US395628A - Metallic shank for boots or shoes - Google Patents

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S. T. PETERSON & M. REED.

METALLIC SHANK FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES. No. 395,628. Patented Jan. 1, 1889 Fig.2,

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METALLIC SHANK FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,628, dated January 1, 1889. Application filed July 28, 1888. Serial No. 281,282. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SILAS T. PETERSON and MARsHALL REED, citizens of the United States, and residents of 'Whitman, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachu setts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Shanks for Boots and Shoes; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

This invention has relation to metallic shanks for boots and shoes; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of devices hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates our shank, which consists of a strip of steel the ends of which are oppositely beveled to form points on opposite sides, which are bent upward at right angles at their extremities, as indicated at B B. These upwardly-bent diagonally-arranged points or catches, when the shank is placed in position between theinner and outer soles, enter the inner sole and serve to hold the shank securely in position. The shank is therefore self-fastening and the inconvenience and eX- pense of the tacks or brads is avoided. The

upturned points are made just long enough to pass into the inner sole Without going through it, and when in position a slight tap at each end fastens it firmly in position,from which it cannot work loose.

We are aware that a steel boot-shank pro vided with a spur at one end adapted to pass through the-leather of the sole and he clinched down upon said sole is not new, and we do not claim such invention. Our shank is designed to be held in position at both ends, so that it will not turn or swerve, and its points do not project through the leather.

WVe are also aware that a bent metal shank pointed at its ends and having its points eX- tending in the direction of its length is old; nor do we claim wire shanks having upturned points, as they will not remain in position on account of the tendency of the wire to rotate on its axis. Our shank is a solid plate of steel.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

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