US553933A

US553933A - Fastener for overshoes

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Publication number: US553933A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1913-02-04

Description

(No Model.)

- G. o. POLING. FASTENER FOR OVERSHOES.

1\I0.553,933. Patented Feb. 4, 1896'.Y

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UNITED STATES,-

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. POLING, OF IIARIJAN, IOXVA.

FASTEN ER FOR OVERSHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,933, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed October 29, 1895. Serial No. 567,250. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. POLING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at I-Iarlan, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Fastener for Overshoes, of which the following is a speciiication.

My obj ect is to provide a simple attachment for overshoes adapted to detachably fasten an overshoe to the heel of an inner boot or shoe and also at the same time fasten the bottom and rear portion of a pants-leg as required to prevent the overshoe from slipping off and the pants from becoming soiled and worn from contact with the lower portion of the heel of the overshoe and the ground tread upon.

My invention consists in the device applied and operated as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure l shows the device detached. Fig. 2 shows a side view of an overshoe with the fastener attached thereto, part of the overshoe being removed to show the fastener. Fig. 3 shows a view similar to Fig. 2, with a shoe in the overshoe and a modiiied form of fastener.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the fastener is seen to be composed of a single piece of wire. Starting at one end, a loop A is iirst formed therein to admit a rivet. The wire is then bent horizontally to conform to the heel of an overshoe and bowed backwardly at A2. A like loop A3 is formed therein equidistant from the said bowed portion. From the loop A3 the wire is bent downwardly and coiled at B, the end portion B2 being extended straight upwardly through the bowed portion A2, inclined rearwardly at its top and having its end bent downwardly, coiled around the upwardly-extended part and then bent forwardly at C to pass through the overshoe. Its end is preferably pointed so as to firmly engage the heel of a shoe in the overshoe.

In practical use the device may readily be applied to an overshoe with two rivets through When placing the overshoe on the shoe the top B3 is grasped and drawn rearwardly, the backWardly-bowed portion A2 serving as a guide and preventing it from being drawn backwardly so far that the end C maybe drawn through the overshoe. When the overshoe is in place the top B3 is released and the end C forced into the shoe proper, thus securing the overshoe to the shoe. It is obvious also that the top B3 will hold the wearers trousers elevated and when it is desired to remove the overshoe serve the double function of withdrawing the end C from the shoe and providing a convenient handle for removing the overshoe.

In Fig. 2 a modied form is shown. It comprises a leaf-spring having its lower end D bent at right angles and inserted in the solid heel portion of the overshoe. This may be done during the manufacture of the overshoe. The spring is then extended upwardly and inclined outwardly at its top at D2 to form a trousers-support. At its central portion is a spur D3 that may project through the overshoe to engage a shoe.

It is obvious that the normal action of my device will simultaneously retain an overshoe in its place and the pants clasped thereto and retained elevated relative to the heel of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. A device for fastening an overshoe to an inner boot or shoe and also simultaneously clasping and fastening the bottom and heel portion of apants-leg in an elevated position relative to the heel of the overshoe, consisting of a spring adapted to be fixed to the lower portion of the heel on an overshoe and provided with a pin extending at right angles from its central portion to enter aperforation in the heel of the shoe, and terminating at its upper end in a clasp adapted to fasten apantsleg to the overshoe,`in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

2. An overshoe-fastening device, composed of a single piece of spring-wire having two loops to admit rivets, a rearwardly-bowed portion betweenthe'm, a coil formed in the wire beneath the said loop and a part extended upwardly from said coil through the bowed portion with its upper end inclinedl rearwardly and a spur formed on the said upright part tol extend through the overshoe and engage a shoe, substantially as and for the purposes stated.

Jos. R. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORwIG.

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