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US805379A
US805379A US25741505A US1905257415A US805379A US 805379 A US805379 A US 805379A US 25741505 A US25741505 A US 25741505A US 1905257415 A US1905257415 A US 1905257415A US 805379 A US805379 A US 805379A
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    • A43—FOOTWEAR
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  • the present invention relates to forms to be inserted into boots or shoes for the purpose R of holding in shape the uppers thereof, and
  • the objects of the present invention are to produce a hollow form so constructed and arranged as to be inserted into a boot or shoe and removed therefrom and which shall be of light yet secure construction.
  • a further object of the invention is to produce a two-part form and to so connect the parts together that when inserted in the boot or shoe the pressure of the upper will tend to keep the parts in normal operative position.
  • a further object of the invention is to produce a form provided with a yielding brace at the fore part so constructed and arranged as to be adjustable for varying widths of shoes.
  • the present invention consists of the improved shoe-form, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.
  • FIG. 1 shows the form in side elevation and illustrating in dotted lines the movement of the heel-section for shortening the form.
  • Fig. 2 shows an under side plan view of the form.
  • Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. A a transverse section.
  • my improved form or follower comprises two sections, a front section 1, embracing the toe and instep portion, and a heel-section 2, both sections being formed of thin sheet material, preferably of a fibrous nature, suchas a vulcanized paper-stock, and, as shown in the drawings, both sections are preferably open at the bottom, the heel-section being preferably provided with the inturned flange 3.
  • the heelsection is pivotally connected to the fore-part section by means of a rivet or bar 4, which is received in apertures or eyelets formed in the overlapping portions of the respective sections, the fore-part section being preferably inserted in the heel-section and the rivet or bar 4: being upset, all in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.
  • brace to bear upon the inner surfaces of the fore-part section at its pivotal point, which brace may consist of collars or washers suitably secured to the rivet or bar 4:, but preferably consists of a short metallic tube 5, fitted upon the rivet or bar land of such a length as to bear at its ends against the inner surface of the fore-part section, all as clearly shown in the drawings, thus bracing and supporting the sides of the form at the pivotal point to prevent a collapse or compression of the form at this point.
  • the pivot is at such a point above the bottom of the form and at such a distance from the forward ends of the heel-section that when the heel-section 2 is turned upward and forward for the purpose of shortening the form to remove it from the boot or shoe the lower ends 5 of the heel-section, as shown in dotted lines, Fig.
  • a brace 7 which consists of a thin piece of sheet-steel curved to conform to the transverse inner surface of the fore-part section at the ball portion, which is pivotally connected at its center by a pivot 8, so as to swing slightly about its pivot, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.
  • this brace bear against the sides of the fore-part section at the ball portion and resist the compressive strains imparted thereto when inserted in a shoe, and by pivoting this brace to the fore-part section, as described, the form is adapted to be adjusted to different widths of shoes, for, as will be seen, when extending directly across the ball portion it will be of a length to fit a given Width of shoe and when swung about its pivot it will be adjusted to lit a narrower shoe.

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No. 805,379. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. J. A. NILES.
SHOE FORM.
APPLICATION FILED APR.26, 190s.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SHOE-FORM.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 21, 1905.
Application filed April 26, 1905. Serial No, 257,415.
To all whom, it may concern.-
Be it known that 1, JAMES A. NILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Forms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.
The present invention relates to forms to be inserted into boots or shoes for the purpose R of holding in shape the uppers thereof, and
more particularly to a so-called hollow form.
The objects of the present invention are to produce a hollow form so constructed and arranged as to be inserted into a boot or shoe and removed therefrom and which shall be of light yet secure construction.
A further object of the invention is to produce a two-part form and to so connect the parts together that when inserted in the boot or shoe the pressure of the upper will tend to keep the parts in normal operative position.
A further object of the invention is to produce a form provided with a yielding brace at the fore part so constructed and arranged as to be adjustable for varying widths of shoes. I 7
To the above ends the present invention consists of the improved shoe-form, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.
My improvedShoe-form is shown in the companying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the form in side elevation and illustrating in dotted lines the movement of the heel-section for shortening the form. Fig. 2 shows an under side plan view of the form. Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. A a transverse section.
Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts.
As shown in the accompanying drawings, my improved form or follower comprises two sections, a front section 1, embracing the toe and instep portion, and a heel-section 2, both sections being formed of thin sheet material, preferably of a fibrous nature, suchas a vulcanized paper-stock, and, as shown in the drawings, both sections are preferably open at the bottom, the heel-section being preferably provided with the inturned flange 3. The heelsection is pivotally connected to the fore-part section by means of a rivet or bar 4, which is received in apertures or eyelets formed in the overlapping portions of the respective sections, the fore-part section being preferably inserted in the heel-section and the rivet or bar 4: being upset, all in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.
In order to prevent the form from collapsing at its pivotal point by side pressure, I provide a brace to bear upon the inner surfaces of the fore-part section at its pivotal point, which brace may consist of collars or washers suitably secured to the rivet or bar 4:, but preferably consists of a short metallic tube 5, fitted upon the rivet or bar land of such a length as to bear at its ends against the inner surface of the fore-part section, all as clearly shown in the drawings, thus bracing and supporting the sides of the form at the pivotal point to prevent a collapse or compression of the form at this point.
It will be noted in the drawings that the pivot is at such a point above the bottom of the form and at such a distance from the forward ends of the heel-section that when the heel-section 2 is turned upward and forward for the purpose of shortening the form to remove it from the boot or shoe the lower ends 5 of the heel-section, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, will be projected below the bottom line of the fore-part section, so that in removing the form from a shoe the upward swing of the heel-section will cause an upward movement of the fore-part section, thus throwing the instep portion of the fore-part section against the instep of the shoe, and the result of this construction is that when the heel-section is forced downward and backward into the shoe when it reaches its operative position in the shoe the pressure of the instep portion of the upper of the shoe on the instep portion of the fore part 1 will tend to lift upward the forward ends 5 of the heel-section, and thus maintain the heel-section down in proper operative position in the shoe.
I consider the arrangement just described to be an important feature of my invention that is to say, the location of the hinge in a two-part form or last in such aposition that the lower forward ends of the heel-section will swing below the base-line of the fore-part section. thus utilizing the pressure of the shoe on the instep portion of the fore-part section for the purpose of resisting the upward movement of the middle section, acting as a lock to retain the parts in operative position, and I do not consider that this feature of my invention is limited to a hollow form.
For the purpose of preventing the ball portion of the fore-part section from collapsing under pressure I have provided a brace 7, which consists of a thin piece of sheet-steel curved to conform to the transverse inner surface of the fore-part section at the ball portion, which is pivotally connected at its center by a pivot 8, so as to swing slightly about its pivot, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. The ends of this brace bear against the sides of the fore-part section at the ball portion and resist the compressive strains imparted thereto when inserted in a shoe, and by pivoting this brace to the fore-part section, as described, the form is adapted to be adjusted to different widths of shoes, for, as will be seen, when extending directly across the ball portion it will be of a length to fit a given Width of shoe and when swung about its pivot it will be adjusted to lit a narrower shoe.
Having described my invention, I claim as supported upon the rivet or bar and bearing at its ends against the inner surfaces of the sides of the form, substantially as described.
3. A hollow form formed of thin sheet material open at the bottom and provided at or near the ball portion with a spring-brace extending transversely and conforming to the interior of the ball portion and pivotally secured thereto at or near its center, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
JAMES A. NILES.
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T. HART ANDERSON, MAY A. KENNEY.
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US2595736A (en) * 1949-11-16 1952-05-06 Frank C Troutfetter Longitudinally adjustable shoe tree
US3257676A (en) * 1964-09-01 1966-06-28 Shoe Form Co Inc Shoe form

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2595736A (en) * 1949-11-16 1952-05-06 Frank C Troutfetter Longitudinally adjustable shoe tree
US3257676A (en) * 1964-09-01 1966-06-28 Shoe Form Co Inc Shoe form

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