US1583570A - Wedge for rubber heels - Google Patents

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I 1 May 4,1926. 1,583,570 Y. BOOTH WEDGE: FOB RUBBER HEELS Filed August 2 5, 192:;

25 Fig. 2, is a view in perspective of the re wise when it is forced into the heel, as il- 11925? r 4 L t-5t. a UNITED STATESPATENTQEQFICE CLARENCE 'Y. BOOTH, or WILMINGTON, nnnawenn, Assienon rjo ATLANTIC MANU- rac rnnme COMPANY, on wrmvrnveron', DELAWARE, a oonronn'rron or DELA- JwAnE. I r WEDGE nor. nunnnn nn nns. I Application filed'August 23,1923. Serial no. 658,924. To all whom it may concern: the heel with anew one. It has been sug 55 Be it known that I, Cnannnon Y. Boo'rrr, gested that a wedge of rubber or other a citizen of the United States, residing in material be inserted betweenthe rubber heel Wilmington, Delaware, have invented, a and the bottom lift-to" force the worn por- 5 edge for Rubber Heels, of which the foltion of the rubberfheel down, as illustrated lowing is a specification. r in Fig. 1, in which a'filler wedge made in 0 r This invention relates to devices adapted accordance with my invention and indifor insertion between the rubber heel and cated by the reference nuineralb is shown. he adj acent'lift for forcing out the rubber Prior to my invention, iowever, there has "heel above the worn parts and making the been no device of thistype which is capable lower face of the heel substantially flat. of being applied at home by the layman, and 65 Th bjgt. f th i v ti nis to provide ordinarily it has been necessary, when these a d vi e of this ature'of novel and. addevices havebeenemployed, to liave'theni vantageous construction. inserted by cobblenl I have constructed a Another object of theinvention is to prosimple and efficient devicoof this type which vide means for retaining the device in place. renders them easily applied and self-re- A still further object is to provide means t ained, no special'retaining means being refor facilitatingthe operation of forcing the quired. I Y device into placebetween the rubber heel and Nith. reference to Figs. 2 and 3, I preferthe adjacent heel portion. v ably employ a substantially wedge-shaped In the attached drawings: pad f rubber,althoughother material Figure 1, is, a fragmentary side view of such as leather maybe einployedwhere this the heel portion of a shoe showing the manis found desirable. In order to reinforce the ner in which the device is used; pad andto preventits compression lengthinforcing plate for one'form of my device lust-rated iii-Fig.1, l. aihx t0 the pad a rigid prior to the attachment thereto of the pad; reinforcing element, preferably of light c Fig. 3, is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, metal. One form of reinforcing element is but showing the resilient pad affixed to the illustrated Fig; '2, which shows a flat 3 reinforcing plate; a arcuate plate 7 of the same outline and sur- Fig. l, is a view in perspective of a modiface. dimensions as one side of the pad 6. iied form of reinforcing plate; lhe plate 7 as clearly illustrated, is turned Fig. 5, is a section onthe line 5-5, Fig. over along'that, edge which corresponds to 4, but illustrating the pad aifixed to the rethe forward pointed edge of the wedge 35 inforcing plate, and V shaped pad, and as clearly illustrated in Flg.

Fig. 6, is a view in perspective of a further 3, the forward edge of the pad 6 lies in the modified form of reinforcing plate within back of this turned over portion 8 of the rethe scope of my invention. inforcing plate, thereby entirely protect- .Vith reference to the drawings, and paring this edge. The pad is preferably vul- O ticularly to Fig. 1, I have here illustrated canized to the reinforcing plate 7, but these the heel portion of a shoe, the reference parts may be otherwise secured togther, by numeral 1 indicating the visible fragment means, for example, of cement. It will now of the upper, 2 indicating the sole, and 3 be apparent-that a pad'reinforced in the the heellifts, usually of leather, secured to manner described may be easily driven or the bottom one of which'in the usual manforced into place between the rubber heel i ner is a rubber heel a. It is common for and the bottom lift 3 of the heel, the reinrubber heels to wear down at the back edge forcing plate preventing compression of the or at the side, as indicated by the dotted pad lengthwise, and the turned over edge 8 lines in Fig. 1, and heels so worn not only protecting the forward or pointed edge of are unsightly but are uncomfortable to wall: the pad and preventing apossible tendency upon. Although the main portion of the of the pad to slip away from the reinforcheel may be in good condition, it is ordiing plate. a narily necessary, when the one small portion 1 further preferably provide the plate 7 at the rear or side becomesworn, to replace with points or elevations 9 which by embedding themselves in the rubber and in the leather of the heel insure retention of the pad in place. The most desirable means for forming these projections-I have found to be by pressing out the metal of the plate, as clearly illustrated, and it will be noted that those sides of the projections which lie towards the forward edge of the wedge slant down to the plate so that each one of the projections constitutes in itself a small wedge which while not materially interfering with the forward movement of the pad into place, precludes the possibility of the pad moving outwardly.

It may also be desirable to form projections on that side of the plate to which the pad 6 is afhxed, as clearly illustrated, these projections tending to prevent relative movement or slippage between the pad and the plate while the pad is being forced into place in the heel. In Fig. t, I have illustrated a modification in which a reinforcing plate 11 is provided having at its forward edge extensions l2, 12. This plate may be pressed out of sheet metal, and is provided with a ridge 13 which, as shown in Fig. 5, lies directly in front ofand protects the forward edge of the pad which, in this instance, is designated by the reference numeral 14. The plate 11 and the extensions 12 are preferably provided, as in thefplate 7, with the pressed out points or projections 14.

In Fig. 6, l have illustrated a further modification of the reinforcing plate, in which the plate 15 formed with turned over forward edge 16, as in the plate 7, is also provided at the, forward turned over edge with a plurality of apertures 17,v said apertures being formed in the plate prior to the turning over of the edge 16 and assisting in the turning over operation.

It will be apparent that the device may be applied with facility to the heel by in serting the forward edge at the desired point between the rubber heel and the lower lift 3 and exerting a pressure or hammering upon the rear edge of the reinforcing plate. Where rubber or other material of which the pad proper is made is of the same color as the rubber heel, the device is practically invisible and does not in any way destroy the neat appearance of the heel.

It will, of course, be understood that numerous modifications in the form of the reinforcing element are possible with no departure from the essential features of the invention.

I claim:

1. A fi'llingout wedge adapted for insertion between a rubber heel. and the contiguous lift comprising a substantially wedge-shaped resilient element having affixed to and overlying one face thereof a rigid reinforcing member by means of which the wedge may be driven into place, and projections on said member adapted to prevent dislodgment of said. element.

2. A filling-out wedge adapted for insertion between a rubber heel and the contiguous lift comprising a substantially Wedgeshaped rubber pad having affixed thereto arigid reinforcing member comprising a part lying along andin advance of the entering edge of said wedge, and PIYOJGCtlOHS on the member having sides inclined toward the front of the wedge, substantially as described.

OLARENGE Y. BOOTH.

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