US33939A - Improvement in skates - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN R. GOING, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, STEPHEN R. GOING, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and improved method of adjusting skates to support the hollow or shank of the foot and also connecting the back and front straps, thus making an easy fastening by which they can be attached with comfort to any size boot or shoe; and I do heieby declare that the tol' lowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of` reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the center of bedplate or stock.

My invention consists in the form of the bed-plate A, fitted exactly to the shape of the boots or shoes of the wearer while skating; also the spring or plate G, hollowed to tit the shank ot said boot or shoe, and adjusted by the screw H when said boot or shoe varies in height of heel, thus supporting the hollow of the foot and preventing it from becoming wearied by the pressure of straps or lacing from above, and thus allowing the blood to circulate freely through the foot and preventing the foot from becoming frost-bitten; also connecting the heel-strap O and toe-strap D at E, thus forming an easy and well-fitting lacing to keep the skate in its proper position.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.

I construct skate-runners F in any ordinary way now known and secure them to stock A by any simple method. The stock A is fitted to the foot, boot, or shoe of the wearer and the spring or plate G is placed thereon iinmediately under the hollow of the foot, leaving it free toward the heel, so that it can be raised or lowered by setscrew H to tit the hollow of the foot, boot, or shoe of any height of heel or tighten the skate on the foot without touching the lacing. The recess B forms a socket which the heel sets firmly in, thus doing away with the old-fasl1ioned spike and screw.

O is the heel-strap, and D the toe-strap, fastened to the stock A by metallic bands or screws, as shown, or in any known way. Said straps O and D can be made of one piece of leather, india-rubber, guttapercha, or any other material found to answer the purpose best, or they can be formed of two pieces and connected at E to prevent the heel-strap C from rising upon the instep of the wearer and bearing hard on that part of the foot most worked while skating; also forming a good lacing to attach the skate firmly to the foot, as the straps C and D are provided with a sufficient number of eyelets of any known construction for thelacing purposes described.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Supporting the hollow of the foot by fitting the stock A to the shape ot' the boot or shoe, as set forth.

2. Attachinga plate or spring G to the stock A to answer the purposes described.

3. Joining straps C and D at E, in combination with bed-plate A, as set forth.

STEPHEN R. GOING. Vitnesses:

EPEs E. ELLEY, M. HAsKELL.

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