US726940A

US726940A - Shoe.

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Publication number: US726940A
Application number: US11719902A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry C Kenworthy; William H Minckemeyer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-07-26
Filing date: 1902-07-26
Publication date: 1903-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 1920-05-05

Description

No. 726,940 I PATENTED MAY 5, 1903. H. G. KENWORTHY & W. H. MINGKEMEYBR. SHOE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

HARRY O. KENWORTHY AND WILLIAM 'H. MINCKEMEYER', OF FORT MADISON, IOWA.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,940, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed July 26, 1902. Serial No. 117,199. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,HARRY O. KENWORTHY and WILLIAM H. MINOKEMEYER, citizens of Our invention relates to improvements in boots, shoes, overshoes, and leggings which do not require lacing or unlacing of the article before putting it on or removing it from the foot and whereby the edges of the article may be more readily overlapped or unfastened than is possible with the hooks and eyelets now in general use.

Our object is to provide a device of this character which will leave the outer portion of the shoe in a neat and smooth condition, and is equally desirable for ladies, mens, and childrens shoes because of the absence of projections of any kind to catch the apparel of the wearer.

With these objects in view the invention may be said to consist in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the upper portion of the shoe unfastened and the flap thrown back. Fig. 2 shows the flap closed over the opening. Fig. 3 is a crosssection taken on the line III III of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 designates the upper of the shoe, and 2 the vamp, to which the upper is sewed in the usual manner. The upper has an opening 3 near its front portion adapted to be closed by an overlapping flap 4 when in position on the wearers foot. The front edge 5 of the flap is turned inwardly a suitable distance and secured by stitching 6, forming a continuous loop 7 from top to bottom of said flap. Said loop is closed at opposite ends by stitching 8 and 9, and its inner side is provided with a series of eyelets 10, through which the lacing-cord 11 is passed. The front edge 12 of the opposite side 13 of the opening to placing the shoe on the foot.

' is also turned inwardly a suitable distance and secured by stitching 14. to form a continuous loop 15, which, like loop 7, is closed at its opposite ends by stitching 8 and 9. The latter excludes dirt and moisture from both loops. I

The outer side of the loop 15 is provided with a series of eyelets 16, preferably one less in number than contained by the flap, in order to leave space at its lower portion for a spiral-spring clamp-fastener 17, to which the lower end of the lacing-cord is attached.

The top of the upper of the shoe is provided. with a similar clamp-fastener 17, secured at a suitable distance to the rear of loop 15, so that the flap will not interfere with it, and the upper portion of the lacingcord may be fastened thereto when the opening is closed by the flap, as shown by Fig. 2, although any other suitable means for securing the lacing-cord may be substituted.

After the lower end of the lacing-cord has been secured to the fastener it is passed up through the eyelets, as shown, and the sides of the opening are drawn. apart preparatory After it is drawn on the wearer simply has to pull on the upper portion of the lacing-cord, which operation draws the flap over the opposite side of the opening until the eyelets 10 and 16 register or nearly register, when the cord is clamped under the spring-fastener 17 thus avoiding the necessity for knots and tying.

By drawing the flap over the opposite side of the opening, as above described, the tongue usually employed in lace-shoes may be dispensed with, as the flap excludes dust and rain or snow from the opening. It will also be noticed when the shoe is laced that only the-upper portion of one lacing-cord is exposed, and the rest of it being protected by the. loops will prolong its wearing qualities indefinitely.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is- In a shoe open at its front portion, a closure therefor comprising a flap adapted to cover the opening, upright loops along the free edge In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY G. KENWORTHY. WILLIAM H. MINOKEMEYER.

Witnesses:

W. A. MENDENHALL, H. F. WHITMAN.