US1784806A - Shoe and method of making same - Google Patents

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Dec. 9, 1930.

A. FRIED 1,784,806

SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed April 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORN EY$ Dec. 9, 1930. A. FRIED I SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 22, 1929 INVENTOR Patented Dec 9, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ABRAHAM L. FRIED, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Application filed April 22,

The object of th s invention is to provide a shoe or slipper construction which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture and durable in use.

, In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention Fig.1 is a diagrammatic development of the toe and heel blanks,

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inner sole,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parts sewed together to form the upper of the slipper,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing th inner sole sewed to the upper,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing how the arch strip and heel counter are assembled in place,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the complete body on the last, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the 5 completed slipper with the sole in place.

. In the embodiment of the' invention as illustrated in the slipper shown in the drawings, the toe blank 8 and heel blanks 9 are out out of stock in the form shown, and

with the extreme toe and heel portions shaped as extra peripheral strips 10 and 11 extending beyond the body portions of the blanks. The inner sole 12 is blanked out in the form shown in Fig. 2, and with the extreme toe por- 5 tion provided with a protruding peripheral '-strip 13.

As shown in Fig. 3 the toe and heel portions 8', -9 are lined and sewed together at their ends 14, 15 and 16, 16;v The lining 17 is O sewed along the upper edge 18 of the heel blank and the upper edge 19 to the toe blank, and it is also sewed along the lower edge 20 of the toe blank as shown in Fig. 3, but the extreme end of the toe portion of the lining is extended as a peripheral strip 21 protruding beyond the peripheral strip 10 of the toe portion. Then the inner sole 12 is sewed to the lower edges of the toe and heel at 20 and 2011, as shown in Fig. 4, the rear edge23 "of 0 the inner sole terminating short'of the ex- 1929. Serial No. 357,028.

treme heel portion and the toe strip 13 fitting within the protruding toe strips 10 and 21 of the lining 17 and upper 8.

The upper is now in condition to receive the combined arch "strip or shank stiffener 21' and heel counter 25, WhlCllfiS a unit are inserted between the lning of the leather of the heel portion as shown in Fig. 5. The parts of this shank counter unit are fastened together by tacking the lower flanges 26 of the counter to the bottom of the shank stiffener 24 so thatthese parts are rigidly held together as a unit. The lining 17 is then smoothed down around the inner surface of the counter and overlaps the shank stiffener 24 down to the seam 14, 15, where the lining passes under the shank stifiener and approximately along the line of the stitching 20. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the peripheral heel strip 11 loosely protrudes.

The assembled upper is now in condition to be placed on the last 27 for final forming and the formation of the toe and heel. In the process of this invention the placing of the upper on the last is a simple matter of centering the inner sole on the last, the edges of which thenautomatically form the sole line 28 of the toe and 29 of the heel around the upper. On the last the toe is formed by bending back the loose toe end of the toe upper 8, 10, and inserting the toe box material, preferably dampened buckram ma-' terial, to form the toe box directly on the last. The inner sole toe strip 13 just fits within the edge of the sole as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. Then cement is applied to all of the protruding toe strips of the lining 21 and the toe "box material and the leatherupper 10, and all of these are turned over and flattened tightly down and cemented to the surface of the inner sole 12. At the sametime the protruding as shown in Fig. 7, the usual bottom sole strip 32 being inserted and fastened in place as b cementmg over the entire sole portion of t e upper. The assembled upper is fastened to the sole and heel 30, 31, preferably by cementing thereto, and without any sewin of the upper to the sole portions.

ith the process of this invention the formation of the upper is rendered simple and inexpensive and much time is saved in the manipulation of the parts on the last. It is only necessary forthe operator to position the upper on the last and then fold over and cement down the toe and heel extremities. The sewing of the parts may be of any desired type instead of the cross stitching shown. When the sole is cemented on, the shoe is waterproofed by the sole layer and the cement layer, all of the stitching being confined to the upper.

I claim:

1. The process of forming a shoe comprising forming the heel and toe portions of the upper and lining the same, sewing a sole member thereto throughout a portion of their length and attaching thereto a combined shank stitl'ener and counter member to form an upper unit, positioning said unit 'on a last, and then fastening unattached portions of the upper to the sole member and the combined shank stiffener and counter member.

2; A shoe comprising shank stiffener and counter members and upper portions sewed to an inner sole member throughout a portion of their length, attached to the shank stiflener and counter members, and havin unsewed portions fastened to said inner sole member at one end and to said counter member at the other.

3. A shoe comprising shank stiffener and counter members and upper portions sewed to an inner sole member throughout'a portion of their length, attached to the shank stiffener and counter members, and having unsewed portions cemented to said inner sole member at one end and to said counter member at the other, the whole of the upper unit being cemented to a sole.

4. A shoe comprising an upper unit which includes a lined upper' having peripheral strips at the toe and heel, an inner sole member sewed to the upper except at the peripheral strips, a counter flanged and associated with a shank stiffener and inserted between the upper and its lining at the rear, the peripheral strips att-he toe being fastened to the inner sole member, and the peripheral strip at the rear being fastened to the flange of the counter, and an outer sole member to .\wl1ich the upper unit is secured.

5. A shoe comprising an upper formed with peripheral strips at the toe and heel,

an inner sole having aperipheral strip at its toe fitting inside the toe peripheral strip of the upper and terminating at its rear at the beginning of the heel peripheral strip of the upper, a lining having toe and heel peripheral strips in correspondence with the peripheral stri s of the upper, a counter flanged and com ined with a shank stiffener, a bottom sole strip, and a sole and heel element, the peripheral strips at the toe being all fastened together, the peripheral stri s at the heel being cemented to the counter ange, the

bottom sole strip being fastened to the inside of the shoe, and the sole and heel element being secured at the outside of the shoe.

6. The process of forming a shoe having the elements set forth in claim 5, which includes sewing the inner sole along its edges to the bottom of the upper except at the peripheral strip portions, attaching the lining to the upper, inserting the counter and shank stiffener between the lining and the inner sole, shaping, flattening, and cementing the peripheral strip portions at the toe to the inner sole, shaping, flattening and cementing the peripheral strips at the heel to the flange of the counter, cementing the sole and heel element in place on the bottom of the shoe, and securing the bottom sole strip on the inside of the shoe. 4

ABRAHAM L. FRIED.

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