US1717512A - Shoe - Google Patents

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une 18, 1929. H. B. LAPEDUS 1 717512 SHOE Filed June 15, 1928 Patented June "18, 1929.

UNITED STATES HENRY B. LAPIIDUS, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE.

Application filed June 15,

This invention relates to improvements in shoes and more particularly to ladies shoes wherein extreme flexibility is required.

The general object of the invention is to provide a ladys shoe with an insole having an extremely flexible forward portion that will freely give to the weight of the wearer during the act of walking.

' A further object of the invention is to construct a shoe so that no stitching or nails are required to connect the upper to the sole portion.

And to these ends the invention consists in providing a shoe with an insole having a relatively thick leather shank portion extending from beneath the instep to the heel and a rela tively thin forward portion connected to the leather portion and made of a material incapable of cracking.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a ladys shoe constructed in accordance with the invention. a

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view of the toe portion of the shoe taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the insole. Figure 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the thick leather shank portion of the insole.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the relatively thin forward portion of the insole and Figure 6 is a detail perspective of the reinforcing strip of the insole.

Heretofore, in the construction of ladies shoes the insole is formed in one piece'from a relatively thick piece of sole leather and the outer sole is generally, secured to the shoe upper along its outer edge by a row of stitching or by being nailed thereto. This construction does not permit of extreme flexibility as requiredin ladies shoes. because of the thickness and toughness of theleather insole at the toe or forward portion of the shoe. The insole of shoes so constructed, after being worn a' short time, usually break down and crack beneath the ball portion of the foot.

This invention is designed to overcome these defects and to provide a shoe that will adapt itself readily ,to the pontour of the 1928. Serial No. 285,546.

foot and be extremely comfortable and flexible when in use.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 designates a ladies shoe of'the pump type provided with the insole2. p The insole comprises a rear or shank portion 3, formed of relatively thick sole leather, such as cow hide and a forward portion 4 formed of relatively thin soft leather such as calf or kid skin. The shank has its forward end tapered off to a feathered edge 5 to which 1s suitably secured, such as by cement, the

forward portion 4 of the insole. A strip 6 ofrelatively thin tough leather is secured to the portion 4 alongthe edge thereof. This strip is preferably cemented to the lower face of theportlon 4 and is provided as a means for reinforcing the thin front portion of the inselves to those skilled inthe art, and it will be understood that any changes in form, pro portionand the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention as claimed.

1 What I claim is r J 1. An insole for a shoe, comprising a relatively thick shank portion of sole leather or the like extending beneath the instep to the heel, a relatively thin forward portion of soft leatherhaving its rear end overlapping and p secured to the front portion ofthe shank. and a reinforcing strip attached to the forward portion along the edge thereof.

2. An insole for a shoe, comprising a relatively thickshank portion of sole leather or the like extending beneath the instep to the heel, a relatively thin, forward portion of soft leather having its rear end overlapping and secured to the front portionof the shank, and a leather reinforcing strip attached to th toward par es e f-res the edge 3. A shoe having an insole comprising a relatively thick shank portion of sole leather or the like extending beneath the instep to the heel, a relatively thin forward portion of soft 5 leather having its rear end overlapping and secured'to the front portion of the shank and a reinforcing strip attached to the forward" portion along the edge. thereof, 'an upper having an intnrned edge cemented to the relnforcing strip and marginal portion of the 10 HENRY B. LAPIDUS.

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