US77421A - Improved boot and shoe-stud - Google Patents

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H. S. WALCOTT. Shoe Fatening.

Patented Apr. 28,1868.

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H. S. WALCOTT, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BOSTON SHOE- STUD AND BUTTON COMPANY.

Letters Patent No. 77,421, dated April 28, I868.

IMPROVED BOOT AND SHOE-STUD.

TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, H. S. WALCOTT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and improved Stud for Fastening Boots or Shoes, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying plate of drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a. full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to-have secured to me by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of studs for fastening shoes with strings, and consists in a novel method of constructing the studs, whereby they can be secured to the shoe in a very expeditious and secure manner, and at the same time are speeially adapted to the purpose for whichthcy are intended. In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side view, and

Figure 2 a front view ofa shoe with my improved stud applied thereto.

Figures 3 and 4 represent vertical sections of my improved stud attached to the leather.

In constructing my stud, I take a piece of metal of proper size, and form a rounded head, 6, and below the head I form a circumferential groove, (Z, as shown'in fig. 3. I then form a shank or stem, of less diameter than the body b, with a shoulder just below the groove d, and this stem I make tubular in form, and of suflicient leng'tli"to reach through the leather and have its end turned over on the inside, the same-31s an eyelet is turned down,.and as represented in figs. 3 and 4, the flange a, which is formed by thus turning down the inner end of the tubular shank custom, serving to hold it securely in place. I

These studs may be formed in dies, or by any other suitable means known to the trade, and they may be made with one or more grooves for the string, and may be made either plain or ornamental, as desired.

In applying them to the shoe, they should. be placed diagonally along each side of the front opening, as represented in fig. 2. The'string being secured at its lower end, will then be passed across the opening, to and fro, and around one of the studs on the opposite sides at each crossing, as represented, the upper end being finally secured. by tying at the top, or in any other suitable manner.

By this improvement I dispense with the use of buttons, which are objectionable, for the reason that they are more difiieult to secure'jn place, frequently getting loose, and being lost. By forming the groove d for the string to rest in, I preventthc lacing from rubbing on and-abrading the leather or cloth of the shoe, as it does when buttons are used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-- A shoe-stud, formed of a solid piece of metal, and having a head anda' shoulder or flange, with a groove between them ofsufiicient size to permit the lacing to move frcely'thereimand having a tubular stem, by which it can be secured to the shoe, as herein shown and described.

I H. S. WALCQTT. Witnesses i JOSEPH Gavan,-

SAML. M. Banron.

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