-elastic re-enforcing gorepiece, that is preferably provided on its inner side with a lining, b, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, which parts are preferably stitched together by means of a row of stitches, b, as shown. I nowexpand the edges of the slit a in the main gore a, and to such expanded edges I sew the gore-piece 1), preferably by introducing the edges of the slit portion of gore a between the gore b and its lining b, asshown in Fig. 5, and unite the parts together by a row of stitches going through the parts a, b, and b, at or near their edges, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

It so desired, the lining b with, in which case the middle gore, 12, would be laid outside of the expanded gore a, and both sewed together at or near their edges. After the gore is thus made, it is sewed to the upper c of the Congress boot C, in the usual manner of securing elastic gores.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- 11. The herein-described compound shoegore, consisting of the slitted elastic main gore a and central gore b, secured to the expanded edges of the slit a in the gore a, as and for the purpose set forth. 2. In a Congress boot, a compound shoe-gore consisting of the elastic main portion a and middle gore, b, united to the expanded edges of the slit in the main gore, substantially in a manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E; TREAT. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY CHADBOURN.

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