US515173A

US515173A - Shoe-protector

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Publication number: US515173A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1911-02-20

Description

(No Model.)

J. H. & P. W. SGHOLDING. SHOE PROTBGTOR.

No. 515,173. Patented Feb. 20, 1894 mvemons:

BY EMM flzfim monm UNITED STATES PATENT Eric.

JOHN H. SCHOLDING AND FREDERICK W. SCHOLDING, OF YONKERS, NEW

YORK. I

SHOE-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,173, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed May 6, 1893. Serial No. 473,211. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. SOHOLDING and FREDERICK W. SCHOLDING, citizens of the United States, and residents of Yonkers, in the county of WVest-chester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot or Shoe Protectors, of'which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide means for protecting the toe and heel portions of boots and shoes, being especially designed for the use of children while coasting on sleds, to. enable them to steer the sled with more certainty than with the unprotected shoes, while removing the wear on the shoe which always attends the steering of sleds by the feet, and also to enable the person Wearing the protector to obtain a better footing or hold upon snow and ice while walking.

The invention consists in a detachable protector adapted to be placed over the toe or heel portion of a shoe and provided with means for holding it in position on the shoe.

The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement and the combinationsof parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe showing our protector applied to both the toe and heel of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a face view of the bottom or under side of the heel protector. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the toe protector. Fig. 4 is a partly broken face view of the heel protector, looking in the direction of the arrow 1 in Fig. 1, a portion of the shoe being in section on the

line

2, 2, in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a face View of the toe protector, partly in section, looking in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 1.

In the drawings the letter A indicates a suitable shoe or foot covering to which our protectors are shown applied.

B is our shoe or boot toe protector and B is the heel protector, they being made substantially alike excepting that they are arcorresponding to the shape of said portion of 5 5 v a shoe or boot. The protector B has a tread portion b, to lie against the sole d of the shoe or boot,and the portion 6 of said protector that covers the toe portion ofthe shoe or boot is preferably made v outwardly flaring, as at f, so as to permit ready entrance of the shoe or boot and the free bending of the foot within the protector. At the junction of the portions b and e of the protector is provided an outwardly extending flange or rim D, which is utilized by the user as a means for obtaining a firm hold upon the snow while steering a sled by the foot.

The portions b and e of the protector may be suitably joined together, but we find it advantageous to form the protector out of a single piece of material, say for instance, from thin metal suitably stamped or drawn to the desired form. WVhen the protector ismade in this manner the flange or rim D may be made as in the section in Fig. 5, that is to say, pressed or swaged out, as shown. By this means a strong structure is produced without scams or rivets, and the flange or rim D being integral with the portions b and e of the protector detachment of the flange will be prevented and leakage obviated.

We prefer that the tread portion 1) of the protector should be provided with ribs or webs g, that preferably extend lengthwise of the shoe A, and incline from the inner portion of the protector toward the outer part, near the latter part vanishing down flush with the tread b, as indicated. The ribs or 0 webs g are preferably an integral portion of the tread b, and for this purpose when the tread is formed the ribs or webs g are produced by bending or swaging the material of the tread b to the desired shape, as in Fig. 5. 5 In this case the ribs or webs g'will form open gutters leading to the inner edge, or nearly so, of the protector, so that any melted snow under the sole or heel can pass away. But it is evident that the ribs or webs g can be suitably connected with tread b, as may be found most desirable. They are preferably arranged in diverging lines on the tread b of the protector as in Figs. 2, 3 and 5.

To further assist the person wearing the protector while walking on snow or ice, especially up hill, the inner edge of the tread b of the protector may be bent downwardly, preferably to form one or more projections 71, h, of suitable width, as shown.

The protector may be provided with suitable means for detachably connecting it with the shoe or boot of the wearer, and for this purpose it is shown provided with a strap i havinga buckle j, as in full and dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The toe protector B and the heel protector B are constructed substantially alike in all material respects, with such necessary changes as will enable one to tit upon the toe and-the other upon the heel portion of a shoe or boot. The protector 13 preferably has a flaring mouth f at its upper portion, its opening or mouth a being arranged to receive the heel portion of the shoe. The flange or rim D on the heel protector is placed particularly at the rear lower part so that when the heel is used to steer a sled by a firm hold upon the snow can be obtained. At the for ward part of the treadb of the heel protector may be placed upright projections or lugs (one or more) 7L which act to prevent the protector from slipping from the shoe or boot heel Z.

The protector may be lined with a suitable soft material m, such as felt or wool, for the sake of warmth and comfort, and to prevent snow from collecting between the shoe and the protector.

It is evident that the portion 6 of the protector could be made of leather, rubber, cloth or other material and suitably joined to the tread b and rim D, but we prefer to make the entire device from a single piece of material, say thin metal.

Although both the toe and heel protectors are shown applied to a single shoe it is evident that they may be used separately, as for instance, a boy would probably wear the toe protector solely, as he usually steers a sled with the toe of his shoe, while a girl would probably use only the heel protector 13*, as she usually sits upon a sled and steers with her heels. But with either or both the protectors applied the flange or rim D or D will be found very useful as it will act somewhat as a rubber because it can take a firm hold upon the snow when a person is trying to steer a sled.

The protectors will be found very useful, as they will protect the shoe or boot from wear as well as protecting the foot from injury in coasting. They can be worn with ordinary shoes or boots, or over rubber boots or overshoes. They are cheap tomanufacture, simple in construction and easy to adjust upon the feet.

Having now described our invention, what we claim is 1. A shoe or boot protector consisting of an imperforate casing having an opening for receiving a portion of a shoe or boot, one wall of the protector having a flaring end and an outwardly projecting flange or rim D arranged along the lower outer edge of the protector, and formed of two substantially contiguous webs substantially as described.

2. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a casing having a bottom or tread, a flangeor rim extending outwardly alongthe lower outer edge, and ribs or webs arranged longitudinally on the bottom of the protector forming a continuous gutter and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as described.

3. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a casing having a tread or bottom, and downwardly projecting ribs or webs formed on said bottom from the same material which latter is pressed outwardly to form said ribs or webs into continuous gutters, substantially as described.

4. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a terial of the casing and formed from two sub-.

stantially contiguous webs, substantially as described.

5. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a casing having an upper portion, a tread or bottom and open on one side, the material at the edge of said tread under the opening being bent downwardly to form a projection, and an outwardly projecting flange extending from the lower edge of the casing, sub- 'stantially as described,

.6. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a casing having an upper portion, a tread or bottom and openon one side, the material at the edge of said tread under the opening being bent upwardly to form a projection, and an outwardly projecting flange extending from the lower edge of the casing, substantially as described.

7. A shoe or boot protector consisting of a casing made from a single piece of material and having an upper portion, a tread or bottom, and a horizontal flange or rim D pressed out from the meeting parts of the upper portion. and tread, ribs or webs formed by double walls pressed from the tread and projecting downwardly, and a downward projection formed from the bent edge of the tread or bottom under the opening, substantially as described.

8. A shoe or boot protector, consisting of a casing having an upper portion, a tread or ehester and State of New York, this 2d day of bottom, and one side open, and rifbsor webs May, A. D. 1893. projecting rom the under side 0 the tread, v extending longitudinally thereof and inolin- 5 ing from the inner edge of the tread upt wardly and outwardly, substantially as and Witnesses: for the purposes specified. WM. H. FULLER,

Signed at Yonkers, in the county of West- WM. P, CONSTABLE.