US1647957A - Ice creeper - Google Patents

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Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,957

L, CHENOWE'IH ICE CREEPER Filed June 1 Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

PATENT FlQE.

LLOYD CHENOWETI-I, 0F COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

ICE GREEPER.

Application filed June 9, 1925. Serial No. 35,941.

connected to the loops, and an instep strap connected to the heel strap.

The invention is hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. shoe equipped with mice creeper constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a detail top plan view of the ice creeper; i V

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2, and

Figure at is a detail perspective view of the sole plate of the ice creeper.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to inthe following description, and designated in the several. views of the accompanying drawing, by similar reference characters. The ice creeper comprises an elongated plate 1 of metal which is provided witl'i downwardly extending spikes or prongs 2 and upwardly extending loops 3. The loops 3 are located at the ends of the plate 1 and are formed integrally therewith. They curve upwardly and inwardly, and are angularly related or converge in a forward direction. The plate 1 is adapted to be aplied to the bottom of the shoe sole in alinement with or slightly in advance of the widest part thereof, as illustrated in Figure 1. The shoe shown in this figure is of the waterproof type and embodies a rubber sole 4 and a rubber upper 5. The loops 3 curve inwardly over the side edges of the sole L and have frictional engagement with said edges of the sole. Due to the engagement of the loops 3 with the side edges of the sole 4, due to the fact that the loops converge forwardly, and due to the point of application of the plate 1 which positions the loops 3 at or slightly in advance of the widest portion of the sole, the plate cannot have anyrearward movement, with respect to the sole.

The plate 1 is held against downward movement with respect to the soletby an adustable toe strap 6 which is engaged with the loops 3' and which also assists the loops 3 in holding the plate against rearward movement with respect to the sole. A heel strap 7 which is connected at one end to one of the loops 3 and at its other end to the tongue 8 of a buckle 9 which is carried by a tab 10 connected to the other loop, is adapted to prevent the plate 1 from having any forward movement with respect to the sole 4. The heel strap 7 is supported in proper position on the shoe by an instep strap 11 which is connected at one end to a heel strap and at its other end to the tongue 8 of the buckle 9. From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it should be apparent that the ice creeper may be readily and quickly applied to a shoe, that it cannot become casually displaced, and that it is strong, durable and p "13 efficient.

\Vhat is claimed is:

An ice creeper comprising a plate disposable against a sole in advance of the widest portion thereof, said plate having its ends provided with upwardly and inwardly curved and forwardly converging loops, a

LLOYD CHENOWVETH.

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