US46408A - Improved shoe-string - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
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- Figures 1 and 2 represent two views ot' the shoe-string, and the letters a a represent the extremities ofthe same.
- N ow, l will explain the nature of my invention, which is so simple that it needs no explanation, except in manufacture. It consists simply of a strip of untanned cow-skin, or what is commonly called rawhide, eut in a manner similar to the common leather shoe string. Rawhide when dried becomes very hard and unyielding, and in order to make it sot't and pliable take it While it is wet and green, just at'ter the hair is removed in the usual mode, and cut the parts to be used into strips ot' any length and size desired, either rolling or pressing them into any desirable shape. Then immerse the strips, except about an inch ot' the extremities, into neats foot oil or other oil or substance which will answer the same purpose.
- This string may be made perfectly round by rolling or otherwise, or flat by pressure, resembling the common silk shoe-string and scarcely distinguishable from it by embossing or rolling while in the green state, as before described. It is exceedingly strong and durable, and one pair of which will last as long as the shoes or boots in which they may be used. It can be dyed any color desired, and, in fact, this string combines beauty, durability, and cheapness-the qualities so much needed in such an article.
- the improved shoe string or lacing made from raw or untanned hide, with the endsmade impervious to moisture and pointed ready for use, substantially in the manner and for the purposes above described.
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' l` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM H. TOWERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
IMPROVED SHOE-STRING.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,40 SA,4dated February 14, 1865.
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that i, WILLIAM H. TOWER s, ot` the city, county, Iand State of New York, have invented a .new and Improved Shoe- String; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beingr had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which make apart of this specification.
Figures 1 and 2 represent two views ot' the shoe-string, and the letters a a represent the extremities ofthe same.
N ow, l will explain the nature of my invention, which is so simple that it needs no explanation, except in manufacture. It consists simply of a strip of untanned cow-skin, or what is commonly called rawhide, eut in a manner similar to the common leather shoe string. Rawhide when dried becomes very hard and unyielding, and in order to make it sot't and pliable take it While it is wet and green, just at'ter the hair is removed in the usual mode, and cut the parts to be used into strips ot' any length and size desired, either rolling or pressing them into any desirable shape. Then immerse the strips, except about an inch ot' the extremities, into neats foot oil or other oil or substance which will answer the same purpose. The string being green, the oil takes andrenders it soft and pliable. At the same time, the extremities bein gexposed to the air become dry and nearly as hard as horn, and iu order to keep them hard and impervious to moisture, they may be dipped into shellac or other substance which will render them water-proof.
' Now, it will be perceived also, by referring to the drawings, Figs. l and-2, that the extremities are. pointed and slightly bulging near either point, the eiect of which is readily understood. The point also having become hardened, as before described, will pass very easily through the eyelet-hole, superseding the use of tin or other metallic substance generally used for that purpose.
This string may be made perfectly round by rolling or otherwise, or flat by pressure, resembling the common silk shoe-string and scarcely distinguishable from it by embossing or rolling while in the green state, as before described. It is exceedingly strong and durable, and one pair of which will last as long as the shoes or boots in which they may be used. It can be dyed any color desired, and, in fact, this string combines beauty, durability, and cheapness-the qualities so much needed in such an article.
I do not confine myself to the use ot' cowskin, but claim to use any untanned hide ina similar manner. Neither do I confine the use ot the string to boots and shoes, but it may be used t'or corsets, lacings, or t'astenings ot' any sort with similar advantage.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The improved shoe string or lacing made from raw or untanned hide, with the endsmade impervious to moisture and pointed ready for use, substantially in the manner and for the purposes above described.
WM. H. TOWERS. Witnesses:
' J. L. NEWTON,
lt. W. MERRIAM.
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USD763565S1 (en) | 2015-05-08 | 2016-08-16 | Regina B. Casperson | Elastomeric tubular drawstring casing |
US10087573B1 (en) | 2014-05-08 | 2018-10-02 | Regina B. Casperson | Elastomeric tubular casings for drawstrings and a method of laundering accessories therewith |
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US10087573B1 (en) | 2014-05-08 | 2018-10-02 | Regina B. Casperson | Elastomeric tubular casings for drawstrings and a method of laundering accessories therewith |
US10088694B1 (en) | 2014-05-08 | 2018-10-02 | Regina B. Casperson | Rolled elastomeric tubular casings for eyewear |
USD763565S1 (en) | 2015-05-08 | 2016-08-16 | Regina B. Casperson | Elastomeric tubular drawstring casing |
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