US1250828A - Shoe-heel. - Google Patents

Description

W. FELSTEAD.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24. 1911.

1,250,828. Patented Dec. 18,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P t t 13, 1917,

Application fil'ed February 24; 1917. Serial No. 150,729;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FELSTEAD,-

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Heels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to heels for boots nd shoes adapted for substitution, when worn out, in a simple and easy manner not requiring the services of an expert shoe repairer, and the main object thereof is to'provide such heels which provide a shell of relatively stifl material inclosing a wood, composition, or other filler and extended upwardly around the rear of the shoe upper to support the shoe counter, as well as being forwardly directed to retain the shoe in shape at the sides of the arch of the foot.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 represents a shoe provided with my improved replaceable heel;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the heel and part'of the shoe;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view of the blank of which the shellis formed;

Fig. 5 is a view of one of the metal stiffeners.

Referring to the drawings, 5 shows a shoe provided with a detachable heel 6 formed of a shell 7 and a filler 8 of wood, composition or the'like, having a plurality of lengths of metal ribbon 9 bent into looped form and embedded in said filler, the latter also having a plurality of rubber plugs 10 embedded therein to prevent slipping, as on wet pavement.

The shell 7 is formed of a sheet of relatively stifl' material, such as metal or leather, struck up from a blank 11 shown in Fig. 4, said blank having a central portion 12 provided with an upwardly extended projection 13 and two end members 14; and 15, said blank being bent on lines 16 and the ends 14 and 15 turned rearwardly and curved into the form or shape of a heel and secured together in any desired manner, the central port1on 12 forming the front of the heel, and the projection 13 being bent forwardly on the line 17 and projected beneath the arch of the shoe.

When the heel is so formed, ears 18 and 19 extend forwardly of the heel at the sides of theshoe and may be held in place by rivets 20, thus adding strength to the sides of the shoe, whereas the members 14 and 15, being extended upwardly around the rear of the shoe, add to the strength of the counter and prevent the same from being run over.

The projection 13 has an inverted V- shaped tongue 21 cut therefrom and adapted to be bent rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, whereas the end members 14 and 15 have each a plurality of such tongues 22 cut therefrom and bent inwardly to hold the filler in place and, when the heel is attached to a shoe by means of nails 23 and a suitable waterproofing introduced between the heel and shoe, the latter is as good as new so far as the heel is concerned'and the shank is supported by the projection 13 while the counter is protected by the shell 7 against wear as Well as against treading over.

The shell i reinforced at its front corners by vertical metal stiffeners 24 constructed as shown in Fig. 5, and these stifieners are secured by rivets 25.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A shoe heel, consisting of a shell formed of a member having a middle and end portions adapted to embrace the front and the sides and back of the heel, respectively, each of such portions having extensions'at their upper edges, the extension of the middle portion projecting forwardly to engage under the arch of the shoe and the extensions of the end portions projecting to engage the sides of the counter of the shoe and said shell having engaging elements projecting inwardly from its inclosing walls, and a filler disposed within the shell.

2. A shoe heel, comprising a shell of stiff material having inwardly directed integral tongues thereon, a filler of relatively light material in said shell and held by said tongues, a shank supportin member 'ex- 7 ing a central member provided with a projection having a tongue struck up therefrom, and end members provided with tongues struck up therefrom, said end members being of greater width than the central member and having ears at their inner ends.

WILLIAM FELSTEAD.

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