US657606A

US657606A - Shoe-lace fastener.

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Publication number: US657606A
Application number: US2270500A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Lester Lee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-07-06
Filing date: 1900-07-06
Publication date: 1900-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1917-09-11

Description

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, I wT L. LEE.

SHOE LACE FASTENER.

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(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LESTER LEE, OF IOLA, KASAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 LEWIS L. NORTHRUP, OF SAME PLACE.

sHoE-LAJCE -FASTEN ER'.

SPECIFICATION forrih'g part Of Letters Patent NO. 657.606, dated September 11, 1900. .'lpplicationl iiled July 6, 1900 Serial No. 22,705. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.;-

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM LESTER LEE, a I

citizen of the United States, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Lace Fastener, of which the following is a speciiiof this character which is especially designed for use as a Shoestring or lace fastener, so as to obviate the necessity of tying the laces, and

'arranged to rmly hold the free ends thereof against being accidentally loosened.

Another object of the invention is to arL range the device so as to hold the tongue of the shoe in its proper place, and thereby prevent the same from working downwardly into the shoe by the action of the foot of the wearer. range for facilitating the engagement and disengagement of the shoe-lacewith the fastener and at the same time to preventaccidental opening or releasing ofthe device from the lace by the action of the bottoms of trousers or skirts.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, itv being understoodA that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a detail perspective View showing theimproved fastener applied to the bow-knot of a shoe-lace. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastener with the hingedly-connected members thrown open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view to show the connection with the tongue of a shoe.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body of the fastener, which It is furthermore designed to aris concavedlupon its under face, as indicated at 2 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so as to t the transversely-rounded ankle of the wearer. This body portion or member is substantially rectangular or oblong in shape and is provided upon its outer side with the opposite longitudinal outstanding edge flanges 3, and in the center of the body there is provided a circular opening et. At opposite sides of the central opening there is provided a plurality of transverse parallel grooves or depressions to form corresponding ribs 5, which are sharp or of substantially inverted-V shape, the upper edges thereof being serrated, as best indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Leading from the front edge of the central opening is a transverse slot 6, which is inclined toward one end of the body, so as to open out through the!v front edge thereof at one side of the center of the body.

Completely covering the outer side of the body member is a swinging member or jaw 7, which has its rear edge connected to the rear edge of the body by means of a suitable hinge 8, as shown in Fig. 4. Extending outwardly from the center of the inner side of the swinging member is a Istud or projection 9, which is somewhat smaller than the central opening in the body, so that said stud may loosely fit therein. The outer end of this stud is serrated or roughened to form a friction-surface. At opposite sides o f the stud there is provided a plurality of transverse parallel ribs l0, corresponding to the ribs of the body, but arranged in staggered `,relation thereto, so that when the two members are closed together the ribs of one member will be received between the adjacent ribs of the other member, so as to form grippingteeth. To lock the two members together, there is provided a spring-catch 11, which is secured to the outer side of the front edge of the body and hasl a spur or projec- Ation l2 to spring into a suitable notch or recess formed in the front free edge of the swinging member. It will nowbe Vunderstood that the slot 6 is inclined, so as to permit of the spring-catch being located midway between opposite ends of the fastener.

The device is connected to the upper end portion ofthe tongue 13 of a shoe 14 by means IOO of a hook or eye A15,;projected outwardly'from the rear vedgeofth'e body and loosely `engaged with a ring or eye 16, secured to the front or outer side of the tongue, thereby forming a` looseor hinged connection between the fastener-and the tongue or the shoe. l, In using the device .the vs`hoe-laces'l7 'are` entered throughy the slot 6 intolthe ceritral` opening 4, `after which they are folded or looped across the body, and then the-swinging member is closed down upon the laces, so that the stud 9 forces the same down into the central opening,.-and the opposite-,pom tions of the laces arermly clamped between the ribs of the two members, the spring-catch snapping into engagement with the head or swinging member, soas to lock thesame."

Thustheshoe-lace is held against being`ae` cidentally untied or loosened by the action of the foot, andas the device is-connected !to the tongue thel latter isprevented from workingvdown'intothe shoe. Also the hingedconnection of thedevice facilitates the engage- 1 ment thereof with thel shoe-lace.

What is claimed is 4 1. A shoe-lace fastener, comprising a body having `a centraloperiing therein, anda-slot;`

communicating therewith, and `al-swingingl member or headhingedly connected to the!` body, and provided with a central stud or projection which is received within theeen-v tral opening, when the device is fastened.

2. A shoe-lace fastener, comprising a body, A. having a central opening, and a transverse longitudinally-inclined slot/opening out through the front edge of the body and also 'commu-1 nicating withthe opening, a swinging -memf ber hingedly connected tothe rear edge'of the body, and provided with a central'stud" or-projection, which is received within the central opening, in thefastened -position of the device, and a spring-catchsecured to the middle of the' front edge of the body and for engagement with the swinging member.

3. A shoe-lace fastener, comprising a body,

navinga centralopening, and opposite suo- Ns'tantiallypa'rallel.transverse ribs at Vopposite sides of the opening,'a`nd a swinging member hingedly connected to onel edge of the body,

fand provided "with a central stud or projection to enter the opening inthe body, and also having ribs located at opposite sides of the studfandarranged in staggered relation to the ribs of the body.

ing betwe'enthe anges, a swinging'member l hinlgedly connected tofthe rear edge of the body, and provided'with a central lstud or projection to belreceive'dwithin the central opening, -and transverseribs npon the inner 'side of =the member-and -atopposite sides of the stud, saidf ribs-being in staggeredlrelation to thoseT of' thebo'dy; anda spring-catch to hold l themembers closed.

vIn' testimony that I claim the foregoingv as my ownfIA have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of vtwo Witnesses.

VWILLIAM LESTER LEE.

`Witnesses v BERT MILLER, T. S. STOVER.