US2587300A - Shoe with sole leather toe - Google Patents

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J. H. EVERSTON SHOE WITH SOLE LEATHER TOE Feb. 26, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Nov. 14, 1947 INUENTOE j Jose-PH H. Ema-van m M k-rmm 1952 J. H. ,EVERSTON SHOE WITH SOLE LEATHER TOE 2 Sl-IEETS-SI-IEET 2 Filed Nov. 14, 1947 iiiiiii'i/Yfiiiiiiiiiiiifii'l/ NVE NTO E. \/0.5'EPH flvE/slasm Patented Feb. 26, 1952 SHOE WITH SOLE LEATHER TOE Joseph H. Everston, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application November 14, 1947, Serial No. 785,876

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a shoe in which the sole protects the toe portion as well as the bottom of the wearers foot. While the shoe is particularly adapted for wear by small children, its use is by no means limited to this field.

It is a primary object of the invention to provide a novel shoe construction in which injury to the toes of the wearer, and scufiing of the upper, are both prevented by extending the sole leather upwardly on an arc of at least 90, and preferably more, at the toe of the shoe. For full protection, I may also'extend the sole leather upwardly at the rear of the shoe in a manner disclosed herein but more particularly disclosed in my companion application entitled Shoe with Sole Stay Extension, filed September 17, 1948, Serial No. 49,686.

The present invention also includes a novel method of shoe manufacture for achieving the advantages of the shoe above described whereby either or both the insole and the outsole are connected directly with, or made completely to replace, the vamp at the top of the upper.

The invention will be more clearly apparent from the following disclosure of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a shoe embodying my invention, portions thereof being broken away to show the construction.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sole used to make up the device. of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in rear quarter perspective of a modified embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a view in front quarter perspective of the shoe of Fig. 3, portions thereof being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a sole unit employed in the manufacture of the shoe shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig. 6 is a viewin plan of the prefabricated upper to which the sole unit is attached in the construction of such a shoe.

Fig. '7 is a view in longitudinal section through the shoe of Fig. 4.

Fig. 8-is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. '7'

showing a modified embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a. fragmentary view similar to Fig. '7 showing a further modified embodiment of the invention.

Figs. 10 and 11 are views in longitudinal section through prefabricated'sole assemblies which may be used by way of further modifications of the invention.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of a lasted upper and partially attached sole representing one method of assembly and embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 13 is a view in botQm front quarter perspective of the application of the sole portion of the blank shown in Fig. 12 to the lasted upper and insole to complete a shoe in accordance with this embodiment. v I

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary detail view in longitudinal section of the toe portion of a shoe on the last showing an embodiment slightly modified from the disclosure of Fig. 13.

The outsole may be the only sole as in Fig. 1, or the outsole may have the insole cemented to it as in Fig. 3 for unitary handling. The upper I6 is flanged outwardly at H and stitched at l8 to the sole. The extreme end portion 20 of the sole is carried to a point well beyond the line 2| which,

in Fig. 2, respresents what would normally be the forward end of the sole of such a shoe. The pointed extremity 20 of the sole is carried upwardly and rearwardly and there held by continuing the stitched connection to the upper as shown in Fig. l, the stitching being continuous throughout the perimeter of the sole.

In this construction, the pointed form of the sole at 20 is a matter of design, but the provision of any sole structure extending vertically at the front of the shoe and stitched to the upper in the manner described is, regardless of the form of the sole, a great protection to the wearer. A creeping child, for example, can drag his feet over the floor without scufling the upper. He can bump into pieces of furniture While toddling without injury to his toes. The shoe will even withstand the dropping of relatively heavy objects across the toe of the shoe without injury to the toes of the wearer. For older children who are using a coaster wagon, the upward extension of the sole in rigid connection with the upper greatly prolongs the life of the shoe.

The construction shown in Figs. 3 to 7 inclusive discloses several alternative ideas which may be;

individually or collectively used, but relatively independent to each other. One alteration involves the use of an insole at 22. It is obviously possible to add an insole to the shoe of Fig. l or to omit it from the device of Fig. 4. Where the insole is used, it may be cemented to the outsole as in Fig. 3, or it may be separately attached to the upper as in Fig, 4 by stitching at 23 which connects the insole to the outwardly flanged portion I! of the upper. Thereafter, the stitching l8 extends through the flange l1 and the insole and the outsole in the manner already described.

Another modification shown in these views consists in the provision of an outsole which has a square toe 20! extended upwardly at the front of the shoe, the upper of this shoe being'provided with a vamp portion 24 and quarters 25. The vamp 24 is upwardly flanged at I'll to provide a continuation of the flange l1 and to,which the relatively square end 2M of the sole is stitched. The vamp and square toe construction may be substituted in the shoe of Fig. 1, or the pointed toe of Fig. 1, or the use of a single sole as suggested in that view, may be substituted in Fig. 3 or Fig. 4.

Another feature of the construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 is the grooving of the upper surface of the outsole at 26 to facilitate the rather abrupt upward bending of the outsole at 21. The shoe of Fig. 1 may be grooved if desired, or the shoe presently being described may be more broadly curved if it be desired to dispense with the grooving.

Another optional feature consists in the extension of the outsole and insole to the top of the shoe in the form of mckstay 3B. This feature is'more fully disclosed in the companion application above identified. As herein shown, it provides relatively rigid support for the ankle of the wearer of the shoe and also protects the shoe itself from scufling at the rear. The stitching between the flanged portion ll of the upper and the respective soles extends up the sides of the stay to the top of the shoe and there terminates. At the heel, as at the toe, the sole may be grooved if desired, the grooving being indicated at 3| in Figs. 3 and 5.

In the constructions thus far described, the tongue 33 comprises a separately fabricated element stitched to the vamp 24 as best shown in Fig. lat 34. However, if desired, either or both of the features shown in Fig. 8 may be incorporated. integral part of the vamp 242, and the latter, instead of being flanged upwardly at Hi to receive connection with the sole assembly, laps beneath the end 202 of the outsole I52 and is stitched thereto at H2. Either the stitching, or the integral tongue construction, is alternatively usable in the other embodiments.

In the construction shown in Fig. 9, I have illustrated another alternatively usable feature in which the entire end portion of the sole l53 is progressively skived to reduce its thickness and, regardless of whether or not so reduced, it is carried over the vamp portion of the shoe at 243, and the tongue 33 is stitched directly thereto.

Figs. 10 and 11 show other arrangements in which sole leather is used for protection but is reduced in thickness as compared with the thickness of the sole at the bottom of the shoe. In Fig. 10, the sole I54 has a toe extension 35 stitched thereto at 36, both the extension and the sole, or at least the latter, preferably being skived where lapping occurs. A similar extension 31 is stitched to the sole proper at 38 and provides the rear stay as above described.

In the Figfilhconstruction, the sole I55 has integral portions 355 and 365 of reduced thickness providing the toe and heel portions of the shoe in the same manner as contemplated for the separately fabricated pieces of sole leather shown at 35 and 36 respectively in Fig. 10.

While stitched constructions have thus far been described, it is possible to apply the sole wholly or partially by means of adhesive as shown in Figs. 12 to 14. In fact, whether the final application of the outsole is made by stitching or by ad- In Fig. 8, the tongue 332 comprises an hesive, its initial connection with the component parts of the upper may be made in the manner shown in Fig. 12 where the vamp 24 and the quarters 25 are stitched to each other and to the outsole l55, the squared toe end 206 of the outsole being stitched to the flanged portion I'll of the vamp in the same manner as in Fig. 7. With the upper mounted on last 39 and flanged inwardly at 40 over the insole 22 as shown in Fig. 13, cement is applied to the inturned edge 40 of the upper, and the outsole I56, already preferably stitched to the upper as shown in Fig. 12, is pressed into place and held while the adhesive sets.

Assuming that the insole is carried upwardly about the toe of the shoe in the manner suggested in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the outsole may be adhesively applied without any stitching whatever as shown in Fig. 14, the outsole being designated by reference character I51, the insole by reference character 22, and the adhesive by reference character 4|.

Illustration of lining has been omitted because the invention is not concerned with the presence or absence of lining, but only with a shoe in which the sole leather is extended upwardly at least at the toe to protect the wearers foot and protect the upper from scufling. In all of the constructions illustrated, a relatively heavy sole leather covers the toe, While the upper may be assumed to be made of any suitable light, thin leather. In all of the constructions illustrated, the sole leather is not only carried to a vertical position, but preferably beyond the vertical towards the rear of the shoe, at least to the extent indicated in Figs. 3 and 7.

I claim:

1. In a shoe, the combination with an upper having quarter and vamp portions and provided with an outwardly turned flange substantially continuous along the rear margins and lower margins of the quarters and across the vamp at the front of the upper, an insole having a first stitched connection with such flange at the rear and lower margins of the quarters and across said vamp, and an outsole having a second stitched connection through the insole to said flange along the rear margins and lower margins of the quarters and across the vamp, the insole and outsole having tongues extending upwardly at the front and rear of the shoe and connected between the flanged portions at the rear of the quarters and the sides of the vamp.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the insole and outsole tongues at the front of the shoe extend beyond the vertical and rearwardly over the top forward portion of the shoe above the vamp, the flange extending across the vamp being disposed upwardly and rearwardly above adjacent vamp portions.

3. In a shoe, the combination with an upper which terminates short of the front of the shoe, having outwardly flanged quarter portions and an upwardly flanged vamp portion, of a sole stitched to the outwardly flanged portions of the upper and extending upwardly across the front of the shoe as well as beneath the bottom thereof, the stitched connection of the sole to the vamp and quarters being continuous, the sole also comprising a stay portion extending upwardly at the rear of the shoe and with which the. shoe upper is provided with connection.

4. A shoe of the character described compris-' ing the combination with quarter and vamp portions of upper leather spaced from each other at the front and rear of the shoe, of a sole leather stay and sole and toe unit extending continuously across the bottom of the shoe and up at the rear and toe thereof and provided with a connection with said portions throughout the extent of said unit.

5. The device of claim 4 in which said unit is further extended rearwardly from the toe of said shoe to constitute a central vamp portion also provided laterally with a connection with the vamp portions first mentioned.

6. A blucher shoe comprising a substantially flat vamp plug with upturned lateral and front margins, vamp sides having upwardly extending upper margins in seamed connection with the upturned side margins of the plug, the said vamp sides being spaced in the forepart of the shoe, and a sole extending beneath and forwardly of said vamp sides and having'an upwardly extending front end with a top terminal margin in seamed connection with the upturned front marin of said plug.

'7. The combination with a shoe upper comprising quarter and vamp portions, the vamp portions being spaced apart at the front of the shoe, of a shoe sole that extends continuously from a point substantially at the top of the quarter in the back of the shoe across the bottom of the shoe and is turned up at the front, the upturned :front end of the sole extending above the general level of the vamp and being provided with a vamp connection.

JOSEPH H. EVERSTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 256,170 Shippee Apr. 11, 1882 546,323 Harland Sept. 17, 1895 1,523,133 McIntyre Jan. 13, 1925 1,953,659 Savino Apr; 3, 1934 1,996,096 Bunker Apr. 2, 1935 2,314,205 Forschner Mar. 16, 1943 2,385,743 Vaisey Sept. 25, 1945 2,391,720 Ludwig Dec. 25, 1945 2,394,725 Stritter Feb. 12, 1946 2,460,669 Ayers Feb. 1, 1949 OTHER REFERENCES A B C Schuh Fabrication, August 4, 1939, page 1038, (Copy in Div. 11).

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