US1087517A - Shoe. - Google Patents

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J. M. SUNDEAN.

SHOE; APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1913.

1,087,517, PatentedFeb. 1 7,1914.

Witnesses Inventor Atto rn eys JOHN M. SUNDEAN, OF MARSHALL, MINNESOTA.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1'7, 191%.

Application filed November 4, 1913. Serial No. 799,239.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SUNDEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Lyon and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to footwear, and aims to provide novel means for stitching the upper or vamp to the outsole, in order that the shoe or boot may possess a high degree of flexibility and durability, and in order that the structure will be relatively simple and inexpensive, as well as comfortable.

With the foregoing general object outlined, and with other objects in view, which will be apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the presentinven tion resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construc-' tion hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes-1n the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a fraginental perspective view of the toe of a shoe constructed in accord-- ance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the outsole, welt, and up per or vamp in separated positions. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. illustrating the upper and,outsole stitched to the welt. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the said parts finished.

In carrying out the present invention, the shoe is provided with an outsole 1, the upper and lower faces of which are left plain, or uncut. The welt 2 has its inner edge skived or cut away, as at 4:, to form a skive or bevel, upon which the inturned edge of the upper or vamp 3 is adapted to rest. The margin or edge of the outsole 1 is skived or split, as at 5, from a point directly adjoining the upper face of the outsole, diagonally inward and downward, to provide -the.leaf or flap 6 having a relatively thick basal portion, and a relatively thin edge.

In assembling the upper or vamp, welt, and outsole, the inturned edge of the upper rests upon the skived surface or bevel 4 of the welt, and is stitched thereto, by means of one or more seams 7, two of such seams or lines of stitches being illustrated, al-

though their numbers vary according to the circumstances.

After the upper has been stitched to the inner edge portion of the welt, the outer edge portion of the welt is placed upon the leaf or flap 6, the leaf or flap being turned upward, as seen in Fig. 3, to permit the welt and leaf 6 to be stitched together, as at 8. As illustrated, -a second seam or line of stitches 8' is employed for securing the free edges of the welt and leaf 6 to the edge of the outsole proper, although cement alone may be employed for securing the leaf 6 down. With the double seam 88, it will be obvious that the inner seam will serve to rigidly secure the welt to the outsole, while the outer seam will secure the edge portions of the welt and outsole together in such a manner as to give a neat appearance and finish to the shoe or boot. The slit 5 being disposed as above described, will locate the slit or slrive in the upper one third portion of the outsole, and as a result, the marginal portion of the outsole which is rigid, will not be appreciably weakened, and atthe same time, efficient means are provided for stitching the welt to the outsole. The inner portion of .the slit 5 will be deep enough, to permit the welt to be efiectively stitched to the basal portion of the leaf or flap 6, thereby securing firmness between the welt and outsole.

An insole 9 is preferably employed, the same resting upon the outsole 1, and the inturned edge of the upper, the insole being preferably loose, in order to be exbeedingly flexible and comfortable. A cork filler 10 1s preferably cemented or otherwise secured to the bottom of the insole 9 to increase the comfort and flexibility of the sole as a whole. The inturned edge of the upper preferably extends beyond the edge of the welt 2, and the filler 10 preferably occupies the space between the edge portion of the upper. The insole may be dispensed with, if desired, although it is of advantage, masmuch as it permits of half-soling the shoe,

the nails being readily engaged through the edge portions of the upper and insole.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing, the other advantages of the present structure will be obvious, withwelt, and an upper having its edge turned in and stitched upon the welt, the wait being stitched to the said leaf.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHl l M. SUNDEAN. Witnesses JOHN B. MARCOTTE, GLAnYs E. BUMFORD.

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