US607289A - Ventilated boot or shoe - Google Patents

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No. 607,289. Patented July 12, |898. P. sTAYEnT.

VENTILATED BOUT 0R`SHOE.

(Application ala Mm. 2o, 1891.)

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VENTILATED B001' 0R SHE.

cation filed Mar. 20 1897.

Patented July I2, |898.

Nrrnn TATES ATENT innena PETER STAYERT, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENTILATED BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,289, dated July 12, 1898. Application flied March 2o, 1897. ySerial NOGZSASL No model.)

at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and.

State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilatedy Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a" specilcation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesV to certain new and useful improvements in boots and shoes, and has for its object to provide Ynovel and efficient means for Ventilating the shoe and also to provide simple means for closing the ventilation-port, so as to elfeetually exclude the water from. entering the same during damp weather.

The invention aims to provide this novel ventilation means, which may be readily applied to either a boot or shoe and that will be entirely hidden from view, so as not to change the appearance in any manner of the ordinary boot and shoe.

The invention further resides in the simplicity of construction, strength, durability, effectiveness, and comparative small cost of manufacture.

\Vith the above and other ob jects in View the invention finally7 consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing. the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisrv specification, and wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of the shoe, showing my improved Ventilating means applied thereto. Fig. 2is a plan View of the top insole. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the underneath insole. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a double sleeve arranged in the heel to admit the air, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. G is a perspective View of a boot or shoe heel broken away to show the sleeve in position, Fig. 7 isaperspective View of the heel partly broken away with the sleeve removed. Fig. 'S is a `perspective view of the outer sleeve, showing the inner sleeve in position. Fig. 9 is a per spective View of the inner sleeve. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of the heel and sleeves, showing the position of the spanner in fullv lines when the openings register and the position of the same in dotted lines when the openings are closed.

Referring now tothe drawings by reference-letters, a indicatesthe intermediate sole, which is" of course shaped to conform to the shoe and rests upon the sole proper, i). This intermediate sole is provided with a slot c, extending longitudinally therewith and terminating at one end in an opening d, which is preferablyarranged aboutcentrally of that portion of the sole that rests over the heel.

' At its other end this slot c divides into two branches e, which are preferably arranged in a diamond or elliptical form, as shown by the drawings.

The insole fis provided with a series of apertures or openings g, which are so arranged as to register with the slots c and e.

In the upper and forward part of the heel 7L is provided a recess 7d, which is adapted to receive a sleeve it, fitting neatly therein and extending in alinement with the shoe. This sleeve is provided at its rear end with a projection l, adapted to receive a screw or pin m for securing the same rmly tothe heel portion of the sole l). This sleeve 7l; is also provided with an aperture a, which registers with an aperture o in the said heel portion of the sole b and with the aperture d of the intermediate sole Ct. ithin the sleeve 7s and fitting neatly therein is an auxiliary sleeve p,

which has formed integral with its inner end a button q, adapted to engage in and operate within a recess q', formed in the heel it at the rear of the recess it', said button serving to hold theauxiliary sleeve'p within the sleeve lt by reason of its engaging the end of said sleeve it'. This auxiliary sleeve p is likewise provided with an aperture or opening r,which registers with the opening'n in the sleeve lfl when it is desired to admit the air into vthe boot or shoe. The sleeve p is also provided at its forward end with two notches or recesses s, which are adapted to receive a spanner or other suitable device s for the purpose of operating the auxiliary sleeve p and turning the same within the sleeve it' in a manner IOO to close the air-port into the shoe by the moving of the auxiliary sleeve suiiieiently to hrin g the aperture r out of its registering position with the aperture n. This olosin g of the apertures eiieotually prevents any water from passing into the shoe through the air-port.

It will also be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spiritof my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a ventilated boot or shoe, an insole provided with apertures, an intermediate sole having slots registering with said apertures, a main sleeve provided with an extension Z secured to the heel, said main sleeve being provided With an aperture registering with an aperture in the heel, an auxiliary sleeve provided With an aperture registering with the aperture in the main sleeve, a button formed on the inner end of the auxiliary sleeve and engaging the end of the main sleeve and reeesses formed in the outer edge of the auxiliarysleeve to receive a key whereby the same is turned, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

PETER S'IAYERT. Vitnesses:

A. M. WILSON, J. P. APPLEMAN,

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