US1331308A - Shoestring-fastener - Google Patents

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M. WORKMANx SHOESTRING FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. new.

1,331,308. Patented Feb. 12 31920 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

M. WORKMAN.

SHOESTHING FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28.1919.

1,331,308. I Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED srA'rns PATENT OFFICE.

MYRTLE WORKMAN, or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIoNon or ONE-HALF T0 ROSS r.

W0RKMAN, or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOESTRING-FASTENER.

Application filed June 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, MYRTLE WVORKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoestring-Fasteners, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe string fasteners, and more particularly to a fastener adapted to be invisibly attached to a shoe between the upper and trimming members thereof, and

- capable of receiving the free end of the string tip.

a The object of this invention is to provide a device adapted to be attached to the upper portion of the shoe in suchmanner that it will not be noticeable and which will firmly hold the string tip in place, but will permit it to be disengaged therefrom by a slight ull.

p In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is an elevation of the inside of a shoe, showing the device in dotted lines as'applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, with the string tip in position; i Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification of the device;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 with the stringtip in position; 7

Fig 6 is atop plan view thereof;

Fig. 7 is a front and a side view of one of the jawmembers;

Figs. 8, '9 and 10 are separate views of a further modification, showing a single spring jaw cooperating with a stationary jaw.

In general, the invention comprises in one form, a device adapted to be attached to the shoe between the upper and'trimniing members thereof, and forming a pocket provided with an open end to receive the string tip. lVithin this pocket is arranged a-folded leaf spring, the projecting free ends of Which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 307,365.

constitute the string retaining jaws. The folded portion thereof is adapted to contact with the side walls of the pocket, whereas the projecting jaws extend into the mouth of the pocket in position to receive the string tip. Means is also provided for guiding the tip directly between the spring jaws so that, when the string is inserted, it is held in the desired position until retracted by a slight pull.

In another form, the invention consists of two thin pads of suitable elastic material arranged end to end and inclosed between the upper and trimming members of the shoe and provided with facings of metal or other suitable substance constituting jaws. The string when inserted between the metal facings or jaws will be firmly held by means of the elasticity of the pads. The facings are flared outwardly at the top to permit the string tip to find easy entrance therebetween.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings. the invention, as illustrated therein, includes a jaw retaining member or holder consisting of a flat plate 1, of metal or other suitable material of any desired shape, provided preferably at its central portion with a slight outstanding bulge 2, forming a pocket to receive the springretaining members. The interior walls of'tbe plate forming this pocket are made parallel at the lower part 3 thereof, and are'fiared outwardly at the top or mouth 4: of the pocket. The pocket is adapted to be closed by a back plate 5 of suitable size and shape attached to the pocket plate in any suitable manner, as by rivets 6. It is apparent that the pocket plate and back plate may be integral or may take various arrangements, all within the scope of the invention. Immediately at the mouth of the pocket there is provided a guide consist ins: of a tubular'member 7, integral with either plate, but in this instance preferably formed by cutting the metal of the back plate on each side of the mouth except at the center and then rolling or looping the cut sides thereof to provide the upstanding tubular guide directly over the mouth of the pocket, Arranged within the pocket is a resilient means for retaining the string tip, comprising a spring having a looped or folded portion18, with preferably fiat parallel sides at the lower portion thereof to fit Within the parallel sides 3 of the pocket,

'- so that. it is held firmly in position. The treeends 9 of the loopedportion of the spring constitute jaw retaining members and for this purpose the central portion of the free ends is shaped inwardly, as at 10,, sothat the. endsmeet at a line passinglon gitudinally through the pocket. At their" tips, the spring ends are preferably flaredoutwardly slightly to facilitate the entrance at the strip tip therebetween.

Other arrangements of spring members may be TGSOBtQditO for holding the string tip within the pocket, such as a. plurality of springs or a single freespring end co6perat-' ing with a stationary jaw member.. Forinstance, in-Figs. 8, 9'and210, there1s shown a single p1ate1 1 adapted to be held in any practical" manner-"between the upper and trimming members of the shoe.- This plate is provided with an integral: guide 12,

formed as 1 before, by" slitting the plate" and rolling the free ends together toform the tubular member. Suitably fastened within the-tubular guide, as by soldering-,spot welding-or otherwise, is a single s'pringj13, the lower portion of whioh is bent inwardly across the y axis" of the guide into. contact with;the lower portion of the plate 11, so 7 i thatthe freeend of the springilr conjunction c with the stationary plateiforms a spring re taining member or jaws for the string tip.

-Thedeviees5'as above describedgare adapted tof be' fastened to theshoe in position: be-' tween the upper; and trimming. members hers -18 and 19; Each j aw or membericonsists V of a narrow strip of metal orother suitable thereofbymeans oi rivetspassing through the plates and the inner trimming members only as in Fig. 3. Obviously, other modes of attaching I the device are within the scope of the invention. I

r In: another form otthe invention,- there is arranged betweenthe upper andlining memhers- 0f the shoe; two abutting elast c pads lf and" 15, intermediate the opposing end faoes'l6 'and l7 ot which are adaptedfto'ibe located die-string; retaining jaws or'memmaterialprovided'with a seriesofintegral protecting ears or flanges, as shown in Fig. 7 These flanges pro ect fr'om the opposed "faces of the" strip, the guiding face thereof being providectwitha singleflange 20, arranged at the;uppermost' part thereof, whereas the opposed face is-prov-ided with' a-plurality-oi flanges '21 projectingflin the opposite direction and adapted" to" engage thezsid'es oft the elastic 1 pad.- Thetop aind b'ottom 'endsiof th eetripa are;likewise providedwith flanges 22 to engage the 110131 and 5 bottom edges of the padi" 'By nieanswfthese latter the strips are firmly anchored in position; In addition, the uppermost edge 23 of each strip and flange 22 are flared backwardly to enable the string tip to find' easy entrance between these aws when they are in opposed position.

more, it is apparent that other means may be availedzof for attaching the jaws or membars to the elastic pad, as at 24. If desired,

the ends ot. the pads, opposite the. abutting faces, may be wedge shape to fitmorecompactly between the. upper and lining mem bers of the shoe.

When the j aw members 'areiplaced" in posi 1 tionbetween the pads, .the projecting flanges engage over the edges ofthe sameito holdthejawsin opposition', the flaring ends of Obviously, any arrangement of V projecting fi'anges may be use'd',ancl','further thejawsproviding a: guiding entrance for the string I tip? which... is adaptedi-Jto: be held between the j awsby meansof the elasticity V of the pads.-

A- device oathsbove character I and" at tached as above described, producesia construction which does 'not in: any way detract from the appearance of: the shoe and which prevent itufrom :comingauntiem Having thus described. yinvention wh'at willkeep the bowler shoestring iniplacerand vI claim as: new andldesire to. secure byluet-zters Patent, is:

V 1. The oombina-tionlofthe upperand trimmingim embersaot a shoea string tiprholder attached to: at' lea'stione ofisaid members and concealed betweeni the; upper: edges; of the same; said holder comprising? twofjaws adapted to receive the :stringIY-tijj there'be'e tween, at least-one o f sa-id jaws being yield? able. r v v r v 2. The combination ofthe upper and (trim.- ming members of a shoe, a string tin holder attached" to at least. one-of said members and concealed: between the upper edges of the same, said holder comprising; a: jaw'retaining in ember; L1 spring-i haying. a V .fol de d; portion and projecting jawportions; said folded portionl adapted ito enga e the interior'iwalls of said vno ember, and said jaw portionsbeing The combination 'ofthe; upper and trim! ming members ota' shoe;.a stringtio holder attached to at] east one offsaid members and concealed between theupoer-edges of fthe.

positioned to receivethestrinoitip between the up er:and triinminglmemberss: Y V

herslofi a otfmeaanslconoealemandiaxs 105 ranged between said members at the upper edge thereof to receive the free tip of the shoe string after the same has been tied and to hold the same securely in position.

5. A shoe string tip holder comprising in combination, theupper and trimming members of a shoe, of concealed means providing a string tip pocket between the upper edges of said members, said means being adapted to receive the free end of the string and to 10 hold the same securely in position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

MYRTLE WORKMAN.

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