US841419A

US841419A - Shoe-lace holder.

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Publication number: US841419A
Application number: US24502705A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry F Molkenbur
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-02-10
Filing date: 1905-02-10
Publication date: 1907-01-15
Anticipated expiration: 1924-01-15

Description

H. F. MOLKENBUR.

SHOE LACE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB.10. 190s.

PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

HENRY F. MOLKENBUR, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHOE-LACE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed February 1O 1905. Serial No. 245,027.

To wZZ whom it nuty concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY F. MOLKEN- BUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe-lace holders designed for use where double lacings are to be passed about hooks or studs.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device which will hold the two ends or portions of the lacing so spaced apart from each other that by taking the holder in one hand both portionsof the lacing may be passed bout their respective studs. The holder is securely but adjustably held upon the lacing portions and is so constructed that it may be easily anchored to a hook or stud having an overturned end to hold the lacing fast.

To this end my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front view of the upper part of a shoe or boot, showing my lace-holder in place upon the lacing. Fig. 2 is a view of the holder with one end of a lacing secured thereto, and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the holder.

As shown in the drawings, the holder con sists of a sheet-metal plate A, formed in each end with a pair of openings 3, adapted to receive the ends of the lacing 2, which are passed forwardly through one opening and backwardly through the other, as shown in Fig. 2. The two pairs of openings are spaced apart approximately the same distance as the distance between two adjacent studs on the same side. As one portion of the lacing will pass through one pair of openings and the other portion of the lacing through the other pair, the two lacing portions will be held apart in substantial parallelism and at such distance from each other as to fall into place evenly about any two adj acent studs when the shoe is being laced. In

order to hold the lacing more securely, the rear wall of each opening is formed with a spur or tooth 4. With the two pairs of openings thus interspaced the holder and connected lacing may be anchored to a hook or stud. with overturned end, such as those shown in the drawings, by merely placing the holder outside the desired stud, and the tension of the lacing will draw it under the end of the stud and hold it in place; but to hold it more securely, as well as to steady it in position, I prefer to form it in its inner edge with a recess 5 to receive the shank of one of the lacing studs or hooks h of the shoe 7, as shown in Fig. 1.

To thread the ends of the lacing through the openings in the holder, each end is preferably cut to a point 8 and saturated with some solution which will hold the threads together and allow the lacing to be threaded through the eyelets 9 of the shoe and the openings of the holder. After the lacing has been threaded through the eyelets of the shoe and through the openings of the holder the shoe is laced as follows: The lacing portion on the right side of the shoe is first carried under the hook A. The holder is then grasped by the fingers of one hand and carried across alternately from side to side, whereby both lacing portions are brought in unison into the same relative position with the respective studs of each adjacent pair. holder is carried to the right one lacing portion will engage stud I), while the other portion is similarly engaging stud c, and when the holder is carried again to the left the lacing portions will in unison engage studs 51 and e. \Vhen the lacings have been passed about studs f and g, the holder is inserted out side of stud h, so that the stud shall rest in the recess 5 between the pair of openings, the lacing being drawn as taut as desired and drawn through the openings in the holder to take up the slack.

I claim 1. In combination a shoe having lacingstuds and a double lacing, of a holder formed with two pairs of openings, said pairs of openings being so interspaced as to receive the two portions of the lacing and to hold them apart a distance greater than the width of one of said studs, said holder having means for engaging with one of said studs intermediate of said pairs of openings to hold the lacing taut.

Thus when the 2. In combination witha shoe having lac- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ing-studs and a double lacing, of a holder in presence of two Witnesses. formed with openings so interspaced as 'to hold the two portions ofthe 5 stantial parallelism, said hold in its inner edge between said lacings in suber being formed openlngs with a recess 5, for the purpose set forth.

HENRY F. MOLKENBUR.

Witnesses:

H. S. JoHNsoN, EMILY F. OTIS.