USRE6839E - Improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes - Google Patents

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USRE6839E
USRE6839E US RE6839 E USRE6839 E US RE6839E
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Geoegx W. Geegoey
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  • the upper of the shoe is guarded at the toe and about its sides by a protecting-flange, rising froui a piece of soleleather extending under the upper, the turnedover portion of the latter and the insole fitting iuto'a recess at the top of the sole-like iecc of leather and within the protectingflange.
  • the protecting-flange rises from the sole, is shown as forming an integral portion thereof, and as having been formed by removing a portion of the leather adjacent to it in such manner as to leave the protecting edge extending above and about the foundationpiece.
  • This invention consists in a piece of soleleather, provided about its edge with a protecting-lip. Also, in apiece of leather having a portion of its upper surface cut away or removed to form a recess to receive the upper, attached or lasted to the insole, and to permit the lip to extend about the .upper. Also, in the combination, with an upper and an insole, of'aj piece of sole-leather, provided with an upper-protecting flange of sole-leather.
  • Figure 1 represents a side "iew of a shoe
  • Fig. -2 the solelike piece of'sole-leather, with metallic fasteu in gs driven therein from the outer side through the sole, and shown as the meansfor securing the sole to the upper and insole.
  • Fig. 3 is an india-rubber shank aud heel-piece, with incorporated rivets;
  • Figs. 4, and 5 show the metallic sole-attaching skeleton of fastenings.
  • Fig. 6 is a top view of the leather sole, and Fig. 7 a cross-section thereof.
  • the upper 11. is of ordinary construction, and with an insole is secured or lasted on a last in the ordinary manner, the last being preferably provided with a metallic bottom, and adapted to turn over the points of the fasten: in gs, to cause them to clinch.
  • the sole-shaped or piece of sole-leather b (see Figs. G and 7 ).has a protecting-flange, arising therefrom, and extending about the end .and along the side of b, and adapted to guard and protect the ,toe and sides of the upper opposite the edge "of the I insole within the shoe.
  • This flange is shown as part of the sole-like piece b, and is shown as formed by recessin g-Or cutting away a portion of theupper side of the sole-leather piece b.
  • the insole at the forward part of the shoe with the upper lapped about it fits into this recessed upper portion of the sole, and within the curved part of the protecting-ledge, it fitting against the upper about the toe and along its sides, and guarding and protecting the upper from many blows and much wear.
  • the sole is shown as adapted to be applied to theupper by means of metallic fastenings on a skeleton plate, (see Figs 4 and 5;) These fastenings are inserted from the outside, through holes in the thinner portion of the sole, back of the protecting-ledge, and when this sole is applied to the shoe, the fastenin'gs are driven through the upper and insole and clinched in the usual way.
  • caps of india-rubber, metal, and upper leather have been Chevron used to fit over or cap the toe of the upper, they forming protection very unsightly, as compared with the protectingflange herein described, but the protecting-surface has in no case formed part of the sole, nor has a protecting lip or edge extended above the sole about the toe and sides of the upper, leaving a space back of or within the flange or'reccss at the upper portion of the sole, to receive the upper and insole.
  • the gist of this invention lies in this soleleather piece b, with a protecting-flange .risin g therefrom and adapted to fit the outside of the upper contiguous to the edgeof the insole.
  • the wearing'edge of the protector is shown as the edge of the leather.
  • a leather sole provided with an upwardlyextending flange to guard and protect the upper, in combination with an upper and insole fitted into the recess at the upper edge of the sole, and within the concave portion of the flange, substantially as described.

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