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US831954A
US831954A US27164205A US1905271642A US831954A US 831954 A US831954 A US 831954A US 27164205 A US27164205 A US 27164205A US 1905271642 A US1905271642 A US 1905271642A US 831954 A US831954 A US 831954A
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    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
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    • A43C15/06—Ice-gripping devices or attachments, e.g. ice-spurs, ice-cleats, ice-creepers, crampons; Climbing devices or attachments, e.g. mountain climbing irons
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  • My invention relates to an improvement in ice-creepers, and the object is to provide a practical, marketable article which may be cheaply and easily constructed, one capable of easy application to the heel of a boot or shoe of various sizes.
  • this invention consists of a single spring-wire bent at or near the center to form tension-coils adapted to engage the front of the heel and having two legs adapted to be spread to accommodate the width of the heel, they having upturned hooks at their free ends, which embrace the sides of the heel and the wire extending forward to a point over the bottom of the heel, where they terminate in spurs adapted to penetrate the ice or slippery surface to prevent slipping.
  • Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a heel, showing my improved ice-creeper attached.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and
  • Fig. 3 a detached view of the creeper.
  • a single wire preferably tempered to an elastic spring-temper, is bent at or near the center so that a double coil K L is formed,the connecting-bar N being adapted to embrace the forward edge 0 of the heel M, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, about midway from its lower surface.
  • the parts of the wire extend nearly parallel in their normal condition, forming the legs A and B, and the ends of the wire are bent back alongside the legs a short distance, hooks and D being formed at the outer ends of the legs, which are adapted to embrace the sides of the heel M, as shown in Fig. 2, and the extreme ends of the wire are bent outwardly to form spurs I and J, the backs of which rest somewhere on the lower surface of the heel, their function being to roughen the heel M and penetrate the slip-.
  • a and B are spread to straddle the heel, the cross-bar N being placed against the forward end of the heel and the hooks C and D against its sides, the spring tension causing the creeper to grip the heel rigidly at three approximately equidistant points, thus holding the creeper securely in place against accidental displacement and providing an effectual means to prevent slipping.
  • the article is of such a nature that it may be conthe owner. Also it is of such a nature and of such construction that it may be made at a trifling initial cost.
  • an ice-creeper composed of a single piece of wire bent at the center to form two coils and a connecting-bar, the latter constructed and adapted to embrace the forward edge of a heel, thence extending directly rearward to form the main legs of the creeper, and thence returning parallel with the outer sides of the legs, and terminating in outwardly-extending spurs at where the wire has the return bends having the form of hooks which embrace the rear of the heel, the free ends of the creeper being spread apart or caused to diverge when applied to the heel whereby the sides of the latterare embraced by the hooks and the spurs are each supported by the main legs of the creeper both from the rear and one side.

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No. 831,954. PATENTBD SEPT. 25, 1906.
W. R. JENKINS.
ICE OREEPER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1905.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
lCE-CREEPER.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 25, 1906.
Application filed July 28. 1905. Serial No. 271.642.
T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-
- article will be appreciated and the cheapness Be it known that I,WILLIAM R. JENKINS, a I of construction as well as the ready adjustcitizen of the United States, residing at Bellefonte, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Creepers, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in ice-creepers, and the object is to provide a practical, marketable article which may be cheaply and easily constructed, one capable of easy application to the heel of a boot or shoe of various sizes.
l/Vith the foregoing objects in view this invention consists of a single spring-wire bent at or near the center to form tension-coils adapted to engage the front of the heel and having two legs adapted to be spread to accommodate the width of the heel, they having upturned hooks at their free ends, which embrace the sides of the heel and the wire extending forward to a point over the bottom of the heel, where they terminate in spurs adapted to penetrate the ice or slippery surface to prevent slipping.
The invention further consists in certain novel features and combinations of parts, which will behereinafter described and pointen out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a heel, showing my improved ice-creeper attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 a detached view of the creeper.
A single wire, preferably tempered to an elastic spring-temper, is bent at or near the center so that a double coil K L is formed,the connecting-bar N being adapted to embrace the forward edge 0 of the heel M, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, about midway from its lower surface. From the double coil the parts of the wire extend nearly parallel in their normal condition, forming the legs A and B, and the ends of the wire are bent back alongside the legs a short distance, hooks and D being formed at the outer ends of the legs, which are adapted to embrace the sides of the heel M, as shown in Fig. 2, and the extreme ends of the wire are bent outwardly to form spurs I and J, the backs of which rest somewhere on the lower surface of the heel, their function being to roughen the heel M and penetrate the slip-.
pery surface and prevent slipping.
From the foregoing the simplicity of the ment or adaptability of the article to different sizes of heels.
In its normal condition the appearance of the device is about as illustrated in Fig. 3.
A and B are spread to straddle the heel, the cross-bar N being placed against the forward end of the heel and the hooks C and D against its sides, the spring tension causing the creeper to grip the heel rigidly at three approximately equidistant points, thus holding the creeper securely in place against accidental displacement and providing an effectual means to prevent slipping. Likewise the article is of such a nature that it may be conthe owner. Also it is of such a nature and of such construction that it may be made at a trifling initial cost.
Slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,
Having fully described my invention, what ters Patent, is
As an article of manufacture, an ice-creeper composed of a single piece of wire bent at the center to form two coils and a connecting-bar, the latter constructed and adapted to embrace the forward edge of a heel, thence extending directly rearward to form the main legs of the creeper, and thence returning parallel with the outer sides of the legs, and terminating in outwardly-extending spurs at where the wire has the return bends having the form of hooks which embrace the rear of the heel, the free ends of the creeper being spread apart or caused to diverge when applied to the heel whereby the sides of the latterare embraced by the hooks and the spurs are each supported by the main legs of the creeper both from the rear and one side.
In testimony whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.
' WILLIAM R. JENKINS. Witnesses:
JOHN P. HARRIs, HARRY KELLAR.
To apply it to a heel, the free ends of the legs I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let veniently applied or removed at the will of the sides of the legs of the creeper, the ends
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