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Description

(No Model.)

W. T. STRASSERY.

Shoe Fastening.

Patented April 19,1881

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UNITED STATES PATn vT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. STBASSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,283, dated April 19, 1881.

" Application filed February 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. STRASSER, of the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a means for securing the shoe in place on the foot, in lieu of buttons, hooks, lacings, elastic webbing, or other devices, such as are usually employed in connection with shoes and gaiters.

The invention consists in a novel? construction and combination, with a shoe or gaitcr, of a ribbed or flanged welt or strip, a series of rings or loops, a sliding or folding tongue orflap, and one or more hooks, buttons, or other projections, whereby provision is made for closing and fastening the ankle portion of the shoe and as readily unfastening and opening the same in order to remove it, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a shoe provided with the improvement and in a position for inserting the foot therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the position of the parts when the shoe is closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section taken in theline w w of Fig. 2.

This invention may be applied to shoes or gaiters of various descriptions, and may be shown it is attached to the V-shaped opening in the upperby being stitched to theedgesthereof. This welt or strip is T-shaped in its crosssection that is to say, it has a central longitudinal rib or bead, c, on one of its sides, and two flanges, d, projecting at right angles laterally from said rib or head. The Welt or strip is secured to the edge of the opening with the rib or bead c nearest to the surface of the upper.

D represents a tongue or flap, of leathe ror other suitable flexible material, having its lower end secured to the u'pper below the commencement of the division thereof. To the inner surface of this tongue or flap are secured, by stitching or otherwise, a number of loops or divided rings, E, which slide on the flanges d of the welt or strip 0, and which may be made in one piece, if necessary. To

the upper edges of the divided portions of the shoe are attached hooks G, or other suitable projections, for engagement with rings or eyelets f near the upper end of the tongue or flap D.

When the shoe is to be put on the foot the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the ankle portion opened and the tongue or flap gathered at the lower part of the division in the upper. When the shoe is on the foot it is fastened by pulling up the tongue or flap D, so as to cause the rings or loops E to slide on the welts O. and draw the edges of the divided portions together, and then hooking the rings or eyelets f over the hooks or projections G, as shown in Fig. 2. To remove the shoe, the tongue or flap D is unhooked and then gathered to the first position, which allows the ankle portion of the shoe to open sufficiently far to permit the foot to be withdrawn.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure books or projections Gr on the divided ankle In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of February, 1881. 1

WILLIAM T. STRASSER.

\Vitnesses:

' EDGAR GARRETSON,

FRANCIS G. BOWEN.

portion of a shoe, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 1

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