US3916539A - Shoe construction - Google Patents

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US3916539A
US3916539A US569284A US56928475A US3916539A US 3916539 A US3916539 A US 3916539A US 569284 A US569284 A US 569284A US 56928475 A US56928475 A US 56928475A US 3916539 A US3916539 A US 3916539A
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Jerome Pankin
Beverly Ann Feldman
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/06—Shoes with flaps; Footwear with divided uppers
    • A43B3/08—Shoes with flaps; Footwear with divided uppers with rubber or elastic insertions or gussets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/002—Fastenings using stretchable material attached to cuts in the uppers

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  • the present invention relates to the construction of a shoe, and more particularly to the construction of the vamp and tongue area of a shoe, by utilizing an elastic gore.
  • the new shoe construction of the present invention relates to an elastic gore which traverses the throat area of the shoe, being stitched to and running from one side of the vamp to the other.
  • the gore is contained in a tunnel formed on the exterior side by a tongue member and on the interior side by a lining member, which. is stitched and sewn to the tongue member.
  • Both the tongue member and the lining member have pairs of opposed tabs, which cover the ends of the gore, and which are stitched to the gore and the vamp to retain the gore in place.
  • the gore is glued to the tongue member and the lining member. Thereby, the gore when relaxed, shirrs the tongue member, and when stretched, the tongue member is essentially smooth.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a shoe, including the new shoe construction
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top plan .view of the shoe including the new shoe construction, taken substantially along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1.; z
  • FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of the new shoe construction, taken substantially along theline 3 -3of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged transverse cross-sectional view of the new shoe'construction, taken substantially along the line 4--4 of FIG. 2;'and
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the three components of the new shoe construction. y
  • FIG. 1 and 2 A shoe, incorporating the new shoe construction of the present invention, is shown inFIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the shoe which is illustrated is styled to be worn by a woman, but a shoe including the new construction, could as well be styled for men or for children.
  • the shoe is constructed of a glove-quality leather, but other leathers or other synthetic materials may be employed. Glove-quality leather is very soft, making the shoe very comfortable to wear. Further, desirably,
  • the shoe has no lining, except to the extent hereafter mentioned, again making it very comfortable to wear.
  • the shoe 10 includes a sole 12 and a heel 14, which are conventional.
  • the shoe further includes a vamp 16, a fox' l8, and an encircling collar 20.
  • the vamp 16, which includes a right side vamp section 17. and a left side vamp section 19, the fox l8 and the collar 20 are joined to one another and to the solel2 and heel 14, by stitching and gluing, as is also conventional in the construction of shoes.
  • the new shoe construction of the present invention is shown in detail in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • the shoe construction includes a tongue member 22, with a moccasin or front section 24, a throat or middle section 26 and a rear or flaired section 28.
  • the sections 24, 26 and 28 are formed integrally of one piece of continuous material, which has no openings or interruptions in it.
  • the sections 24, 26 and 28 are bounded by dotted lines X, Y, which are shown for the purpose of explanation only.
  • the throat section 26 has a pair of opposed, protruding somewhat rectangular tabs on its ends, and specifically, as seen in FIG. 5, a right-side tab 30 and a leftside tab 32, the tabs being mirror images of one another and projecting'co-equally beyond the side edges of the moccasin section 24 and the flaired section 28.
  • The'forward edge 33 of the moccasin section 24 is somewhat rounded, and the tongue memberas a whole becomes wider, progressing from the forward edge 33 to the rearward edge 35 of the flaired section 28.
  • the rearward edge 35 is also rounded.
  • the specific configuration of the tongue member 22 will'necessarily vary in accordance with the particular styling of the shoe inwhich it is used. I I
  • the gore is desirably formed of conventional elastic tape, but may be made of any other stretchable material, such as rubber.
  • the gore has a configuration substantially similar to the configuration of the throat section 26, but its length when unstretched, is less than the length of the throat section, running from the outside edge of the tab 30 to the outside edge-of the tab 32.
  • the gore has a right-side portion 34a having an outside edge generally parallel to theedge of 'the tab 30, and has aleft-side portion 34b, with an outside edge generally parallel to the edge of the tab 32.
  • the final component of the new shoe construction is the lining member 36 which includes a tongue lining section 38 and a throat lining section 40.
  • the tongue lining section 38 has a configuration, after the usual trimming, which is substantially identical to the configuration of the flaired section 28, and the throat lining section has a configuration, after trimming, which is substantially identical to the configuration of the throat section 26.
  • the throat lining section 40 has a small extension 41.
  • the throat lining section 40 includes a pair of somewhat rectangulartabs, and specifically a rightside tab 42 and a left-side tab 44, which, after trimming, match the tabs 30, 32 of the tongue member 22.
  • the tongue member 22, the elastic gore 34 and the lining member 36 form a sandwich, with the tongue member 22 being the topmost or outermost member, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, with elastic gore 34 being the intermediate member, and the lining member 36 being the bottomor inward-most component.
  • the periphery of-the tongue member 22 at the moccasin section 24 is joined to the inner edge of the vamp 16 by conventional means'as by stitching, running along a line of stitching 46, from point A in FIG. 2 through point B in FIG.'2 to point'C in FIG. 2. Other joining means, such as gluing, may be utilized in appropriate circumstances.
  • the gore 34 is stretched and when so stretched, is glued to the reverse or innerside of the tongue member at the throat section 26.
  • the reverse face of lining member 36 is then glued to the inner face of tongue member 22 and gore 34.
  • the throat section 26 of the tongue member 22 is then stitched so that it is joined through the elastic gore 34 to the vamp 16 and to the throat lining section 40 of the lining member 36. More specifically, as best seen in FIG. 2, two parallel, rectangular lines of stitching 48 generally follow the configuration of the edges of the tab 30, and in so doing, pass first through the aligned end portion of the elastic gore 34a, then catch the vamp 16 immediately below the tab 30, and then pass through the tab 42 of the lining member 36.
  • the lines of stitching 48 form a box-like shape, outlining the tab 30. The ends of the collar are desirably also caught by the stitching 48.
  • the lines of stitching 48 serves to stitch both the tab 30 of the tongue member 22 and the tab 42 of the lining member 36 to one another, and to join both of these tabs to the aligned portion of the vamp l6 and to the end portion 34a of the gore 34. As seen most clearly in FIG. 4 the outward line of stitching 48a does not pass through the end portion 34a of the gore 34, while the inward line of stitching 48b does pass through this end portion.
  • the tab 32 of the throat section 26 is joined by a line of stitching 50 to the other end portion 34b of the elastic gore 34, to the vamp I6, and to the tab 44 of the lining member 36.
  • the upper edge 35 of the flaired section 28 of the tongue member 22 is then joined by two lines of stitchmember 22 at its throat section 26 and the lining member 36 at its throat lining section 40 form a tunnel for the elastic gore 34, located transversely of the instep of the wearers foot and running across the vamp from section 17 to section 19, so that the elastic gore is hidden from external view, and is also kept from contact with the foot of the wearer, when the foot is inserted into the shoe.
  • the function of the gore 34 is to elastically pull the opposed aligned sections l7, 19 of the vamp toward one another, thereby insuring a snug, yet comfortable fit for the foot of the wearer.
  • the elastic gore 34 When the elastic gore 34 is contracted, that is, in a relaxed mode, it wrinkles or shirrs the throat section 26, as seen in FIG. 2, giving the throatsection a pleasing appearance.
  • the gore 34 When the gore 34 is stretched or expanded, which is the situation when a foot is placed into the shoe, the shirring or wrinkling becomes less pronounced, as is shown in dot and dash lines in FIG. 4.
  • the gore 34 When the gore 34 is fully expanded, as when a wide foot is placed into the shoe, it substantially disappears from view.
  • a shoe which by virtue of the elastic gore, always snugly and comfortably fits the foot of the wearer. This comfort remains, even after the foot of the wearer swells, after several hours of shoe wear. Due to the aforesaid tunnel construction provided for the elastic gore, the gore cannot be seen from the exterior of the shoe, nor is it felt when the foot of the wearer is placed into the shoe. Due to its specific location, the gore yields a pleasant-appearing shirred effect when it is relaxed, and gives a substantially smooth appearance to the throat section 26, when it is fully expanded, resulting in a pleasant-fitting, soft, comfortable shoe.
  • a construction for a shoe including a vamp, a sole, and a heel, the construction comprising:
  • a lining member a lining member, the tongue member and the lining member being joined to one another and to the vamp, and forming a continuous tunnel across the throat of the shoe, and
  • the tongue member has a flaired section, a throat section and a moccasin section, the tabs protruding from the throat section, said sections and tabs being formed of one piece of material.

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AR260250A AR207992A1 (es) 1975-04-18 1975-01-01 Una estructura de zapato que incluye una capellada suela y taco
US569284A US3916539A (en) 1975-04-18 1975-04-18 Shoe construction
GB2004575A GB1470905A (en) 1975-04-18 1975-05-13 Shoe construction
ZA00753113A ZA753113B (en) 1975-04-18 1975-05-14 Shoe construction
FR7517282A FR2307485A1 (fr) 1975-04-18 1975-06-03 Nouveau soulier
AU84175/75A AU8417575A (en) 1975-04-18 1975-08-21 Shoe with elastic insert in upper
DE19752537638 DE2537638A1 (de) 1975-04-18 1975-08-23 Schuh vom slippertyp
IT26873/75A IT1042272B (it) 1975-04-18 1975-09-03 Caratteristiche di fabbricazione di una scarpa
ES1975215249U ES215249Y (es) 1975-04-18 1975-09-19 Estructura de zapato.

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