US1458201A - Shoe sole - Google Patents

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To allwlwm'itmmyconoem: Be it known that l, James H. Shannan, of Braintree in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, [a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe Soles, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 292,417, filedApril 24, 1919. My improvement comprises a sole made of rubber, rubber compound or other vulcanizable material, and is particularly adapted for use on golf shoes. golf it is desirable that the inner edge 0 jections which shall. enable the player uring his stroke to get a good purchase on the ground. 'OrdmariIythis is accomlished by loading the sole with hobnails. his is undesirable because of the marks which the nails make when the shoe is worn in the house- Also, after the shoes have been worn for a show time the nails become loose often causing leakage to the shoe around the shank of the na1l,an.d the nails tend to fall out. My sole is waterproof, the hobs being integral with the sole. The hobs are resilient and being mounted on a relatively stifl sole .readily adapt themselves to the movements of the player.

My invention is intended to overcome these faults, and it will be understood by reference to the drawings in which its construction is shown in its preferred form.

Figure 1 is a plan of the wearing surface p of a sole embodying my invention, partially in section.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper surface of the same sole, also partially in section.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. t is an edge view looking from the lower edge of Fig- 2, and

Fig. 5 shows the sole attached to the upfir to form a golf shoe.

shown the sole comprises a wearing surface A of rubber or the like from which project integral therewith hobs or projections or whichmay be cup-shaped. Preferably these hobs project difierent heights from the wearing surface A higher hobs being at the edge (see Fig. 3'). The hobs a are preferably formed with concave faces, having sharp edges, noted by the dotted lines in Fig. 4:,

lln playing f that a canvas in order to lessen the cracking of the sole, the

as deso that they will have a cod ri or frictional hold on the ground? g p Tn the upper surface of the sole is preferably incorporated one 7 or more strlps of canvas, heavy cloth or sheeting B (see Fig. 2) so arranged therein that their threads are at an angle to the a ms of the sole, that is, they do not run directly lengthwise or crosswise of the sole as described in the application of which thls is a division, and hence they do not tend to out into the sole or aid in any wa cracking. A sole in ordinary use ten 5 to crack crosswise thereof and it is evident should be so incorporated into the sole that its threads will be diagonal or at an angle to any oint where there is a tendency to crack. bus the cross threadsor filling wlll not weaken the sole in lines crosswise the axis of the sole.

At C is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and also in Fig. 3, a rectangular piece of canvas. The shape of this piece is immaterial, but it will be noted that it is set into the solo at the shank so that it co-operates with the layer of fabric B at this point in stifibning the 'shank, the two layers of fabric at this point afiording considerable support under the instep of the wearer. The fore part of the sole, not being thus reinforced and stifibned, remains suitably flexible.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A golf shoe sole made of a rubber comound and having a wearing surface provided about its inner edge and its toe portion, only, with integral, resilient hobs, the

remaining part of said wearing surface being plain or smooth.

3. A shoe sole made of rubber compoundhaving a wearing surface provided with hobs integral therewith, said hobs extendin along the toe and near the inner edge of said sole, those hobs near the edge of the sole being higher from its surface than those nearer the longitudinal middle of the sole. 4.. A shoe sol having a wearing surf its Til

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lltltl provided with resilient hobs integral therewith, said hobs extending along the toe' and near the inner edge of the sole, those hobs near the edge of the sole being higher from its surface than those nearer to the middle 'of the sole, said hobs having concave faces whereby a secure purchase may be taken on the ground when the .outer edge of the sole is lifted therefrom.

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smooth wearing surface and being provided with integral resilient hobs about its toe near its inner edge, whereby on turningthe shoe on its inner edge as an axis the hobs will tend to adjust themselves to the unevenness of the ground and afforda firm purchase to the wearer of the shoe.

JAMES H. STEDMAN.

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