US753745A - Shoe. - Google Patents

Description

'PATENTED MAR. l, 1904.

(W7/7K6; l. 5V/amo C. K. SHAROOD.

SHOE.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 1o. 1903.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES atented March i, i904.

PATENT CEEicE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION formingrpart of Letters Patent No. 753,745, dated Marchl, 1904. Application filed November 10, 1903. Serial No. 180,504. (No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. SHARooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes, and particularly to that class of shoes in which.A the uppers are provided with slits the edges of which are to be connected by lacing or by other suitable means and in which tongues are provided to cover the space between the edges of the slit.

The invention has for its object to connect the tongue with the upper in a substantial and durable manner and in such a way as to avoid any objectionable bunching at the instep portion of the shoe and also in such a manner as to greatly strengthen and reinforce not only the tongue, but also the attachment of the latter to the shoe.

With these ends in view the'invention consists in providing the tongue with a lining having an extension which is connected with the lining of the shoe in such a manner as to form smooth and even connection whichV shall not obstruct or hinder either the putting on or removal of the shoe from the foot of the wearer.

The invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and coinbination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of a tongue lined and adapted to be connected with the lining of a shoe-upper. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an inverted view of ashoe-upper provided with my improved tongue attachment. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated-by similar numerals of reference.

l designates the tongue, which is provided on its under side with a lining 2, which is preferably made of textile material of the same kind as that of which the lining of the shoe is made.

4 designates the upper, and 5 an intermediate lining, which, however, is not essential in connection with my invention.

The lining of the tongue is provided with inturned edges 6 along the sides and upper end, and it is connected with the tongue by stitching 7 said stitching being close to the edge of the lining, but at a distance from the edges of the tongue. A strip 8 of the tonguelining extends below the lower point of the tongue, and the edges of said extension are not folded and are connected, preferably, by double rows of stitching 9 with the inner side of the lining 3, the extension 8 reaching to the toe of the lining. A cross stitch or fastening 10 serves to connect the point of the tongue and the lining with the upper at the point of the slit to reinforce the latter in the usual manner. lines at l1.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed,

The slit is indicated in dotted the advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. The tongue is not only lined, and thereby materially strengthened, but the extension of the tongue-lining being connected with the lining of the upper in the manner described forms a mode of attachment which insures the permanency of the connection of the tongue with the upper and prevents its displacement when pulled for the purpose of smoothing it. By the construction described lumping 'or bunching is prevented and a neat, durable, and secure tongue attachment is provided.

I desire it to be understood that while I have in the foregoing described a simple and preferred construction of my invention I do not thereby limit myself to the precise structural details herein set forth, but reserve the right to such changes, alterations, and modiications as may be resorted to within the scope of my invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the utility of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I Y

with the tongue, Sairi lining being provided said tongue-lining having Sinooth edges' eon with an extension in the direction of the toe neeted with the lining of the shoe andextendoi' the shoe. A i ing to the toe of the letter.

2. A shoe-tongue having a lining connecte In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I5 5 therewith, Said lining being provided with an my own I have hereto aiiiXecl rny signature in extension at the lower end thereof, said eX- the presence of two WitnesSes.

tension being connected with the lining of a CHARLES K SHAROOD shoe.

3. Aslioe-upper, alining therefor, atongue, Witnesses: I0 e lining for said tongue having inturned edges JOHN R. WILBOR,

stitched to the tongue, and an extension of C. ROY SHAROOD.

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