US487312A - Morris wise - Google Patents

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(NoModel) M; WISE.

INTERGHANGEABLE HEEL. No. 487,312. Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

g1- M Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS WISE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INTERCHANGEABLE HEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,312, dated December 6, 1892.

Application iiled August 20,1891. Renewed June 8. 1892. Serial No. 435,943. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS VISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable Heels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in heels for boots and shoes; and the invention consists inthe novel features ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed for making the heels interchangeable or readily removable and attachabie, so that when a heel is worn or injured or the style of heel is to be changed the heel in the boot or shoe can be readily removed and another substituted.

Thisinvention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure lis an inverted plan View nf a sole adapted to receive a heel. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a heel adapted to be secured to the sole shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a key. Fig. 4 shows the key applied to use. Fig. 5 is a section along 00x, Fig. 4. Fig.

6 is a section along y y, Fig. 4.. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan View of a sole with a modified form of attaching device. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a heel adapted to be secured to the sole shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows a key adapted for use with the heel of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 shows Athe key of Fig. 9 applied to use. Fig. 11 is a section along z e', Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a section along w w, Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section of a modification.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates the sole to which the heel is to be attached, and B is the heel. 'lo the sole is secu red a plate O, having eyes D, and the heel is provided with a plate E, having eyes F. When the heel is placed in position, the eyes D F are in alignment, and by inserting the key G in place, so as to engage the eyes D F, the heel is secured in place. The key G has an eye H, into which can be inserted an awl, hook,

or other suitable tool for withdrawing the key when the heel is to be removed. In order that the position of the heel can be easily fixed, pegs or projections I, engaging suitable eyes or depressions K, can be provided, and by means of these pegs the key G is also relieved from considerable lateral strain. while the wearer is walking.

In Figs. 7 to 12 the plates O E are shown as having each a double row of eyes D F, and the key G, Fig. 9. has two branches for engaging said eye-rows.

The key in Figs. 1 to 12 is inserted and withdrawn at the back; but by making the channel or passage for the key extend from the back through the breast of the heel, as seen in Fig. ]3,`the key can be passed into place at the back and then pushed through and withdrawn at the breast, or vice versa.

The heel can be attached to the sole or quarter, as in Figs. 1 to l2, or a lift L can be secured to the sole or quarter, as in Fig. 13, and the heel B attached to this lift.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The sole A, having the attached plate O struck up with the series of outwardly-projecting eyes D, in combination with the heel B, having the attached plate E arranged on its upper surface and provided with the series of struck-up eyes F, which pass between the eyes of the sole-plate, and the lengthwisesliding key G, composed of a flat rectangular plate inserted through the struck-up eyes of the two plates, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS 'WISE Witnesses:

WM. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

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