USRE11972E - Lacxng-hodk - Google Patents

Description

No. 11,572. Reissued mum, I902.

F. H. REES.

LAGING HOOK.

(Aiyplication filed Nov. 19, 1901.)

INVENTOR fimmw ATTOR EY WITNESSES; MOP

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED HOLMES REES, OF ELMIRA, NEK" YORK.

LACINGHGDK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reisened Letters Patent No. 11,972, dated February 18, 190! Original No. 650,481, dated May 29.1900. Application for reissue filed November 19,1901. Serial No. 82,930.

Be it known that I, FRED [10mins Renew, resident of Elmira, in the conntyolf Ghemung and State of New 'York, have invented cermin new and useful Improvements in Leningllooks; and Ido licrehydcclare the following to be a lull, (IlElIR',-lllil exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertainstomnke and use the some;

The invention relates to hook; for lacing shoes, gloves, gaite'rs, and. leggings and for other like purposes; and ithns for lie objecti to provide a simple, eificient, and durable article that will hold lacing in ii, yielding, elastidi and sulllcicntly firm nianneigwherehy a snti=1ctor Y laced closure can he produced and maintained without uncomfortably and injurionsly binding the ankle, Wrist, or other part of the person upon which the laced zirti cle is worn.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevaiion, partly in section" Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. in a, perepee live of a sprin". Fig. 4 is a perspeetire of e lacing-protector to cover the spring. 5 is a similar view of a spring provided integrally with lacing-protectors. Fig. (5 lea perspective of the device made from :1. single piece of wire.

Numeral 1 denotes the shank or base of hook. which shank is preferably tubular, as ifidicated, and is virtually an eyeletnvherehy t e book is fixed to any desiredarticle, Regener '2 is a pin or rivet fixed transversely in the upper end of the eyelet-shank,

3 denotes a spring, preferably/of steel wire.

:Each end of the spring is provided with a coil 4, surrounding the pin and havingan end or extension 5 bearing upon the hook-shank or eyelet, as represented. The main part of the wire is bent 0' form a loop or frame 6, having side me hers joined by a cross member 7.

8 denotes a groove or way formed in the innerfacrof the head 9 of the Hook. Said groove receives the member 7, which can freely play back and forth therein betweexrthe positions indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 2.

When not com pressed, the spring-frame is situated as indicated by full lines in said figure; but under pressure it may be driven back to the position of the dotted lines. In practice this spring may have a movement of about one-eighth ol'an inch, and since a like yielding movement may be produced in its fellow immediately opposite there can be an expam sion and contraction of about one-fourth of an inch between each pair of oppositehooks, and as this is true of every pair of oppositelyadjacent hooks it is obvious that the article laced is held upon the person in a manner to easily yield to variation of size and change of lorm'ii-nused by muscular exertion, heat and cold, nnd variable blood circulation. This in a shoe, for example, gives on case and comfort such as pertains to the vac-called Congress shoe or to a; low choc without the objectionable lent-urea; of either. The ankles inclosed 0;: shoes laced bytbe aid of the iin= proved hooks are free to move, while they are closely covered.

The form of the spring is such that it readily receives the lacing; when wound about the hooks in the usual manner, but is not liable to accidentally catch other objects, nor is it:

liable to become disarranged, bent, or mal,

formed, as are the coiled springe which have lacing-buttons on their free ends. 1

To prevent the lacing from being cut'or worn the spring-arms, it is preferred to flatten and round them, as indicated at 10 in Fig. 5. i There comparatively wide portions of the spring presentcurved surfaces to the lacing and provide that it may slip easily without injury by chafing.

I V in some cases a, separate cover 11, having bent edges 1:? to embrace the side arms of the sprlng' frz'une, mayhe employed as an antifriction guard, though the form first described has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity.

It is contemplated in some cases to-meke the hook and-spring integrally of a single piece of wire bent into suitable forni, as shown in Fig. 6. Such form is not preferred; but it may have a novel ornamental eflect, particularly when made of precious metal, and it embodies the same principle of operation.

13 denotes extensions for securing the article to a fabric or to leather, and 14 the hook proper.

' 15 denotes spring-coils, and 16 is the springframe.

\Vhile I have described herein a preferred form of my device, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as I believe myself to'be the first to produce a rigid hook with a yielding or elastic bearing-surface to receive the lacing for the purpose of permitting expansion and contraction between opposite hooks or opposite series of hooks, and otherways of forming and applying such a bearing-surface to the .hook between its baseand head will readily occur to those skilled in the art and still fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isv 1. A rigid lacing-hook provided with an elastic bearing-surface to receive the lacing and permit of expansion and contraction between opposite hooks.

2. A lacing-hook containing an elastic bearingsurface between its base and head to receive the lacing and permitof expansion and contraction between opposite hooks.

" *"32 A'Tacing-hook containing a spring-actuated member between its base and head to receive and form an elasticor yielding bearing-su rface for the lacing for the purpose of permitting expansion and contraction between opposite hooks.

4. A lacing-hook having a spring member extending from its shank to its outer part and adapted to directly receive lacing wound about the hook, whereby an elastic bearing is provided for the purpose of permitting expansion and contraction between opposite hooks.

5. A lacing-hook having a spring member extending from its shank to its outer part and adapted todirectly receive lacing wound about the hook, said member having side arms connected by a cross-bar.

G. A lacing-hook having a spring member extending from its shank to its oute part and adapted to directlyreceive lacing wound about the hook, said member having side arms connected by a cross-bar, and a recess in theouter part of the hook to receive said cross-bar.

7. A lacing-hook having a spring member extending from its shank to its'outer part and adapted to directly receive lacing wound about the hook, said member being provided with a spring-coil located in the hook-shank.

8. A lacing-hook having a spring member extending from its shank to its outer part and adapted to directly receive lacing wound about the hook, said member having a'coil in the hook-shank, and an extension beyond the coil to hear on the shank and hold the' specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED HOLMES REES.

Witnesses:

,A. S. DlVlJN, EDITH L. MILLER.

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