US3204349A

US3204349A - Beaded platform welt

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Publication number: US3204349A
Application number: US375841A
Authority: US
Inventors: Francis L Shea
Original assignee: Barbour Welting Co Inc
Current assignee: Barbour Welting Co Inc
Priority date: 1964-06-17
Filing date: 1964-06-17
Publication date: 1965-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1982-09-07

Description

Sept. 7, 1965 F. L. SHEA 3,

BEADED PLATFORM WELT Filed June 17, 1964 Fl G 4 INVENTOR.

FRANCIS L. SHEA BY GM 62mm ATTORN EY United States Patent 3,204,349 BEADED PLATFORM WELT Francis L. Shea, Wollaston, Mass., assignor to Barbour Welting Company, Inc., Brockton, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed June 17, 1964, Ser. No. 375,841 4 Claims. (CI. 36-78) This invention relates to a shoe welt and particularly to a beaded platform welt.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved grain leather beaded platform welt which may be economically manufactured and which is characterized by structure presenting a continuous grain leather surface around the top, marginal edge and bottom surface of the beaded platform capable of taking a high polish to present a substantially uniform and attractive appearance.

The invention has for a further object to provide a novel and improved method of making a beaded platform welt of the character specified.

With these general objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the beaded platform welt and in the method of making the same as hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fillet of grain leather from which the present beaded platform welt is produced; and- FIGS. 2 to 5 are perspective views illustrating the steps of cutting and folding the fillet to produce the present beaded platform welt.

In general the present invention contemplates a novel and improved beaded platform welt and method of making the same from a unitary grain leather fillet. Preferably, the invention contemplates a beaded platform welt wherein integral, hingedly connected portions of the fillet are folded one upon the other and shaped to provide a bead core, and a grain leather cover flap also integral with and hingedly connected to the fillet is wrapped about the shaped structure to provide a continuous grain leather surface around the bottom, marginal edge and top of the bead core. The invention further enables the present beaded platform welt to be manufactured in a manner which results in a substantial saving in leather over the amount required to construct prior similar welting of which I am aware.

Referring now to the drawings, represents a rectangular fillet of grain leather, 7 in width and A3" thick, having a flesh surface 12 on its upper face and a grain surface 14 on its lower face. The first step in producing the present beaded platform welt is to make an incision in a flesh edge 16, starting about above the grain surface at said edge and extended along a slightly upwardly inclined line 18, terminating at a point about /2" inwardly from the flesh edge 16 and about up from the grain surface. The incision is then continued vertically upward along a line 20 to a point about below the flesh surface 12 as shown in FIG. 2. These incisions provide a relatively thin tapered grain flap portion 22 hinged at 24 to a grain section 26; and a flesh section 28 hinged at 30.

The next step in producing the present shoe welt is to fold the flesh section 28 upwardly and inwardly on its hinge 30 through 180 to present the flesh section 28 against the flesh surface 12 of the upper face of the section 26, thus providing an integral two-part structure compris- 3,284,349 Patented Sept. 7, 1965 ing the

sections

26 and 28 which may be cemented together as shown in FIG. 3. It will be observed that this folding operation leaves a portion 32 extending beyond the opposite flesh edge 34 of the fillet.

The structure thus folded and cemented is then cut to provide a flesh bead core structure 36 and an inseam flange 38, as shown in FIG. 4, by making an incision at a point spaced about from the shoulder 40 defining the edge of the two-part portion, the incision extending downwardly at an angle of about 45 along a line 42 to a point a short distance below the section 28 and into the underlying section 26, as indicated at 44, which is about above the grain surface 14. The incision is then continued at a downwardly inclined angle from the point 44 along a line 46, terminating at the edge 34 at a point 48, about above the bottom grain surface 14, as shown in FIG. 4, thus providing an inseam flange 38. The parts thus cut 0E, comprising portions of the

sections

26, 28 and including the extension 32, may be discarded.

The relatively thin tapered grain flap portion 22 is then folded upwardly and inwardly on its hinge 24 against the shoulder 40 and over the bead core 36 onto a portion of the inseam flange 38, as shown in FIG. 5, the flap being cemented against its engaging surfaces. As thus constructed, it will be seen that a beaded platform welt is provided having a continuous grain surface around the bottom, platform edge and bead, as indicated at 49, and over a portion of the inseam flange 38. The beaded platform welt may then be molded and provided with a stitching groove 50 on its underside as shown.

From the above description it will be seen that the present beaded platform welt provides a sturdy and eflicient welt presenting a full grain surface about the bottom, marginal edge and top of the bead capable of receiving a high polish. A durable and attractive beaded welt is thus produced in a relatively simple and economical manner with a substantial saving of leather as compared with prior similar welting.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A beaded platform welt made from a fillet of grain leather comprising a body portion having a grain surface on its underside, a platform bead along one marginal edge, and an inseam flange along the other marginal edge, said platform bead including an upstanding core portion integral with said body portion, and a grain flap coextensive with said undersurface covering adjacent the edge and the top of said core portion providing a continuous grain surface along the bottom, marginal edge and top of the beaded platform.

2. A beaded platform welt made from a fillet of grain leather comprising a body portion having a platform bead along one marginal edge and an inseam flange along the other marginal edge, said body portion having a grain surface on its underside, an upstanding core portion integral with and hingedly connected to said body portion, and a grain flap integral with and hingedly connected to the underside of the body adjacent the marginal edge of the bead, said grain flap extending upwardly against the edge of the body and the bead core and over the top of the bead and a portion of said inseam flange.

3. A beaded platform welt as defined in claim 2 wherein the hingedly connected core is adhesively secured to the body portion, and wherein the grain flap is adhesively secured to said edge, core and inseam flange portion.

4. A beaded platform welt made from a grain leather fillet comprising a body portion having a platform bead along one marginal edge and a beveled inseam flange along the other marginal edge, the underside of said body portion having a grain surface andprovided with an integral grain flap, an upstanding bead core portion hingedly connected to the body portionand adhesively secured thereto, said grain flap hingedly connected to the body portion and folded and adhesively secured to the edge and top of the bead core and to a portion of said beveled inseam flange providing a continuous grain surface along the bottom, marginal edge and top of the beaded platform.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Arnold et a1. 36--78 White 3678 Vizard 3678 Greene 12146 Shea 3678 Greene 12146 Rubico 36-78 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

FRANK J. COHEN, Examiner.

Claims

1. A BEADED PLATFORM WELT MADE FROM A FILLET OF GRAIN LEATHER COMPRISING A BODY PORTION HAVING A GRAIN SURFACE ON ITS UNDERSIDE, A PLATFORM BEAD ALONG ONE MARGINAL EDGE AND AN INSEAM FLANGE ALONG THE OTHER MARGINAL EDGE, SAID PLATFORM BEAD INCLUDING AN UPSTANDING CORE PORTION INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY PORTION, AND A GRAIN FLAP COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID UNDERSURFACE COVERING ADJACENT THE EDGE AND THE TOP OF SAID CORE PORTION PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS GRAIN SURFACE ALONG THE BOTTOM, MARGINAL EDGE AND TOP OF THE BEADED PLATFORM.