US1828320A - Boot or shoe and method of making same - Google Patents

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Uct. 20,1931. c. ||A DANIELS BOT OR SHOE ANDl METHOD vOF MAKING SAME Filed June 17, 1951 d or ey Patented oct. 2o, 1931 A (PATENT, OFFICE CLAUDE H. DANIELS, OF NEWTON MASSACHUSETTS BOOT OR SHOE .AND METHOD OF MAKING- SAME Application led J'une 17,

My present invention 4relates to boots or shoes, and includes a novel method of manufacturing same.

There are being manufactured, at the pres- 5 ent time, shoes in which portions of the upper materials comprise a layer of open-Work material, usually textile fabric. This teX- tile fabric, however, in and of itselfis flimsy and non-self-supporting, requiring the useI l either of a box toe, or of a toe tip, to prevent collapsing of the upper materials at this point. The presence of eitherof these elements destroys one of the principal purposes of the shoe, which is ventilation and cooll`ness..

An important object of the present inven- A tion, therefore, resides in theprovision of a shoe, portions of the upper materials of which consist of a layer of open-work material, and which shoe may be made without a box toe, and without a toe tip, thus permitting'the manufacture of a plain toe shoe of this type, and furthermore provides ventilation to the extreme toe of the shoe.

Another important object of the present invention resides in the provision of an open- Work lining, on which the open-work upper portion is superimposed, whereby strength, durability, and ruggedness are incorporated in the shoe without detracting from the ven'- tilating and cooling features thereof, and furthermore still resulting in a shoe of desirable lightness.

Another object of the present invention resides in the fact that the openings in the open-work upper portion and in the lining are haphazardly or indiscriminately arranged with respect to each other, without detracting from the appearance or ventilation of the shoe. Y

f Another object of the present invention resides in the utilization of a toe stiiener layer, of open-work material, with the openings thereof indiscriminately positioned or l0- cated with respect to the openings in the openwork upper material. This toe stifener layer may be utilized in conjunction with the perforated lining above described, or may be utilized alone, without the lining, if desired.

In either form of the shoe, with the lining,

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or with the toe stiifener, or with both, all of the advantageous features of this shoe are retained, at the same time enablin a plain1 toe shoe of this type to be produce Without a toe tip and without a box toe therein.

The advantages and benefits of my novel shoe will be instantly apparent to those skilled in this art.

I believe that the shoe illustrated and described herein is novel, and have therefore 00 claimed the same broadly in the present application.

yI also believe that the method of making said shoe, described in this application, is novel, and have also claimed said method herein.

Referring to the drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, artly broken 70 away, illustrating a completed) shoe manufactured according to my invention;

` Fig. 2 is a fra entary sectional viw on the line 2 2 o Fig. 1 p

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view on an en- 75 larged scale;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and A Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating a different type of lining and toe stifener.

Referring now to the drawings, for a particular description of the invention, 1 designates a layer of upper materials, composed of open-work material such as open-work or lacy fabric. Positioned beneath the toe portion of the layer 1 is a toe stifener 2 provided with a plurality of perforations or apertures 3, said apertures or perforations 3 being haphazardly arranged with respect to the openings in the layer 1. If desired this toe stiifener 2 may be adhesively secured to the layer 1, for better retention.

I may also provide a lining 4 provided with a plurality of perforations or apertures 5', 95 sald apertures 5 being also arranged at random or indiscriminately with respect to the openings in the layer 1, and the lining 4, if desired, may be adhesively united to the layer 1.

ornamentation woven therein, Fig: 3 illusi fine trating a variation in the weaving to produce a desi n effect of alternate widely spaced stran s and relatively closely' woven strands. When utilizing both the toe stiffener 2 an lining 4, the same are preferably assembled vand perforated simultaneously,- although it will be understood and appreciated that the perforatin of the toe stiifener and lining may be e ected as separate operations, andv that the openings 3 and 5 may likewise be arranged at random with respect to" each other.

If desired, and as will be readily understood, I may construct myA novelv shoe with all of the layers thereof of the same material. For example, as illustrated in Fig. 5, I may utilize an outer openwork layer 6 and a toe stilener 7 each of open-work lacy material, adhesively united, or not, as desired.l Also, in addition to the two layers 6y and 7, I may provide a linin 8, alsoof open-work material similar to the layers 6 and 7. When utilizin the two layers 6 and 7 it will be apprevciate that the opening in each layer will be indiscriminately arranged with each other,

and that when utilizing the three layers 6, 7

and 8, the openings in each layer will be arranged at random or indiscriminately with respect to the openings in an adjacent layer or ayers. A

My invention may be embodied in any type of shoe, whether welt, McKay, turn s oe,

cemented shoe, or otherwise.

It will thus be appreciated that I have d e- Vvised a novel boot or shoe, embodying all of the advantageous features of prior shoes utilizing the o n-work or lacy fabric upper materi s, suc as lightness, coolness and ventilation, and have added thereto advantages and features not heretofore considered possible in a shoe offthis type, such as strength,

each other, and means fastening the sections together in superimposed relation.

2. A boot or shoe of the character described comprisin an open-work outer section of textile fa ric, an inner open-work section to reinforce and stiifen said outer section,- at least some of they openings in the inner and the outer sections being alined with each other, and means fastening the sections together against shifting or being separated re ative to one another.

3. A boot or shoe of the character described comprising' an open-work outer section of textile fabric, a plurality of superimposed open-work inner sections to reinforce and stilfen said outer textile fabric section, the respective sections having alined olpenings and being fastened together against s ifting or being separated relative to one another.

In testimony whereof, I have name to this specification.

. CLAUDE H. DANIELS.

signed my rug edness, durability and self-supporting L at t e important points. Y

While I have necessarily described 'm Eesent invention somewhat in detail, it wi appreciated that I may vary the size,

shape, arrangement of partsdesign and material, within reasonably wide limits, Without deplrting from the spirit of the invention.-

invention is further described and dein the\form of claims as follows:

- 1. A boot or shoe of the character described comprisin h tion of textile fa ric, an inner open-work setion to. reinforce and stiften said outer section, at least some of the o eningsv in the inner and the outer sections being alined with an open-work uter sec-

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