USRE13840E - Shoe-hbecx - Google Patents

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F. A. NOLAN.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20; 1914.

Reissued Dec. 1, 1914.

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To iillwhogi {tyne conce'r hff Be itdmown t atI, A. NOLAN, was. (if we Uni ed se a :a St. ,Pauh'in :the county of Ramsey" and tate of Minnesota, have invented certain new 'and useful ;QI 1 rovementsf in Shoe-Heels, of which the ollowin'g'is a specification; .Mrinve w m epaa n proyements in thatfcla ss; of detacha le heels T whicha supporting fastener is secured shoe, ih'eombination with a detach= a le heel of rnbberor other resilient material so constructed and related to said fasfteneraslto be'easily mounted upon or rei i ved herefr Among the objects of'my invention is to provide 1m roved means for anchoring the detachable eel u on a shoe against lateral displacement; an to assist in the ease of securing theheel in osition.

A further ob'ecto my construction is the hermetic sealin characteristics iof the heel.

More'partic arly this invention is an imrovement on the construction set forth in ,atent No. 1,004,897-, granted to me on Octo her 3, 1911, for heel fasteners.

Further advanta es attained by my'invention will-be. pointe out in the following description; Inthe accompanying drawing forming art of this specification, Figure 1 is a lan ookin'g down upon my improved resi i ent heel with my improved fastener in place therein;'Fig. 2 is a section taken upon the line A-A of Fig. '1;' Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved heel with the fastener removed; Fi 4 is a section taken upon the line B-'B 0 Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a' detail of a sh partly in section showing my improved he? and fastener mounted thereon, said heel and fastener being illustrated in section upon the line CC of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal centralsection of an alternative construction of my invention; and Fig.

7 is a perspective view of the heel illustrated m Fig. 6 with the fastener removed.

In the drawings is illustrated a portion of a shoe D havin a counter 2, sole 3, and a heel base 4, which may be of any desired thickness or may be omitted entirely. A heel E formed of rubber or other suitable resilient material is adapted to be attached to the shoe by a fastener F for which the heel E is suitably recessed at G. The fastenerF as shown is in the form of a plate 5 punched fmmaflat piece r sheet metal havin from andrear rrm portions 6 and 7 whlch are adapted to be bent upwardl at right angles tot e plane .of the plate. t the corners of the, u' turned portions are points 8 which exten upward in the completed form of the devlce asshown in Fig. 2, each point havin K one. face Qoblique and one face '10 norma to the surface of the heel base. From the sides of the plate. '5 rim portions'll and'12 extendupwardly at right angles to the plane of. the 'plate. The plate 1s formed with Flanges 18- and 19 as shown projectou't wardly from opposite sides of the plate 5 and in alineme'nt therewith. Each flange is formed with a curved outer edge out inward centrallyat 20.- vWith the fastener in position against the lowest surface of the heel base of the shoe the nails 17 are driven through the holes, 16 and heel base to attach the fastener firmly 'tothe shoe. The points 8 are forced into the leather of the heel base 4 and assist in taking the lateral strain from the nails 17 The heel E has the usual outer design which together with the heel base 4 make up a heel of the proper height for a shoe. In the top of the heel is a cavity G fitted to the exterior of the rim formed by the rim portions 6, 7, 11 and 12 and fitting snugly over them when the heel E is in its proper position on the shoe. Below the top of the heel the cavity G is recessed laterally to receive the flanges 18 and 19, the resilient material on each side being left in the form of a web 21 to fill the central incut portion of the adjacent flange. The flanges 18 and 19 being of the same form on the two sides of the fastener, the recesses in the resilient heel E are of the same form on the two sides of the heel, allowing the heel to be put on from either side equally well, and also permitting heels on a pair of shoes being interchanged to produce even wear and longer life. The

bottom of the cavity G in the r'iibber heeli s 111-.

formed with protuberances' 22 and 23 equ izing in height the thickness of the plate'5. These protuberances are similar in shape to the spaces or openings 13 and H'inthe plate and serve to strengthen, the engagement between the resilient heel and the fastener and prevent all-longitudinal and. lateral movement between said parts. Thus the heel on its mounting is strengthened materially over a construction wherem protuberancesof the character set forth arenot provided.

The upper surface 2}! of the heel is concave, itsmarginal edge '25 around the entire heel lying in. a single plane. This con cavity (causes the marginal edge to lie in the same plane with the extremities of the points-'8 (with the heel and fastener secured together and unsecured 'to theshoe) thus enabling the heel E to beplaced upon the portion 4 to mark the position, of the fastener. When so positioned a sharp impact against the lower surface 'of' the detachable heel causes the points 8 to indent the lower surface of the heel base 4. After marking the position of the fastener on the heel base,'the fastener is removed from the'detachable heel and secured in position according to said indentations on the heel base, by the" nails 17 and points 8, and the-detachable heel is then sprunginto/position on the fastener. The detachable heel'is thus adapted to be se cured in place under tension or compression causing a firmer hold by suction upon the heel base and forminga. tighter joint be tween it and the base. This 18 obviously an advantage because the mounting is stronger and the joint neater in appearance, not allowing any moisture or foreign matter to creep into the cavity G. y

7 In the alternative construction thefastener 26is of substantially the same design as the preferred, excepting thatit is made out of 'cast' material instead of being stamped from. a plate.' The protuberances instead of being'formed-in the detachable heel are of single form produced on the lower surface of the fastener 26 and the heel formed with a space or depression 27, the margin of which fits snugly over the margin of the protuberance 28 on the fastener.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider-to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I. desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and may be modified without departing from my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the following claims. I claim as my invention:

1. In combination a fastener for a retheshoe and a flange projecting outwardly from said body, in combination with a re- .cessed resilient heel arranged to be sprung over said body and flange to. engage the same, one of said parts havlng a 'pro tuberance and the other an openingin' which said protuberance is arranged to engage to assist in preventing lateral displacement of said heel from said body fasteneri 2. A rubber heel'and its fastening means comprising a metal plate adapted to be permanentlysecured upon the heel portion of a shoe, indenting points projecting fromthe shoe abuttin" side "of the. platey'and aire silient heelxfiavingits shoe abutting face concaved and formed with a central open: ing to receive said fastener with the indent; ing points of thefastener projecting' be yond the concavity insa id opening. I

3; In combination a resilient heel I and means for supporting the same upon a shoe, comprising a fastener adapted to be'perma' nently'secured to the heel portion of a. shoe and g'formedwith indenting:- points projecting from its s'hoe' abutting side, and a resilient heel having its entire shoe abuttin face concave d and formed with ajoentra openingt'o receive [fastenen said open ing being so proportioned to said fastener as to leave indentingpointsprojecting fromthe adj acent, 'face of thejheel when sai fastener is fitted in said ning ior-the purpose set forth.

4.1m combination a resilient heel "and means forse'curing the same to the heelpoi tion of a shoe comprising a fastener consist-" ingof a'plate and a rim portion when said plate spaced fromthe heel of the shoasaid fastenerbeing formed with indenting points upon its shoe abutting side, said points proij jecting beyond the rim portion, and a heelhaving its. shoe abutting face .c'oncaved' to leave a relatively projecting outer edge,"said heel being formed with a central opening to receive said fastener with said indenting points projecting beyond the adjacent'face of the resilient heel, so that when said points are pressed into the shoe portion said resilient heel will be drawn down againstlsjaid shoe portion to hermetically ,the joint between the outer edge of the resilient heel and shoe portion.

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my ha'nd this 11th day of J une,'19' 14.

v FRANCIS 'A. NOLAN. Witnesses:

H. S. JonNsoN,

H. .SwANsoN.

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