US815194A

US815194A - Adjustable shoe-top.

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Publication number: US815194A
Application number: US26811805A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry Metz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-07-03
Filing date: 1905-07-03
Publication date: 1906-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1923-03-13

Description

NITED .f HENRYMETZ, .or `BAsooM,v oHro.

" ADJUSTABLE sHoE-TOP.

Tor'aZ whomv it concern.' f

efit known that I, HENRY METZ, a

'i of the UnitedStates, residing atfBascom, in

` the county of Senecaand State of Ohio, have invented new and 'useful Im rovements iny i l Adjustable Shoe-Tops, ofwhic the following is a specification. v

Thls invention has special reference' to` so. called storm-shoes, or appliances for boots and shoes for cold-weather wear. l It is the objectof the inventin to provide a top for boots and shoes that may bereadily i l. attached and detached from theboot or yshoe andthat maybejconveniently adjusted in various respects sogas to securea pro er and desirablefit and keep out thec'old an r stormk elements,'1 all as :will fully and' clearly appear from i the f. detailed;4 description hereinafter r given, as .well as from anins ectionof the drawinfrshe'reto annexed andy ormin a art 'of this specificatiom of which said drawings-"- Figurelf i'sfa' perspective vview of the inven-` tion, showing itr as attached to thev top ofa common overshoe, though thev top of any.

other than an overshoe might as wellv have been represented.v F ig. 42 is a view of that y sideof the invention not seen in Fig. l. Fig.

aboot-orshoe. f

3 is a sectionalfdetail view showing a clasp4 connectedwith the top and adapted to attach the lower edge ofthesame to the top ofr In the drawings,

. boot'orshoe top, whichmay be made of suitable size and` material and be bound, if; de `sired, around the edges to prevent the mate`- rial from fraying or becoming rough from we arv or other'means. f The top may be madey e in practice lIy as high asis desirable. f Whi do notusuallymake it 'so asto reach above .the`r knees, vit may` readily be somade, and, moreover,*t is madesufhciently large to t'rather closely around the Ale andankle, butnot so snugly astoy cause iscomfort, since. itlwill operate to keep out snow, ice, and wet quite completelywithoutbeing bound tight in.` place.` f `1 b designates the top kof ay bootorshoe to f 'which the lower edge of myim roved shoetop isl connectedby means o vclasps cor .50 which may berconnccted to the {shoe-top a other devices operating with the 'saine effect,

specification vof Letters Patent. Appucatimlmed my 3,1905. serial No. zalis. y

citizen a designates my improved Patented March 1a, 1906.

.boot or shoe b, or vice versa.

designatesfa fbuc'klejor other suitable means for connecting the front edges of the" and made toi-engage -the .upper .edge of the .shoe b', and ej-.indicates a series of buckles sef cured along the' front edges of my improved shoe-top to bind the same in place and convlnect `the edges so as to keep out\.cold and other storm elements.y

My improved boot and. shoe top has the advantageiiof beingY readily used 'in connecytion with any form of boot or shoe and when *worn to be entirely above the common boot or shoe, so as not to be in the-way or other? wise create any discomfort, and it will operate to keep' the feet, ankles, and legs dry and l removed and easilyand quickly dried. p Instead of employing buckles, as represented, Imay use hooks and eyes vor other fastening `means as maybe deslred.v yMy invention is essentially a top to a shoelwarmand when not needed for use'can be upper, a continuance, as it were, of the short 1 shoe-top, to which it is neatly connected,"

opening down the front'with the shoe, and

readilyunloosed or unfastened, so that it may .be -taken oil orremoved from the foot as one with the shoe.

- Changes may of course bey'madel inv the. form of the improved shoe-top without de- .parting from the nature or splrit of the invention.y v* v y @Ilclaim- Y i Anim roved article of manufacture cona shoe-top having its lower edge bound and provided with fastenings reaching to said lower` bound 'edge to closely, neatly,

and securely fasten or-cIasp the said edge on the upper edge of the ordinary shoe-top, open in front, and provided further along the front edgeswith buckles, whereby the top is adapt-y ed. to be secured to the upper of a shoe as one with it, and be fastened around the legs andl ankles of the wearer ofthe shoe-topA when in use. z

Irl-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses. v HENRMETZ. Witnesses:

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