US2320584A - Shoe heel - Google Patents

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June l, 1943. GlEssER 2,320,584

- SHo HBBL INVENToR ATToRNEYs Pafented Jone 1, 1943 My fnvention felates to new ood uSeful in1- pfoven1entS if1 Shoe heels,

An iInpoftant objeof of nly invention iS the pfoviSion of a unique shoe heel asSeInbly Which wi11 pefInif tfanspafent heelS to be applied to the Shoe and vhich Wi11 pfevent the nai1S or Sofevvs attaofng the hee1 to the Shoe ffofn being viSible.

Another object of n1y inventiof1is the pfoviSion of a devioe of the above n1entioned ohafacter Whefein the heelS afe eaSily fen1ovable ffoIn the shoe, thus perInitting Substitflfe heelS of vafious colofS to be 11Sed,

other objectS and advantageS of fffy invention WH1 be appafent dufing the ooufSe of the fo1- 1ovving desofiption.

In the dfavving, forn1ing 9 paft of this Speoification, and vvhefein like nuIneralS ofe en1ployed to designate like paftS throughout the san1e,

Figufe 1 is o Side elevation of a hee1 eInbody ing Iny invention ano showing the saon1e app1ied to a conventiona1 Shoe of Slipper,

Figufe 2 is a front elevation of the heel,

gure 3 is a vertical Sectional view taken on the line 33 of ,igure 2,

ffgofe is a transverSe sectiona1 view token on the line 44 of Figure 3 and Figufe 5 iS aJ plan vieW Shooong the fod which holds the hee1 and inSeft poftions of fny inven tion together, paftS beng bfoken aWay fof o1ear nesS of i1111Stfatiof1.

In the aooonlpanying dfowing, Whefein for the pIlfpose of illustfation, is shown a prefeffed eIn bodiInent of ffly invention, the nuInef1 u deS ignateS the heel poftion of a conventional Shoe of slippef. 1/fy invention relateS pafticu1afly to ladieS, ShoeS although it is t() be undefStood that Iny affangeInent has other applicationS and that do not Zish to lifnit the invention in any way to ladies, shoeS. t is the ouStofn at the pfeSent tifne to attach n1olded of caSt plaStio heelS to Shoes, Which heelS afe of vafying oo1ofs and varying degfee of tfansparenoy, Expefience teaches that the heelS Inay be beSt attached to the Shoe by n1eanS of nafls which afe dfiven dovvnWa fdly thfough the hee1 poftion of the shoe and info the top of the hee1. Such SubStit11te IneanS of of taohing the heelS to the Shoe, aS by glueing, have pfoven to be unsucceSSfu1 and decidedly infefiof to the conventional n1annef of nailing the hee1 to the shoe. Thefe afe, hovVever, diffioultieS at tendant upon flailing the hee1 to the shoe Fof if1Sta f1ce, if the heel is felatively tfanSpafent the nailS Inay be easily seen thfough the tfanspafent Inaterial of the heel. I have thefefofe pfovided 66 aJ oonStfuotion which peffofIns the tvofo1d funotiof1 of detachably of ren1ovably aSsooiating fhe heeI With the Shoe and of effioaoiouSly pre venting the flailS vvhioh aftach the San1e to fhe Shoe ffon1 being viSible.

T'he hee1 ll is a heel of the above nentioned ohafactef, the SaIne being fnade of a SLlitable tfanspafent of ffanslucent plaSfic n1atefiaL of attaching the hee1 to the shoe l have pfovided an inseft l2 of opaq11e Inatefial havif1g a flat bofton1 sufface lf, aJ Slightly ooncave top suf fadoe l3, a tfanSvefse ffont edge l5 and spaced pafa11e1 Side edgeS I B and T Which oufve inwafd ly at the feafWafd end of the inSeft to pfovide the afcuately corved reafWafd end l8. fttention iS difeoted to the fact that the side and feof edges of the insert slope outwafdly ffoIn the I1p per and 10vvef faceS thefeof to provide ar Inedfa1 fidge thefeafound.

The top Sufface l 9 of the hee1 is pfovided with a receSS 2 Shaped to feoeive the inseft 2. Te recess opens through the front of the hee1 and oonfofInS in plan and in ffont elevation with the shape of the inSert. Figufe 4 best i11uStfateS the Inannef in vvhich the inseft is feoeived within the fecess and the n1anner in Which the out vva.rdly oonvergent side and feaf edges of the in seft interlook vvith the oorreSpondingly shaped Side vvalls of the feoesS to efcaciouS1y pfevent the heel ffom dfopping ffom the inSeft. If the hee1 iS to be refnoved ffofn the inSert it must be S1idably Inoved in the direction of the affow in gufe and it Inay only be applied to the in seft by Inoving the same in a direction opposed to the affovv.

nofn1any hold the hee1 fixedly alSSociated with the inSeft by nleanS of a fod 22 vvhich extends tfanSverSely thfough aligning passages in the hee1 and inSerf adjacent the fofvvafd edge thefeof. vvhen the ffont edge of the inSeft hos been 1T1oved into regiStef vVith the front Sufface 2 f of the hee1 the passogeS 23 in the heel Wi11 fegistef with the paSSageS in the inSeft to pefn1it the fod 22 to be s1ipped therethfough, The fod extends en tirely thfough the paSsage 24 and the oppoSite ends thefeof are feoeived vvithin the paSSageS 23' of the hee1. 1e ends of the fod terIninate shoft of the sides of the heel ond sofevvS 25 afe inSerted thfough the Sides of the hee1 and Screvved thfeadily feceived vvithin socketS 26 in the endS of the fod- I pfefer that a washef 27 be interposed betWeen the head of the soreW and the end of the fod Which waShef n1ay be of ploStic of felt of other suitable nlateria1 to pfevent the head of the ScTevv froIn chevving of digging into the sideS of the heeL vvhen it iS desired to remove the hee1 fron1 the inseTt ofter the sanle has been nailed to the shoe, it is only necesSary to Inove the ScZevS 25 and. to S1ip the rod 22 through the pasSages 23 and 22. Te hee1 may be eaSily Temoved from the inSert and another oI a, different oo1or 11ee1 applied thereto. t wilL of oo11TSe, be necessary that the inSert and hee1 be Inade according to sandaTd Speci1icationS so that the passages heTein vvi11 align vvith eac11 other t() accon1n1odate tl1e rod 22. f this TelationShip exists )etv7een the inseTt and the hee1, the rod 22 nlay be I1Sed to attach any heel to the inseTt and it is therefoTe possible that ar gTeat II1any heels of varying colorS Inay be interohangeably uSed vvith a single pair of Shoes.

f desired the lower end po1 tion of the hee1 Inay be pTovided With a .1,eoeSs 28 WT1icT1 opens through the botton1 of the hee1 and is closed by the Tubber tip 29. A suitable ooloring 1natte may be introduced into the Tecess 28 to add to the aesthetic appea1 of the hee1.

t is to be undeTStood that the foIm of my in vention, herevvith Shown and descTibed, is to be taken as a. referred example of the saIne, and that various changes in size, Shape and arrange ment of parts may be esorted to vvithout deport ing fron1 the spirit of nly invention or the soope of the appended olaim,

aving thus deSoTibed Iny invention, olaiIn= A Shoe heel coInprising a tranSparent body having a chonne1 in itS top Surface, said channe1 having upwardy tapering Side vva11S and opening thTough the front of the bodyl an opaqLle inSeft shapeo to nt the channe1 s1idably diSpoSed therein, a rod extending thTough the body and inSert froIn side to Side, and scevv threaded Inen1berS received in socketS provided in the endS of the Tod.

DAvID GIESsRl

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