US922499A - Shoe-heel. - Google Patents

Description

Y M. MOLITOR.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1907. RENEWED OCT. 20, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

attozmua 5 MICHAEL MOLITOR, OF CALVARY, WISCONSIN.

SHOE -HEEL.

peciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed Kay 16, 1907, Serial No. 374,050. Renewed October 20, 1908. Serial No. 468,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL MOLITOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cfillvary, in the county of Fond-du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- I-Ieels;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety deposit vaults and more articularly to'that class adapted to be used y-travelers, and my object is to rovide means for secreting small valuables, 1rgzloney, and the like, in the heel of a shoe or oot.

A further object is to provide means for covering the opening to the vault in such manner that the presence of the same will not be apparent to a casual observer.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this a plication, Figure 1 is a pers ective view 0 a boot showing portions t ereof broken away and my improved vault attached to the heel thereof. Fig. 2 is a sectional view throu h the heel of the boot and the vault thereln, and, Fi 3 is a sectional view as seen on line 33, ig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which simi-.

lar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a boot which is provided with the usual form of heel 2, said heel being provided with a cavity 3, in which is secured my improved form of vault 4.

he heel 2 of the boot is formed in the usual manner, of layers of leather and the central portion of each strip of leather is removed to form the cavity 3, the lower section 5 being left solid to form a wearing surface and cover the vault, while in. the upper section 6, a U-sha ed incision is made to form a tongue or c osure 7, and the section 6 is covered with the usualor an referred form of lining 8, that ortion o t e lining extending over the bee being left loose so that it can be raised from over the tongue 7 and thereby giving ready access to the vault and at the same time forming a comfrom the casual observer.

when the linin is in its normal position.

The vault 4 1s formed by providing a wall 9 which is preferably in the shape of the heel 2 and has secured over each end thereof an upper and lower plate 10 and 11, respectively, the upper plate being provided with an opening 12, at its central portion, which is immediately below the tongue 7, so that when the to ue is raised, articles may be readily deposlted in or removed from the vault and in order to hold the wall 9 and plates 10 and 11 in a compact form, I extend bolts 18 through the plate 11 andinto threaded bores 14 in the upper plate'lflfthe upper ends of the bolts 13 being threaded to engage said bores.

The plates 10 and 11 are greater in dimension than the wall 9 so that the peripheries of the lates extend beyond the outer face of the wa 9 and form ledges 15 and 16, res ectively, so that when the sections of the heel are properly placed around the vault, any movement of the vault independent of the heel will be obviated.

In depositing articles in thevault, the lining 8 is first removed from over the tongue 7 and the free end of the tongue then elevated, which will result in exposing the opening 12 in the upperend of the vault. After the articles have been deposited in the vault, the tongue 7 is released and ermitted to return to its normally close position, said tongue being ofgreater dimension than the opening 12, and the incision being at an angle, the tongue is pos1t1vely prevented from descending into the o enmg. After the tongue is properly seate the hnmg' is returned to its initial position over the heel and the opening to the vault effectually concealed.

It will thus-be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of vault for carrying valuable articles of jewelry or money, and one that is positivel concealed It wi further be seen that by providing the parts of the vault of metal, the heel of the shoe or boot will be reinforced and held in shape.

What I claim is:

In combination with a shoe, a heel therefor having a cavity formed therein, a me tallic vault positioned within the cavity, said vault comprising a top plate, a bottom plate plete covering for the opening to the vault and side walls, the top plate and bottom In testimony whereof I have signed my plate projectinibeyond the side walls, means name to this specification in the presence of 10 pql'slsi'lul'llg 1throngl fthehtcl andhbottom (plates two subscribing Witnesses. mt t event or o in t eto an ot- 5 tom plates to the side we s, said top plate MICHAEL MOLITOR' having an opening therein anda closure for Witnesses: the opening 1n the top plate formed by a por- MICHAEL HEUS, tion of the shoe structure. P. W. LANGENFELD.

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