US820757A - Bowling-slipper. - Google Patents

Description

PATEN'IED MAY l5, 1906.

W. J. BARNBTT.

BOWLING SLIPPER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 2a, 1905.

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BOWLING-SLIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed July 28,1905. Serial No. 271,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JOHN BAR- Nnr'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and lmproved Bowling-Slipper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a bowling-slipper for the heel of a shoe ad apted to be used by bowlers on a bowling-alley to prevent the bowler from slipping over the foul-line.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide an effective slipper for the heel of a shoe which can be readily carried in the pocket and whenever required may be conveniently and expeditiously applied to and secured' on the heel and as readily removed from said heel, and also to provide the heelslipper with an effective attaching medium of such character as to effectually hold the slipper in place under all conditions of usage, but which will in no manner interfere with the muscular play of the foot.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heel portion of the shoe and the improved slipper applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the slipper, the attaching device being shown in normal position; and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a heel and a vertical section through the applied slipper, the view being on a smaller scale than the preceding ones.

A represents a shoe; B, the heel thereof, and O the bowling-slipper attached to the heel of the shoe. The body of the bowlingslipper consists of a strip 10, of canvas or other stout or strong fabric or pliable material, which strip is of a width about equal to the width of the heel of the shoe at its widest point, and of sufficient length to extend up in front of the heel and around the back portion of said heel. The body-strip 10 is provided at its forward end with a hem 11, in which hem a bar 12 is secured, made of metal,

strong wood, or other stout material, and at the rear end of the body-strip 1() a deeper hem 13 is formed, through which hem 13 an endless elastic cord 14 is passed, the cord extending out sufficiently beyond the ends of the hem 13 to provide loops 15 at each side of the said body-strip 10.

Tapes 16 of non-elastic yet pliable material are secured by sewing or otherwise to the inner face of the body-strip 10 at the for- `ward hem 11 or adjacent thereto, and these tapes 16 are of sufficient length to be passed through the elastic loops 15 and up across the instep portion of the shoe, where the tapes are tied together.

In the further construction of the bowling slipper or heel a pad 17, of rubber, is employed, and while the said pad is shown as of polygonal formation it may be given any desired shape. The said pad 17 is secured by cement, stitching, or otherwise to the under face of the body-strip 10 between its ends or at that portion of the body-strip 10 which engages with the tread of the heel when the bowling heel or slipper is in position on the heel of the shoe. The said pad 17 4is shown as provided with marginal thin flanges 18 to facilitate the stitching of the pad to the bodystrip 10; but said flanges may be omitted. Furthermore, the said pad is shown provided with a central cavity 19, which will serve to induce suction when the pad is brought in engagement with the floor of the bowlingalley; but the said cavity 19 may be omitted, if desired.

When the bowling slipper or heel is to be applied, it is simply necessary to place the body of the slipper on the floor, place the heel of the shoe on the body, then pass the tapes 16 through the elastic loops 15, and carry the tapes up over the instep of the foot, drawing the said tapes tight, so as to place the elastic loops 15 under tension, and finally tie the tapes at the instep or other convenient point. When the tapes have been thus carried to position and secured, the forward hem portion of the improved bowling slipper or heel will have been carried up to a firm engagement with the front face of the heel, as is shown in Fig. 1, and the rear end portion of the body-strip 10 will have been carried up to an engagement with the rear face of the heel, and the parts of the device will be firmly held in osition and prevented from slipping under all) circumstances of use when TOO IIO

the tapes have been suiiiciently drawn and the elastic loops have been placed under proper tension.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a bowling heel or slipper, consisting of a body portion, front and rear portions adapted to extend up at the front and at the rear of the heel of the shoe to which it is to be applied, the front portions of the body being provided with a sti'lfening member, elastic loops extending from opposite sides of the rear portion of the body, and tapes attached to the forward portion of the body, being adapted to be passed through the said loops, and a rubber pad secured to the bottom portion of the body.

2. A bowling slipper or heel consisting of a body-strip of stout fabric of greaterlength than the heel and of a width equal to that of the heel of the shoe to which the device is to be applied, the said bodyestrip being provided with an inserted bar at its forward en d, elastic loops extending from the side portions to the rear end of the body-strip, tapes of non-elastic material secured to the forward portion of the body-strip and adapted to be carried through the elastic loops, and a rubber pad secured to the under face of the bodystrip between its ends.

3. A bowling heel or slipper, consisting of a body portion adapted to the back and front of the heel of the shoe to which it is to be applied and extending in direction of the bottom of the heel, the forward end of the said body-strip being stiifened, an attaching medium consisting of elastic members extending from the rear of the body-strip and nonelastic members extending from the forward portion of the body-strip, being' adapted for engagement with the elastic members, and a rubber pad secured to the under face of the body-strip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM JOHN BARNETT.

/Vitnesses ANTON APPEL, ANDREW STAHL, Jr,

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