US2408650A - Water-resistant shoe - Google Patents

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Oct. 1,1946. JENNINGS 2,408,650

WATER RE S I S TANT SHOE Filed March so, 1945 5 v v 7 62 la in enbq nnaoaaa li o ua Y I V '3 9 /G 4 INVENTOR.

GEORGE HOLLIS JZ'IVIV AG'S 4 Patented Oct. 1, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATER-RESISTANT SHOE George Hollis Jennings, Cincinnati, Ohio Application March 30, 1945, Serial No. 585,649

My invention relates to shoes having a type 01 welting which may be additional to the regular welting, said type of welting being sometimes known as calk welting.

I have in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,004,116, described a method of shoe construction in which a calk welt is applied. I have illustrated my present invention as being formed in the same manner but in its essence the precise mode of calk welting is not an essential.

It is the object of my invention to provide a calk welting which contains in the head portion thereof, a filling of oil absorbing material such.

as a cord formed of cotton fiber or of any other suitable oil absorbing and retaining material. The bead, which is preferably perforated, is formed, according to my invention, by enclosing this cord in a folded piece of suitable leather and stitching, or otherwise securing, the resulting bead to form thereby a calk welt with a bead and a fin. The leather on the upper side of the bead, at least is perforated to facilitate oiling the bead, and to permit gradual exuding of the lubricant through the perforations. I have found that when oiled at fairly frequent intervals, the oil from the oil absorbent bead is soaked into the leather of the shoe keeping it soft and water resistant, and the oil containing calk welt is, of course, a very efiicient water resistor at the line of connection of the regular welt with the insole and upper.

In the drawing, I have shown an example of my invention and refer to the appended claims for setting forth the invention resident in the said example.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the toe portion of a shoe equipped according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken through the shoe along the lines 2-2 in Figure 1, showing the mode of construction above referred to.

v Figure 3 is a section through the calk welt.

Figure 4 is a detail plan view of the calk welt. In the drawing, I is the outer sole of the shoe,

2 the filling and 3 the insole. The regular welt 4 is stitched down to the outer sole by stitches 5. The upper B is held by the stitched seam l to the insole lip 8. The same seam holds the calk welt in place, between the regular welt and the upper. While the invention is specifically described in a welt shoe, it should be understood that the calk welt may be held in position in a cemented sole shoe or a shoe in which the sole is secured by nails and staples or in a McKay shoe.

As noted, the calk is formed of a flexible strip 9, preferably of leather formed into a lengthwise fold I0, within which is an oil absorbent cord or wicking II. The one portion of the leather at the resulting bead is perforated with holes I2.

3 Claims. (CI. 36-78) A line of stitching l3 holds the bead in shape. In making up the shoe the calk welt is set in place between the upper and the welt, and joined with the shoe insole by the seam, as already noted. The strip portion not part of the bead, forms the fin for attaching purposes. The assembly of the shoe outer sole with the upper, the insole and the welt follows usual practice.

The calk welt will surround the shoe together with the welt, and it is not found necessary to attempt to use the calk welt about the heel proper of the shoe, which is not welted in regular construction.

In use an oil can may be used to oil the calk welt bead which projects around the shoe between the regular welt and the upper. The oil is drawn from the wicking or cord, into the leather of the shoe in a short time oiling the entire upper, and attention to oiling from time to time will maintain this condition.

For soldiers this invention is highly valuable as it not only greatly assists in keeping the feet dry, but also keeps the upper of the shoe soft and pliable, and stops the inner sole from curling up, warping'or disintegrating.

The sole I may be of the standard rubber like material used in military footgear. The calk welt may be associated with the upper by any desired method of attachment, to the sole. It is not necessary that a self-sustaining strip of wicking be used, as any filling which will hold a bead, and will absorb oil and retain it, will serve my purpose.

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

1. A calk welt for shoes formed of a strip folded around an oil absorbent body to form a bead,

with the remainder of the strip serving as a fin for mounting in a shoe, and a series of holes formed in that portion of the strip which surrounds the oil absorbent body.

2. A calk'welt for shoes formed of a strip folded around an oil absorbent body to form a head, with the remainder of the strip servingas a fin for mounting in a shoe, and a series of holes formed in that portion of the strip which surrounds the oil absorbent body, said holes being formed in that portion of the head GEORGE HOLLIS JENNINGS.

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