US593272A - Fastening for boots or shoes - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

J. W. DENNO. .PASTBNING PoR BooTs 0R SH01-3s.

ihvrTnn STnTns FnTnrvT @ruina JOHN W. DENNO, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK P.

COX, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENING FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPEC'XFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,272, dated November 9, 1897'.

Original application led January 18, 1896, Serial No. 576,005. Divided and this application tiled December 3, 1896. Serial No. 614,358. (No model.)

To 0.5.3 whom t may conceive.-

Be it known that I, JOHN XV. DENNO, of Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Fastenings forBoots, Shoes, Gaiters, dac., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inaliiu g part of this specification, in Whiclr- Figure l represents a shoe having applied to its instep-opening a fastening constructed in accordance With in y present invention, said instep being shown open. Fig. 2 represents the shoe with its instep closed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section on the line 1u iu of Fig. l; Fig. e, an enlarged longitudinal section on the line fc of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is transverse section on line y y, enlarged. Fie". Gis an enlarged representation of the transverse clips which serve to clasp and embrace the round cords or guides at the sides of the opening in the instep of the shoe, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

rllhis invention has for its object to provide a desirable, practical, and successful fastening as a substitute for buttons, hooks, elastic webbing, lacing, and other devices usually einployed for securing boots, shoes, gaiters, corsets, gloves, and other articles in place; and my invention relates particularly to that class of fastenings in which a movable tongue or band is provided with a series of transverse devices which engage with guides formed at the opposite sides of the opening in the article to be closed or fastened; and this invention consists in a flexible tongue or band and a series of transverse clips permanently secured thereto at intervals, each clip being formed of a pair of bifurcated clasps united by an in terposed shank, either straight, curved, or otherwise, to which the band is sewed or riveted, in combination With and embracing raised fillets, beads, or piping guides located at the opposite edges ofthe opening in the article to which my fastening is applied, the act of closing the opening being conveniently performed by simply drawing the band, with the clips attached thereto, through the openin.g,\vhile the act of unfastening the article or disclosing the opening therein is effected by pressing the transverse clips down (or other direction, as the case may be) close together until they are collected at the opposite end of the opening, With the folds of the y connecting band or tongue neatly gathered between them, whereby the necessity of drawing it down below, away from, out of, or beA yond the opening incident to other fasteners of this class, and the objections thereto are avoided.

In Figs. l and 2 of the said drawings, A represents a shoe having a central opening a, at

its instep, each of the opposite sides or edges of said opening being forined of a piping cord, fillet, or bead, or, in other Words, of a round cord covered with a fold of the upper7 or With a separate strip of leather stitched to the edge of the upper, the two edges or sides of said instep-opening when properly finished serving as raised guides b b.

. (Seen in cross-section, Fig. 5.) TNithin this instep-opening is fitted a band or tongue B, of leather or other suitable flexible material, preferably sewed to the upper at the lower end of said opening. The width of this ilexible band should be about the Width of the opening a, and sewed or riveted to the under side of said band at intervals-for instance, at equal distances apartare a series of transverse clips C of the forni seen in Fig. 6, each clip being formed of al straight or curved iniddle portion or shank c, having each of its opposite ends terminating in a. bifurcation c", said clips serving as clasps for embracing the two guides b h at the opposite edges of the opening in the instep. The interposed shank o is provided with tivo or more perforations CZ d, Fig. G, through which passes the thread or rivets d' d", used in securing the clip to the band, Fig. 5, or this shank or iniddle portion c niay be solid and the stitches d d or other fastening be carried around instead of through it. The length of this band B may be a trilie greater than that of the instepopening, so that `when it is closed, as seen in Fig. 2, the upper end of the band may eX- tend a short distance above the opening, and when the band is down serves as a convene ient means by which the fingers may be applied to draw the band up from the position IOO - seen in Fig. 1 to close the opening, as seen in Fig. 2, similar to that were the shoe upon the foot, the act of slightly pulling or drawving up on the said band causing the several clasps to successively slide smoothly up on the raised guides b b at the opposite sides of the opening a, thus instantly closing it and securing the shoe in an easy position upon the foot, the arrangement and location of the clips and band being more clearly seen in the enlarged section, Fig. 4.

When the shoe is on the foot and is tolle unfastened ready for removal, it is only necessary to press gently with the thumb down on the upper clasp, which thereby slides down and causes the other clasps in succes-v sion to slide down on the guides b b, with the band B gathered in neat folds between them, till the instep-openin g is revealed or disclosed, as seen in Fig. l, the position of the clasps and interposed folds being more clearly seen in the enlarged section, Fig. 3.

Instead of the band being longer than the Opening L and ml ndin g above it when closed it may be only of the same length therewith, and an ornamental loop or other device of metal or other material may be secured to the band for the fingers to grasp in drawing it up to close the opening, and I find that this` operation of closing said opening in order to be accomplished successfullyin a prompt and reliable manner depends on the careful attachment of the band to each clip, as herein shown and described--vizsecuring the band at two points, for instance, at d l at or near the opposite ends of the shank c, in order that every shank may maintain a position at right angles to the opposite guides to insure the free, smooth, and uniform movement of the clasps thereon, the liability of said shanks being diverted out of their proper parallelism ,and their clasps catching nnevenly on the guides and obstructing the operation of closing, incident to the connection of the clips by a cord secured only at their centers, being Wholly avoided.

My herein-described fastening may be conveniently applied to various objects or articles of Wear for general business or domestic purposes-for instance, to gaiter shoes or overgaiters, corsets, gloves, hand-bags, Whipbags, mail-pouches, leggings forbicycle-suits,

covers for trunks, seats, cushions, carriage- Aclip is sewed or riveted at two points near the edges of the tongue, the series being fastened at definite intervals along the tongue.

lvVitness my hand this 24th day of Novembei, i896.

JOHN W, Danno.

In presence olf- ALBERT WV. LYON, S. M. NVooD.

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