US642705A - Overshoe-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

No.,y 642,705. Patented Feb. 6, |900.

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UVERSHUE FSTENER.

(Application led Mar. 1,'1899.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN F. MGOARTl-IY, OF SALTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

OVERSHOE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 642,705, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed March 1, 1899. Serial No. 707,338. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. MCCARTHY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Saltsburg, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overshoe-Fasteuers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in overshoe-fasteners.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for keeping an overshoe from slipping; and it consists of an elastic cord or band which is adjustable and provided with a suitable connecting device for attaching to the overshoe, in combination with a fastening-plate, to which the band or cord is secured for connecting the same to a shoe.

My invention finally consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view of a portion of a shoe and overshoe, showing my improved fastener in position. tional View thereof. Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of the fastening-plate. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the connectingplate. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modi- Iied form of connecting-plate attached to a portion of an overshoe,and also showing a portion of the adjustable elastic cord or band connected thereto. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a modified form of connecting-plate, showing the aperture in one bend thereof, through which is inserted the fastening-barb.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, l indicates the shoe, and 2 the overshoe, which are both. broken away, as shown.

-The overshoe is secured to the shoe to prevent the slipping off of the same by means of the connecting plate 3, which is provided with the oblong slot t. The connecting-plate 3 is also provided with a pair of barbs 5 on Fig. 2 is a vertical sec-V its inner face, which are adapted to beinserted in the overshoe, as shown, for securing the plate thereto.

Suitably connected to the plate 3, in any desirable manner, is the adjustable elastic cord or band 6, the lower end thereof being inserted through the slot 4, lapped upon itself, and secured together in any desirable manner.

The upper end of the cord or band 6 is connected to the fastening-plate 7. This plate 7 is formed of an oblong piece of flat metallic material having a pair of oblong slots S 9 suitably arranged therein and at the lower end is provided with the fastening-barb 10. The outer face of the plate 7 is formed with the eye lll, while the inner face has formed integral therewith the downwardly-extendin g hook l2.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of connectingplate for the elastic cord or band, and it consists of an oblong plate 13, bent upon itself, the outer face of the inner portion having a flexible projection 14, which operates through an aperture formed in the outer bent portion, as shown, the band or cord being secured to the link 15, which is likewise connected to the connecting-plate.

My improved overshoe-fastener is connected to the overshoe, as well as the wearingshoe, in the following manner: The connecting-plate 3 is secured to the overshoe by means of the barbs 5. It will of course be observed that before the connecting-plate 8 is secured to the overshoe the elastic cord or band is connected thereto. 'Ihe upper or free end of the cord or band is inserted through the aperture or slot 9 in the fastening-plate 7, then passes downwardly over the outer face of the plate 7, and thence through the slot 8. Then it is passed downwardly and around the plate and secured in position by means of the barb 10. The free end of the cord or band is then inserted in the eye ll. The plate is then supported by means of the'hook l2, which is attached to the upper. edge of the shoe-upper.

The modified form of connecting-plate is secured to the overshoe by means of the nexible barb operating through the same and through the aperture formed in the outer portion of the plate. The barb is then bent downwardly, which will securely hold the plate in position.

It will of course be observed that by the use of the fastening-plate the cord or band can be adjusted to any length desired.

It will be noted that Various Changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to seen re by Letters Patent, is-

An oVershoe-fastener consisting of an elastio oord or band, a fastening-plate provided with a pair of oblong slots one above the other adapted to receive the upper end of the said band, a barb formed integral with the lower edge of the said fastening-plate for securing the said cord or band in position, a hook suitably connected to the said fasteningplate adapted to engage the upper edge of a Y JOHN F. MGCARTHY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. KAIB, JOHN S. IRWIN.

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