US605232A - Attachment for rubber shoes - Google Patents

Description

-(N0 Model.)

C. E. PUSH. ATTACHMENT EOE RUBBER SHOES. No.V 605,232. Patented June 7,1898.

form, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

"NTTED STATES CHARLES E. P OSH, OF` WINFIEL D,fKANSAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR RUBBER SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent N o. 605,232, dated June 7, 1898.

Application filed March 22, 1897.

To all whom t may concermm Be it known thatl, CHARLES-E. POSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas,^have invented and produced a new and useful Attachment for Rubber Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, showing apart thereof.

Thefinvention relates to improvements in attachments for rubber shoes.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to a rnbber shoe and capable of clamping the foot of the wearer sufficiently to prevent a rubber shoe from coming off. t

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will strengthen a-rubber shoe and prevent the same from breaking down at the heel.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a rubber overshoe embodying my invention, with the heel portion partlybroken away and part of the inner lining removed to more clearly show the attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the attachment removedl from the rubber overshoe. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank before heilig bent into shape.` i

Like numerals of reference denote corre-N spondin g parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l indicates the rubber overshoe, and 2 the inner lining thereof.

The attachment is made'from sheet spring metal, and preferably of a single piece, and before being bent to shape is T-shaped in The stem or shank 3 of the attachment will preferably be wider than the lateral arms 4, and the stem and arms may be of any desired length. The arms 4 will be curved to conform generally to the configuration of the heel portion of an ordinary shoe, and are designed to be Serial No. 628,795. (No model.)

The stem 3 will be arranged against the inner face of the heel portion of the overshoe substantiall y midway between the sides and bent,

as indicated at 5, toform a step 6 to rest upon the sole of the overshoe, and the stem will eX- tend vertically from the sole v'to the upper edge of the rubber overshoe and thereby reinforce and stiifen the heel portion throughout its height.

The attachment will preferably be secured to the overshoe in the course of the manufacture of the latter by securing it between the rubber and the inner lining and be thus entirely hidden from view, and there will be no shoulders or sharpedges to come in contact with the inner shoe to injure the inner shoe or retard the placing on` or removal of the overshoe from the inner shoe. If, however, it is desired to apply the attachment to rubber overshoes already manufactured, it may be secured in position in any suitable manner. By the use of my invention the upper edge of the heel portion of the overshoe is stiffened longitudinally and prevented from bending,

thereby making it much easier to it the overshoe over the inner shoe, and the heel portion is stiffened vertically and prevented from breaking down. The arms l will also by their spring action effectually prevent the slipping up and down of the rubber shoe, which is frequently so objectionable.

It is also obvious that the blank can be so bent as to adapt it to fit in any sizedlovershoe.

Having described the invention, I claima .An overshoe provided with an attachment mounted in the walls of the overshoe so that Athe latter will present smooth inner surfaces to the foot of the'wearer, and constructed froina single piece of spring sheet metal, and comprising a vertically-disposed stem having its lower end bent to form a step, and curved arms extending laterally from each side of "the stem at the upper end `thereof and arranged around the upper edge of the heel to the upper edge of the overshoe to prevent portion of the overshoe and reinforcing and the heel from breaking down, substantially stiffening such edge and forming a clamp to as described, Y engage lthe foot of the wearer, the step being CHAS. E. POSH; 5 supported on the sole of the overshoe and the Witnesses:

stem being arranged midway 'between the C. L. GARVER, sides of the latter and eXtendin g from the sole GEO. WV. ROBINSON..

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